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emma rated Fireborne: 4 stars

Rosaria Munda: Fireborne (Hardcover, 2019, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers)

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda (The Aurelian Cycle, #1)

Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone--even the lowborn--a chance to test …

emma rated A Deadly Education: 4 stars

Naomi Novik: A Deadly Education (Hardcover, 2020, Del Rey)

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #1)

A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) …

emma rated The Golden Enclaves: 4 stars

Naomi Novik: The Golden Enclaves (EBook, 2022, Random House Publishing Group)

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (Scholomance, #3)

The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. …

emma rated Court of Thorns and Roses: 3 stars

Sarah J. Maas: Court of Thorns and Roses (2020, Bloomsbury Publishing USA)

Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a …

emma rated Fireborne: 3 stars

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda (The Aurelian Cycle, #1)

Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone--even the lowborn--a chance to test …

emma rated Spinning Silver: 4 stars

Naomi Novik: Spinning Silver (2019, Del Rey)

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …

emma rated Six of Crows: 4 stars

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel written by the Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo and published by Henry Holt and …

emma rated A Magical Girl Retires: 4 stars

Seolyeon Park, Anton Hur: A Magical Girl Retires (Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers)

A Magical Girl Retires by Seolyeon Park, Anton Hur

emma rated Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy): 5 stars

Jacqueline Carey: Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) (Paperback, 2002, Tor Fantasy)

Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) by Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy (1))

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the …

emma rated Shadow and Bone: 3 stars

Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone (2012, Holt & Company, Henry)

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

emma reviewed Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Daughter of Doctor Moreau (EBook, 2022, Del Rey)

Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from …

Review of 'Daughter of Doctor Moreau' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I enjoyed reading this one, but it didn't hit for me quite like Mexican Gothic did. SMG did a great job with building suspense and setting the atmosphere, but the characters didn't grab me. I felt like we saw very little of the hybrids despite them being a major part of the setting, and it never felt like we got got to see Carlota truly processing or accepting <spoiler>her true nature.</spoiler> Overall, it was a fun read but not my favorite.