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Im eating this shit upppppp

can't sleep -
The good so far- worldbuilding. The gods are so intensely personal. The theme of Yeine being mixed race. Jemisin's direct writing.
The bad- this book takes way too long to get rolling. Yeine comes to the palace with no expectations & no plan. Every amount of a vessel the gods make her to be. Wish she had more agency or the book focused on her grieving her mother rather her wandering for half the novel

"it never fails to surprise me, the myopia of the self-righteous" holy shit 😂

need to return to the library soon but it's very very good so far

as cozy and heartfelt and poignant as Sangu's first book. different characters, but same amount of loveability. instead of a grumpy man with a heart of gold matching with a woman made of rainbows and sunbeams, this one features too grumpsters who reluctantly help each other after years and years of bad luck and misfortune on the woman's part. very very fun and sweet.

I may have to put this down for now. Not sure why these main characters don't stick out to me as much as the ones in the previous book, really. but the mystery hook & Maud's moral obligation just really isn't bringing me in as much as I thought it would. Maid is also admittedly kinda boring :-/

egh. actually? might have to put this one down. not that I'm not interested in this unconventional fantasy-epic, but the "comedy" really is wearing thin on me. I've read some novels with a fair bit of comedy in it in the past and barely any of these jokes seem to be... hitting for me? like, every time ranbles on for too long and tries to make a cute aside I dissociate for a bit. but the characters are cool.

it's like Hench but slightly more annoying and way more unhinged. Not bad.

Dylan isn't Mommy she's Mother

it's alright so far. slow burn isn't my thing normally

girl the older mom character just masturbated to a steamy erotica storytelling app and there was barely ANY DESCRIPTION?? give me DETAILS give me SOMETHING GIRLIE?? Was she thinking about the artist character at all? what did she say while she climaxed? how long did it take her??? her technique??? SOMETHING

I'm sprinting through these romance books like it's my jon or something

Really like this installment in Jenkin's "Destiny" series. The format of the series with all of the family getting bigger and bigger with each installment makes it the great comfort read. While I wish the books had a bit more depth to them at times I appreciate the heavy dialogue which makes for easy reading.

this is kinda bad!! I was lured by the pretty cover & the promise of space lesbians...

back on my romance novel bullshit

guh

holy shit

there is a moment in this book where the scullion maid has her minders contemplate cutting her hair and replacing it with a wig. and she's so attached to it that she fears what she'll do to them if they raise a hand to alter it. her identity is so tied to her hair, her mother's hair, and her heritage that she fears what will happen to her sense of self when they try to change it. it's a fucking amazing scene.

*sighs* *starts another book*