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I’ve been revisiting one of my fave books of all time.
This time around though, I wanted to annotate it! .
However, reading and annotating takes time. I enjoy annotating but it’s not a simple process. Even more so when I’m doing this whilst doing a lot of other stuff 😅

I’m hoping to wrap this book next week.

I really like the interaction and dialogue, but I think the author is leaning onto similar events already shown in her other books.
However, I'm enjoying this read a lot.
Night Thunder's bride is my absolute favorite from Ms Kay, so I'm kinda comparing (not gonna lie).
Let's see how this ends!

I was a bit surprised to read -all of the sudden- incorrect Spanish grammar. The first half, the Spanish is on point; in its form and slang.
Which is, to me, as a Spanish speaker, a plus as I get to know all the things that are being said by the characters.
Some of the Spanish used in the latter half is awkward and I had to think twice about the meaning of the phrases, which took me a way from the narrative.

Decent writing, lovely plot and good character development. I got recommended this by a friend and so far, it has given me all the good stuff ❤️

Started a bit slow. I’m at page 50 and the MC has finally entered the scene.
I’m worried we are in for a rushed ending. Let’s see…

The prose of this author = perfection.

😮 this book is 10/10.
I’m loving every minute of it.

Qué libro taaaaan bueno.
Con el personaje de Anna no sé qué hacer. Aunque entiendo su problema, me es antipática y me desespera un poco.
Vronsky es un Fuck-boy, y Levin un encanto.
Lo leí por primera vez cuando tenia 20 años y releerlo a otra edad (y como mujer casada ya con muchos años de matrimonio), me ha dado otra perspectiva.

👌

Mmm the book started really strong. It has a beautiful premise and GREAT characters BUT it lacks the space to develop it/them
At some point the story leapt drastically to move the story forward, to “get there” and as a result, the story felt rushed and somewhat anticlimactic.
This book could use 150 extra pages.
But this is often the problem with romance books. Can’t be longer than 350 pages each.

Bones and stones (name of the short story)was redefining stereotypes in fantasy before the 2010’s
That is why I’ll always say new dnd players don’t know shit about what dnd is -or could be - if they gave themselves a chance to actually play.

Made good progress today. The writing is absolutely astounding and magical.
One of my favorite writers ever.

👌

Karen Kay is going to save me from badly written romance 👌
Her ML are 10/10 as well as the women leads.
The dialogue and the information she gives you about the tribes is priceless.

Enemies to lovers. Yeah 🤘
So far 10/10

I packed this book by accident and had to look for it. I found it today and resumed reading it.
McCarthy is just ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m hoping yo finish it next week.

Qué libro TAN BONITOOOO ❤️❤️❤️

10/10 so far

10/10

I read the first book of the series when I was very young. I didn’t know back then that it was a series.
Finding out KU carried all of these has been the highlight of 2026.
I really like Kay’s writing style 👌

I read this yesterday (reading like a possessed woman before my KU subscription expires).
Ruby is 10/10.
Loved this story to bits 🤓

Que libro tan feo

Definitely, the novelty starts to wear out.
One thing I don’t like about this series in particular is the repeated insertion of equivalent earth customs/ items. It renders the whole concept of “being in a different planet” moot.
Not happy about this.
It really pulls me out of the narrative.

10/10. So far it’s been such a good read as well.

I canceled my kindle unlimited subscription so I’m racing to read all the books I’ve borrowed. I think I’ll finish this one today.
It’s been a good read so far.