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"Molecules mixed with soil, providing nutrition for plants, those plants were then devoured by animals, and animals by humans, and so, contrary to the assumptions of the majority, the human body was immortal, on a never-ending journey through the cycles of nature. What more could one possibly want from the hereafter?"

"Why should money make evil comprehensible to anyone?"

Ooh, I really like this audiobook narrator for this story.

How would the Sundry possibly have the same venom as Earth bees??? They aren't actually Earth insects! They didn't evolve on Earth and vertrbrates are a new concept to them apparently, so whyyyyy would they use defenses that evolved to work against vertebrates?

Amanda Waller to Ronald Reagan: "Of course, in those days we had some social programs to fall back on. You *do* remember social programs, don't you, Mr. President?"

I am having some questions about the xenobiology here. I'm really hoping some more explanation is provided to make this seem more plausible.

I tried to go into this with an open mind, but I'm still surprised by how much I'm enjoying it.

I'm starting to find it really obnoxious when cozy fantasy characters "invent" things from our world

Is that a Neuromancer reference I spy?

"Kiela didn't intend to stay up late reading, but..."

I've never related more to a fictional character.

OHHHHH ok it's about Buddhism

DNF @ 28% - I don't feel like anything is happening and I'm getting tired of Nahri acting like a teenager with a crush

Pausing here for now - I'll be re-reading Raven Tower with one of my book clubs later this year, and I think I'll save the stories in that world until then.

I know Mycroft is meant to be an unreliable narrator, but, uh, this book is really weird and uncomfortable around race and gender? In a bad way, not in a thought-provoking way as I think the author probably intends. I do not see the value in a white author expressing blatantly racist thoughts through her viewpoint character in this way.

I've been feeling a little book-restless since Path of Thorns, but this is finally seeming like a book I can really settle into and enjoy.

Repurposing the title "Southern Horrors" here seems questionable at best.

My very first audiobook ARC! I thought the Raybearer audiobooks were fantastic, and the first few minutes of this one are already catching my attention.

Is this a romance? I hope it's not a romance.

I think I would find the thought about democracy as violence more interesting if it wasn't being paired with uncritical loyalty to a hereditary monarch

Wtf, really?

It is odd to me that, given the circumstances, Evelyn isn't considering other options to get what she wants. Does she really need Clem as much as that?

It's always refreshing to find a fantasy adventure featuring kids where the parents are present, supportive, and aware that something weird is going on.

The audiobook includes an original score. Such a cool addition!

The world building is fascinating, but the author is going to need to do something really extraordinary in order for this romance to work for me.

Summer of Our Discontent: another that I enjoyed

Messages Left in Transit, Devices Out of Sync: short but I really liked this

The Selkie's Skin: Bleak!

Sympathétique: Life lessons from a future self. My favorite of the collection so far

Dem Bones: Slightly creepy story about a dog skeleton toy.