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reviewed The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (Tensorate, #1)

Neon Yang: The Black Tides of Heaven (EBook, Tom Doherty Associates)

Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery …

Review of 'The Black Tides of Heaven' on Goodreads

So good. It did an amazing job of capturing experiences I've gone through like experimenting with pronouns, and the fear and excitement and guilt that comes in them. Vibrantly queer. I can't wait to get my hands on Yang's other work.

reviewed The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

Patrick Rothfuss: The Slow Regard of Silent Things (2014, DAW)

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a …

Review of 'The Slow Regard of Silent Things' on Goodreads

This is absolutely not for everyone, but it does make that pretty clear up front. The pacing is very slow and it focuses a lot on Auri's internal world and thoughts in relation to the desires of the world around her. I liked in in large part because Auri's mind works in a similar way to mine, other people could very easily not like it at all for the same reasons I love it.