• Book Reviews,  Fiction

    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

    28th October 2020
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    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

    Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

    Content warnings: mention of a cult, mention of genocide, death of prominent character, misgendering?, speciesism, torture, blood

    Did you know that this book was a Kickstarter project and initially self-published when Chambers was about twenty-nine years old? I didn’t. After hearing so many great things about the Wayfarers series, I finally picked it up, and stars, was it amazing!

    The story follows the Wayfarer crew as they travel through space for roughly one standard after getting offered a highly paid job of tunneling between Central space (Tokath Gateway) and Hedra Ka, the capital planet of the new Galactic Commons (GC) ally Toremi Ka. Nine main characters consist the ensemble cast:

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    The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi | ARC Review

    20th September 2020
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    The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) by Roshani Chokshi

    CW: dismemberment, torture, blood Forging, off-screen killings, emotional abuse, alcohol, (possible) panic attacks, antisemitism, racism, suicide of a very minor character, bombing, manipulation

    I love the tagline, “They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope.” Upon finishing, I realized just how true it is.

    “We debase ourselves for the ones we love.”

    Laila
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    Fresh Start by Nicole Pyland

    19th September 2020
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    Fresh Start (Chicago #0) by Nicole Pyland

    Alyssa Masters had sat in prison for two years for a double-homicide she did not commit. The news of her case is all over the country. So even though she is now a free woman without criminal records, it is very hard to live a normal life. Then Hannah Granger shows up for rental viewings at Alyssa’s workplace without knowing who Alyssa is. Hannah is relocating after traveling for three years and just losing her mother. Will their friendly encounter develop into something deeper with Alyssa’s past hanging overhead?

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    Destiny’s Choice by Karen Frost | ARC Review

    12th September 2020
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    Destiny’s Choice (Destiny and Darkness #3) by Karen Frost

    Content warnings: ableism, deaths of secondary characters, kidnapping

    If Daughter of Fire shares the theme with the MG/YA fantasy series by a certain transphobic author, Destiny’s Choice feels like an ode to The Lord of the Rings (which I have only watched onscreen).

    Knights Asher, Taz, Henrek, Jazmen, and shapeshifter Great Mage Marandir accompany Knight Commander Bronwen (paraplegia) to negotiate for peace with the Souththerners. But no Iliryan has ever came back from the Southlands alive.

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    Daughter of Fire: The Darkness Rising by Karen Frost | ARC Review

    11th September 2020
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    Daughter of Fire: The Darkness Rising (Destiny and Darkness #2) by Karen Frost

    Content warnings: death, blood, cult, kidnapping, mind control

    This story has certainly kept me on the edge of my seat. Frost made great decisions on where a chapter should break, and I find myself unable to even pause reading.

    In part two of Daughter of Fire, Aeryn (16) finally learns that her family is likely alive. And some people around her are definitely up to no good. When things break into chaos, can Aeryn and her fellow students save the kingdom they don’t really care for?

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