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So far, I'm not particularly impressed. I'm hoping the remainder of the book gets better.

Considering that the first hour of the audiobook included three almost back to back Harry Potter references, I will not be finishing this book.

There is a lot going on here... It starts by building up this extremely pious and virtuous monk and the dude sees one tit and turns into a horndog. And this happens shortly after he turns in a nun for falling to temptation, and she verbally tears him a new one, calling his virtue weak because he avoids temptation rather than rejecting it (Agnes has a point). So far, two people have been on death's door. This is wild.

Jasmin Kaur has a beautiful way with words

I. Am. Entrhalled. I only wish I could stay up to finish it.

This is absolutely lovely. I'm so glad I bought it.

"... transgender rhetoric favors the perspectives of those who identify outside the male/female binary..."

What? In my (nonbinary) experience, this is not the case. Binary trans people are the faces of the trans community and a lot of them (a vocal minority, I would guess) throw nonbinary people under the bus to appeal to cis people. Enbies have to be loud to be heard.

I don't know why I started this at night. I know books like this kick my paranoia into high gear and that Sarah Gailey's writing is one that makes me want to keep reading. I'm very tempted to stay up until I finish it...

I won't, but the temptation is there.

So far, the biggest standouts for me have been "L'Alchimista" and "The Effluent Engine." I love N. K. Jemisin's writing.

Holy fuck, my heart... This was powerful and had me on the verge of tears.

I would finish this tonight if I didn't have to sleep

Stylistically, this is very different from what I've read of Zen Cho's other writing. It's definitely good. I just wasn't expecting this voice. Though I prefer the style of Black Water Sister, I'm absolutely enjoying Sorcerer to the Crown.

I love this book so much