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Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned …
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide …
It's simplest to say that I'm simply not the target demographic for this book. I came in blind and found it on the shelf at my local library with no idea what awaited me.
Mika's story is about unlikely romance and a 30 year old witch coming into her own and embracing her role as a mentor, and a woman of color in a white world.
And that's beatiful and worthwhile
But it's also incredibly boring.
The book makes magic feel mundane and unexciting, and the struggles all feel weightless, with no real tension.
I finished it mostly out of obligation after growing bored with the story and its cast. There is no twist. There is no second hook.
Someone is going to love this book. It will be exactly what they're looking for. I, on the other hand, left feeling distinctly like i should look elsewhere to find a …
It's simplest to say that I'm simply not the target demographic for this book. I came in blind and found it on the shelf at my local library with no idea what awaited me.
Mika's story is about unlikely romance and a 30 year old witch coming into her own and embracing her role as a mentor, and a woman of color in a white world.
And that's beatiful and worthwhile
But it's also incredibly boring.
The book makes magic feel mundane and unexciting, and the struggles all feel weightless, with no real tension.
I finished it mostly out of obligation after growing bored with the story and its cast. There is no twist. There is no second hook.
Someone is going to love this book. It will be exactly what they're looking for. I, on the other hand, left feeling distinctly like i should look elsewhere to find a book that makes me feel that way, or any way but bored.
Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night …
Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara, but struggles to maintain progress while serving …
Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar …
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy …
American Gods (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, …
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …
Slow, meandering, and almost perverse in the ways it doesn't answer the questions I'm most interested in. Someone will no doubt deeply enjoy this but it left me vacilating between bored and dissatisfied
