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oh my GODDDDDD
grim is. so ridiculous. this is also the grossest kissing i have ever read

end of ORO. oh my god. this is so so so bad in a way that is new to the lightlark universe: it is worst if you actually like lightlark. oro is written so obnoxiously it utterly ruins his character. he pretty much stares straight at the reader at the end to declare "I will die before the end of the series and I am okay with this and Isla ending up with Grim. Don't worry".

Woof, oro comes off as just. so deeply unpleasant. weirdly obsessive, entitled, erratic emotionally (isn't his trait supposed to be about like, repressing all his emotions? hm). I'm sure at least grim's half will be so unpleasant I will forgive oro by the end, but rn I'm reading so much recaps of him and isla bickering and I wish death upon them all

I feel like the author isn't trying in the slighest, like. this is the most a book has felt like that to me and I've read skyshade

she just introduced, fought, and ended a war in.... 3 sentences. and then it's time for 3 chapters of grim fanservice, in the oro novel, because oro can't have SHIT in lightlark not even a story of his own

someone please. help her editors. bring them back to life.....

not only does this book not take place in reality, I think it might not have been written in it either

Ringing the changes: this story feels like a creative writing practice dribble, with an end that feels sudden — like the author knew it was time for an ending and quickly threw something together. Very eh.

Translation error: an alien tries to intervene in human history to stop them from becoming powerful, but in multiple timeliness is astonished to find humans are Just Plain Powerful. It's rather bland

Reality trip: omg alien crab romance is um. Um. Uhhhhh..... my thing. This was an increasingly funny story with a solid alien pov that I enjoyed a lot. It made the failure of the previous story rather surprising
Shrines of earth: ah. It's alright, but very basic. I see the joke in it, it's mildly amusing, but its a real 'sensible chuckle' of a story and nothing more
Black is beautiful: Dude The Fuck. Cmon.

Off to a bad start with the first story, Iron Chancellor. Big lot of nothing. I enjoy the retro futurism

The Comedian's Children— really enjoyed this one! Medusa had more Thoughts to Say but this was very solid and enjoyable. God reading weird old pulp is healing. I love having to reread paragraphs and look up words and think.

To Marry medusa is no. 1 of 3 stories here. Hell yeah. I'm ill but finally did some reading, so of course I turned to my beloved weird pulp backlog. To Marry Medusa was great. This guy gets it. He really can write a hivemind, and transcendental thought, and also have humour about it too. His prose is very long and weaving, a bit hard (I am also sickbrained), but i love his alliteration and the sense he's having fun.

wow. this is.... bad. I usually grow numb to aster's prose to focus on the broader beats, but skyshade is startlingly bad with its editing. the action scenes are wretched, and she's compared rain to throwing stars three times now. weird phrases repeat in short areas. there's so much retconning. and man. Isla is just an idiot huh. girl! THINK!! ASK QUESTIONS!! I feel like I'm constantly being gaslit by this series

this book is. really very not good huh.

we must grimly report this book about fighting ableism is, in fact, ableist.

well. at least at this stage, I'm quite certain the author didn't hire anyone who actually had a disability he was writing about to check he was writing it accurately or well. I think he just imagined he was blind and thought that was close enough.

I'm so let down by this book it's incredible how just. very mediocre every story is. when there's so much fun to be had with unwind expanded universe

It's incredible how cliche this is

It's not good, no

So far each story has had some interesting ideas but just does not stick the landing at all

You know no characters here have any actual clearly defined goals ever. it's very tiring after a while.

hell yeah

honestly enjoying it way more than I thought I would as a like, dramatic thriller sort of story