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Finished book 1. Decent read. But the MC's tendency to talk about her co-leads eyes is starting to bug me. I don't care if it is magic.

Ivy just did exactly what I thought she would. Why are half these characters such selfish idiots?

idk whether I want to finish this. I'm on a Wylm chapter, and I think I'm supposed to be feeling good things about him because he tried to save the child, but I really just want him not to exist in this book, or at least for him to reach his inevitable end very soon.

Nope, sorry, I'm done.

It's not a bad story for something I picked up for free, but there are signs that the 18 year old protagonist and the 30 year old dude that kidnapped her and is keeping her prisoner (to stop her powers being used by the bad guy i guess) fall in love. Which is... yeah I have problems with that.

Little bored to be honest, and I'm struggling to find a reason to care about any of the characters.

This is the last time I'm going to post about this, I swear (for now anyway). I have two more ebook ARCs for the Mosaics Anthology to give away. All I'm asking for in return is a fair amazon review on March 8.
The anthology has fiction, poems and essays from 20 female authors including Hugo Award Nominees, Pushcart Prize Winners and USA Today Bestsellers. Its also amazing.
Message me your email if you'd like one.

I have ebook ARCs for the Mosaics anthology to give away, if anyone is interested. All we're asking for in return is a quick Amazon review on March 8 to help our rankings.

Then anthology has intersectional feminist fiction, poems and essays from 20 authors, including Hugo Award Nominees, Tiptree Shortlists, Pushcart Prize Winners and USA Today Bestsellers.

Message me your email if you'd like one. Thank you!

I have some ARCs for the Mosaics anthology available, if anyone is interested. All we're asking for in return is a quick Amazon review on March 8.

Then anthology has intersectional feminist fiction, poems and essays from 20 authors, including Hugo Award Nominees, Tiptree Shortlists, Pushcart Prize Winners and USA Today Bestsellers.

Message me your email, and I'll send it later today (read: after work).

Some of you may have noticed (actually I doubt anyone noticed) that I've changed to an author profile. A short story I wrote was accepted into Vol 1 of Mosaics: A collection of Independent Women. I swear, I won't be using my goodreads to promote a lot, but I'm really excited so I wanted to share the news of my first official publication.

Not even one chapter in and heads are already exploding.

Th jail is full of prisoners! Gasp!

The Seas of Heaven by David Parish-Whittaker: a girl who can sing to fish tries to save them by getting them to take to the air, out of polluted waters. Horribleness ensues.
7/10

Sand and Teeth by Carmen Tudor: a woman goes from water carrier, to overseer, but she knows her time is limited.
I would have liked a stronger plat and more of the character in this story.
5/10

The Grenade Garden by Michael Moorcock: What just happened? If there was a plot in this, I missed it. Do you have to be familiar with Jerry Cornelius to understand? Or is this just pay back because the first three "Weird Fantasy" stories made complete sense?

Little Pig, Berry Brown and the Hard Moon by Jay Lake: When her mother is mortally wounded in a hunt, Little Pig asks the Hard Moon how to save her.
8/10

Time's Mistress by Steven Savile: the life and death of a wife of a sultan. I didn't actually read this one all the way though, I found the dialogue-info dump/life story-dialogue-info dump structure boring, and the whole thing overwritten in general.

Bones of a Righteous Man by Michael Ezell: a man, who murdered a righteous man and now carries the magical bones that resulted, travels through the desert.
In general goo, but I felt the end was a little disconnected from the rest of the tale.
7/10

Man of Water by Kyle Aisteach: a former congressman is on the run from the CIA and their mythical men of water. Interesting, lots of tension, but I would have liked more answers.
7/10

Loincloth by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta: a movie obsessed nice guy discovers a movie prop that can turn him into Tarzan-knockoff. In doing so he saves his strikingly beautiful crush from Mr Sleep-With-Me-Or-You'll-Never-Work-Again. Sorry, but this was a bit too predictable for me.
3/10

Pandal Food by Samit Basu: learn about the goddess Durga and her battles against asurs, and how it might not have gone as well as everyone thinks. Not much plot, twist ending.
5/10

The Bluest Hour by Jaye Wells: guy, who's sad because the love of his life was fridged well before the start of the story, goes to New Orleans to discover Soul Singing, with actual dead people, proving once and for all that the cure for being an alcoholic is magic singing.
4/10

Showlogo by Nnedi Okorafor: the story of a guy who can't die, I think? The life story of a Nigerian guy who goes to extreme measures to leave Nigeria is probably more precise.
5/10

Dancing with the Mouse King", Carrie Vaughn: an injured dancer teams up with a toy maker against the mice, on the condition he help her to dance again.
Beautifully written, but I felt the end was somewhat abrupt.
7/10

Undying Love by Jackie Kessler: a human(ish) former demon tries to save someone's life. It goes horribly. Frankly, I want to cry right now.
10/10

Trufan Fever by Katherine Kerr: a shapeshifter expresses her love of her fav football team, finds other things to love.
7/10

Lenora of the Low by Marina J. Lostetter: Lenora takes her revenge on a reaper for herself and her sister.

Kind of gruesome, kind of brilliant.
9/10

Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman: a werewolf can't ignore the coming apocalypse.

Quite good (I mean, it's Neil Gaiman), but a little bit of deus ex machina.
8/10