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KnittedMushroom

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Fiction/LGBT+ I always want to be reading more than I already am. Support your local libraries!

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reviewed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Rebecca Yarros: Fourth Wing (Hardcover, 2023, Entangled: Red Tower Books)

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among …

Definitly more romance than fantasy

I was hoping this series would be similar to Samantha Shannon's Priory of the Orange Tree. I was recommended this series by several friends, since it had battles and dragons that were written more akin to gods and less like pets. Which is something I appreciate in narratives. This was admittedly my own fault. As all of these friends are serial Romance readers.

That being said, this isn't a bad book! I thoroughly enjoyed the romance building and pay offs... But my GOD was this a thirsty book. The amount of objectifying of the masculine characters done by the feminine characters could bridge the gender pay gap. I felt like I needed to walk around with a spray bottle and blast all of the characters in the face with it every other chapter.

The world building seems to take second seat to the romance, which isn't unexpected given it's true …

commented on Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Rebecca Yarros: Fourth Wing (Hardcover, 2023, Entangled: Red Tower Books)

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among …

The amount of objectification of masculine characters from feminine characters in this book could almost bridge the pay gap. Refreshing but also eye rolling as an Ace reader.

finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)

Andy Weir: The Martian (Hardcover, 2014, Ballentine Books)

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on …

What an interesting book. The thing that propels you the reader forward is wanting to know HOW things happen. Not WHAT happens. It reminded me a lot of playing Astroneer, since a lot of the facts in both that game and this book are based on actual science. Really fun book to read.