Practical Magic is one of those stories that has been with me for most of my life, and my earliest memories of it are watching it every season with myPractical Magic is one of those stories that has been with me for most of my life, and my earliest memories of it are watching it every season with my mom and sister, but I had never really thought about reading it until it was considered as a book club book. There are inklings of the magic I felt throughout the movie spread throughout the book, as we follow the Owens girls as they navigate life, love, and each other. The strongest parts of this book occur when we focus on the, usually tumultuous, relationships between the three generations of sisters, but I found that I preferred the movie and the changes that were made in it to show off the bond between the Owens women, instead of the fixation on romance that was everpresent throughout the book. Personally, I found the romances in this book to be decidedly unromantic as they all hinged on love at first sight and whenever Hoffman switched to a man’s inner thoughts I was utterly nauseated. Even though the romantic aspects were more prominent in the book, I found them to be incredibly shallow and more off putting than in the movie (where I really loved the romances). Even so, this is a good book if you want some cozy fall vibes and does have a lot of heart to it, I just think I’ll stick to the movie version in the future. The audiobook, read by Christina Moore, was excellently narrated and was the perfect walking book to put me in a fall mood. If you want to read this, I definitely recommend listening to it this season and remember: ”Always throw spilled salt over your shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, add pepper to your mashed potatoes, plant roses and lavender, for luck, fall in love whenever you can.” ...more
Every night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, five people working the late night shift meet in the cemetery for a smoke and a break from the mEvery night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, five people working the late night shift meet in the cemetery for a smoke and a break from the menial labor they do. One night, they find a shallow grave has been dug, and a sleep-deprived investigation begins. This novella, spanning only 24 hours, expertly creates an atmospheric, spooky story that is only enhanced by the masterfully done full-cast narration of the audiobook. While there isn’t a ton of substance here, this novella reminded me just why I love Rio so much. She achieves a general unease through unnerving facts and questionable ethics of mad scientists and leaps made from sleep deprivation and it feels almost like an adult episode of Scooby Doo. This is the perfect novella to read when you want to immerse yourself into the spooky atmosphere of fall and makes me excited for whatever Rio does next. I really hope inspiration strikes for some more spooky novellas like this one.
Thank you for the arc. Book out: 09/24/2024...more
A sapphic rivals to lovers taking place over the length of a folkloric expedition in order to find a magical spring sounds so up my alley that it was A sapphic rivals to lovers taking place over the length of a folkloric expedition in order to find a magical spring sounds so up my alley that it was soul crushing that the best thing I can say about this book as a whole is that I’m relatively ambivalent towards it. Where I was expecting a more fleshed out expedition rich in magic and folklore I primarily got a not-so-well fleshed out whodunnit murder mystery that checked so many formulaic boxes and investigated so many people that were just random cut outs instead of fully realized characters that I just got bored. Lorelai, our main character, is also so frustrating to be in the head of that I wanted to rip my hair out. Being in the head of someone who hates other people so much and also refuses to feel her full range of emotions makes it incredibly hard to care about any of the side characters, which was disappointing as I think I would’ve liked the book a smidge more if I cared. Even the folklore, which I was most excited for, felt so crammed into the story that I was getting annoyed every single time a new, random story was brought up. The whole of this really was boring and I felt as there was no reason for me to care about anyone or anything. Maybe I’m just having a bad day, but nothing about this surprised me and almost nothing made me feel anything. It's an incredibly sad day for me when I have to say that atmosphere doesn't hold a book together.
One thing I think was handled really well was how Saft used Lorelai’s heritage (fantasy Jewish) to discuss antisemitism and hatred that is still incredibly rampant. The most hard hitting moments were memories from Lorelai’s life where her and her family had to deal with so much hate anywhere they went and the way that she had to go through with this mission so she would hopefully be seen as a citizen with full status, something her people were not readily given.
I don’t like how the villain(s) or resolutions were handled and found the message to be… weirdly pro-colonialism? Or at least accepting of colonialism? It left a bad taste in my mouth, especially as we were shown all the harm that the conquering nation did. Maybe it was just a bit half-baked, but it left a sour taste in my mouth as our “good” characters were so anti-revolution. I think this was an attempt to flesh out everyone a bit more, but it fell flat with the end message.
I think I may be being extra harsh on this because it sounded so perfectly up my alley and I am now sitting here, a bit heartbroken that it wasn’t. This wasn’t a bad book, I’m just completely ambivalent towards it.
when i find you ren... (╥﹏╥) // rtc! idk ren told me to read this so she can yap so now i'm dropping everything to read it ♡ ～('▽^人)when i find you ren... (╥﹏╥) // rtc! idk ren told me to read this so she can yap so now i'm dropping everything to read it ♡ ～('▽^人)...more
"There is a difference between horrible things that have gone on forever, because you can almost convince yourself of the inevitably of an age-old cr "There is a difference between horrible things that have gone on forever, because you can almost convince yourself of the inevitably of an age-old cruelty, or almost it’s necessity. But not a new one. With a new one, the change is too great, the wound too new, and you cannot convince yourself that it is simply the way of the world."
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is an incredible YA horror novel about Silas, an autistic trans boy in 1800s England who has violet eyes - and therefore a connection to the spirits beyond the veil. Because he is perceived to be a girl and has been causing "problems" (see: he's autistic and trans in 1800s England), he is sent to a school to reform unruly girls with violet eyes so they can become better wives (red flags should definitely be popping up about this school). This already terrible and abusive school is something much more sinister under the surface and Silas is recruited by the spirits of past school girls to get to the bottom of it.
I truly think Andrew Joseph White is one of the most important authors of our time as he is doing something truly amazing with his books. We follow Silas as he grapples not only with not being able to transition in a society that hates him for being trans, but also as someone who is ridiculed for not understanding social norms .Since he is perceived as a woman, he is also not allowed to become a surgeon because of the rampant sexism of society and while at the school, we see the reality of how the only option for a "woman" who is not up to society's standards is to be abused while trying their best to conform to society or die a painful death. The side characters - specifically the young women in the school with Silas and his fiance - are incredibly well thought out and nuanced characters. All of their storylines were absolutely heartbreaking in a way that really highlights how society reacted to women who weren't just well behaved dolls. This was one of those stories where I had to put the book down multiple times during the last 100 pages to cry and collect myself because everything was hitting me so hard.
This book is a bit gory but it is all done for such a specific purpose and adds so much depth to the story. Everything about this book was incredibly done and I would easily recommend this book to everyone....more
"When men fall into the sea, they drown. When women meet the water, they transform. It becomes vital to ask: is this a metamorphosis, or a homecoming "When men fall into the sea, they drown. When women meet the water, they transform. It becomes vital to ask: is this a metamorphosis, or a homecoming?"
4.5/5
update: audiobook is also well done, but I didn’t love the way the narrator did Effy’s voice.
When first year architecture student and the only woman in her program, Effy, is selected to redesign the home of her recently deceased favorite author, Myrddin, she jumps at the opportunity. She takes a train down to the Bottom Hundred, the drowning southern region of her country, to discover the decaying estate; Ianto, Myrddin's mysterious son; and Preston, a literature student from her college who was invited by Myrddin's widow. As she begins working on her project, she is quick to realize that things aren't exactly as they seem and teams up with Preston to uncover some long buried secrets.
Effy has been taking pills since she was a child because she has hallucinated the Fairy King, a prominent antagonistic figure in Myrddin's most famous work, since she was a young child. As she spends time in the Bottom Hundred, fantasy and reality blur for her even more and she begins to see the Fairy King quite often. As this is happening, Effy is also dealing with multiple other traumas that one could definitely say are affecting her mind. We see throughout the book how Effy proves herself over and over not to be a fighter, but to be a survivor, as she is pushed to her limit in an incredibly sexist society. I found Effy to be such a relatable character and I am certain many people, especially women, will as well. It felt so comforting to be in her head, which feels a little counterintuitive to the plot.
The best part of this book, for me, was the atmosphere. This is a gothic seaside tale and Ava Reid does such an incredible job making it haunting and making everyone question everything. I found the ending to be a little bit predictable, but I find that that is the case in a lot of gothic literature and I really find that to be a problem at all. If you're a mood reader I'd highly recommend picking this one up in fall.
There are so many other parts to this story that fit together seamlessly, but I think that discovering them through the book is such a beautiful part of this story. I will say, this book is a lot more than its synopsis. It is a homage to Welsh folklore and the fighting spirit of a young woman who is just trying her best not to drown....more
"In that one brief moment, I actually wondered if 'okay' or something like it might still be possible. But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Le "In that one brief moment, I actually wondered if 'okay' or something like it might still be possible. But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart - by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute."
IWWV is a dark academia novel that follows the 7 seniors that study Shakespearean Theatre at a small college. Throughout the years they have all been put into boxes based on their casting, influencing them to unconsciously take on these roles in their personal lives as well. At the beginning of their 4th year, the year of tragedies, things begin to sour. They reach a boiling point a little after Halloween, leading to the death of one of the 7.
I really enjoyed this story and how it was told. Like any dark academia, it felt absolutely addicting to read. There is nothing better than reading about a bunch of scholars so addicted to their craft that their life starts to imitate it. I felt as though Rio nailed exactly what these people would be like, in the overdramatic, exaggerated ways of living and breathing theatre for so many years. Everything escalated so far past what should've happened but that's Shakespeare, baby!
Our story is told by Oliver Marks when he is released from prison after serving 10 years for the murder, and boy do I wish anyone else was the POV. I have very little evidence but I am convinced that this man was the absolute worst of the surviving 6 (see: how he treated James and Meredith). He just exuded "nice guy" vibes to me and I know that's because he was telling the story but god it made me want to strangle him. He treated his sisters terribly, seemed the least affected by the murder, and truly acted like he was the only person in the world who mattered half the time. (Like seriously HE was not in the worst headspace ever and still made the worst decisions after Richard's death). He also didn't seem to care that much about half of his so called friends. He didn't even seem to care that much about James for the majority of the book, who was allegedly his best friend. I guess he was telling a story to a detective after 10 years, but it still felt a little insane how aloof he was.
James was the best of them and Filippa was a close second. I wish we could've gotten one of their POVs, both would have been fantastic alternatives to Oliver. I loved both of them and they deserve the world. I just wanted to take James away from the whole situation and protect him from everything. He seemed to get the short end of the stick every time (socially) and it was so heartbreaking to watch. It was even more heartbreaking to watch when Oliver WAS SO STUPID NOT TO NOTICE ANYTHING SO HE ACTIVELY JUST MADE EVERYTHING WORSE. Filippa was just a good person. I feel as though we really only got to see her when Oliver needed something from her, but I loved what I got.
Alexander and Wren were mainly just... there? I had a soft spot for both of them for very different reasons, but I wish we saw more of them. My theory about Alexander is that he caught on to Oliver not being as good a person as everyone thinks he is and that's why Oliver kinda kept him at a distance.
Meredith was infuriating in a way that is way too understandable for me to actually hate her. I can't say I ever got to the point of liking her, but I definitely understood her actions. Her and Oliver's arcs (separate and together) were by far the most infuriating to read due to MANY reasons. I do have to wonder how much of the negativity towards her was due to the unreliable narrator (which adds a whole new layer to why I don't like Oliver).
Richard was extremely one dimensional... but I think that was purposeful? We never dwelled on anything about him really. Even before things turned south (which was very quick), it felt like he was set apart, like the narrator was begging us not to develop an attachment to him. Looking back on it, this was probably exactly what happened. We learned nothing about him except that he was evil to the point that he was basically plucked straight out of a play.
I feel as though you cannot talk about IWWV without comparing it at least a little to The Secret History, which I did read last year. They are both excellent stories with their own merit, but if you plan on reading both this season, I'd recommend not reading them one after another.
______________________________________
pre-review: oh god I need to read a book with a likeable main character after all that....more
A lovely manga that I can see this as a comfort read for me in the future.
A little girl is abandoned in “the Outside”, found by one of the Outsiders,A lovely manga that I can see this as a comfort read for me in the future.
A little girl is abandoned in “the Outside”, found by one of the Outsiders, who resembles a demon/monster and taken in and cared for. I’m a sucker for the tainted/innocent pairing in a parent/child type relationship and this was no exception. Their relationship is adorable and you can tell that both parties teach the other a lot. As the plot moves forward it is quite obvious that the system is based on western cultures and modern day christianity which I usually don’t love in a fantasy setting (I find it overplayed and a bit too on the nose, preferring a more unique god system), but I found this choice conveyed the point of the first three volumes well. The art style is beautiful and dark, which sometimes made it hard to see what was going on in the pictures, but it matched the atmosphere perfectly. I would highly recommend the deluxe version as the cover is exquisite. ...more
An Education in Malice is a reimagining of Carmilla that takes place in the backdrop of an all girls college in the 1960's, where Laura Sheridan has bAn Education in Malice is a reimagining of Carmilla that takes place in the backdrop of an all girls college in the 1960's, where Laura Sheridan has been sent to study poetry and Carmilla is forming an unhealthy bond with her poetry professor, De Lafontaine. We follow Laura and Carmilla as they descend further into a place neither of them can escape.
There was truly no way that a vampire book with THREE sapphic poets could be anything less than 5 stars for me, but this book really does excel in so many aspects. Laura and Carmilla are the centerpiece of this book and they are perfection. Even while they are rivals, the tension between them is palpable and it just grows as they become closer. While they are definitely into each other before, the whole vampirism thing seems to accelerate the desire part quite swiftly. I liked how their obsession felt softer and could give way to love, directly contrasting Carmilla and De Lafontaine's relationship. That being said, De Lafontaine really holds this story together. She is an older vampire who is really pushing the boundaries of what is morally acceptable with her students. It's clear she less evil than a product of her own environment, but it's impossible to like her. She shows a different side of love and obsession, one that corrupts and hurts and adds so much to the tension.
I love vampire books and I love S.T. Gibson's vampires above all. They are easily my favorite supernatural creatures to read about precisely because of how we see vampires lose or twist their humanity. Similarly to A Dowry of Blood, Gibson utilizes vampirism to discuss abusive aspects of relationships. We see how cruel obsession and power imbalance drives De Lafontaine's relationship with Carmilla and how, while Lafontaine is cruel, she treats Carmilla that way because it is how she was conditioned in past relationships, thus showing how the cycles of abuse can continue in relationships.
I am a sucker for dark academia books and, even though the academia aspect is definitely more on the backburner, this is no exception. Gibson does something really beautiful here in making all three of these characters poets. The original poems shared and the existing ones that are studied add an extra layer to the work as a whole.
S.T. Gibson's writing is magnificent and atmospheric, sucking you into the story completely. Even after reading A Dowry of Blood (which I highly recommend), this book blew me out of the water. While so many aspects of this book stand out, her writing is by far the best part and, for me at least, the core of why this book is so easily 5 stars. I cannot wait to share some of my favorite quotes (which I'll add in when I have time).
Small aside, but it is insanely fitting that I got a Carmilla scented perfume in my literary perfume calendar yesterday. I was definitely smelling that the whole time I was reading this book for the vibes.
Thank you Net Galley & the publisher for sending me an e-arc. I am going to go scream into a pillow and smell Carmilla perfume some more....more
"What exactly is your connection to Marya Antonova, Dimitri Fedorov?" She is my entire soul, Dimitri didn't say.
One for My Enemy is a modern Rome "What exactly is your connection to Marya Antonova, Dimitri Fedorov?" She is my entire soul, Dimitri didn't say.
One for My Enemy is a modern Romeo and Juliet retelling centering around two powerful Russian witch families in New York, specifically focusing on the relationships between the youngest and eldest sons and daughters and their love stories.
One on side, we have Lev Fedorov and Sasha Antonova, two young kids who run into each other by chance and form a relationship. This pairing is a beautiful representation of young love and their banter made me so giggly. They are the classic Romeo and Juliet. Both of them are hesitant to take on their family role and had already started to question the authority of their parents before their fated meeting. They are each other's catalysts and, therefore, they are their eldest sibling's catalysts.
On the other side we have Dimitri Fedorov and Marya Antonova, who separated 12 years ago due to their parents' feud. They are the Romeo and Juliet that chose their family instead of their love. Here we see the heartbreaking love of a pair who has tried their hardest to forget about each other, but never will. We see the eldest of two powerful families have to come to terms with their youngest siblings being potentially pulled away like they were and question whether or not their family dynasty is worth it. In them we see sacrifice and pain and unending love (for each other and their siblings).
Family loyalty was the second piece of this book, and it was handled incredibly with all three of the Federov brothers, but I do wish we got to see a little more of the inner turmoil of the seven Antonova sisters. In this regard, Marya and Dimi play the same role as the loyal heirs who have had enough of their parents and Sasha and Lev play the role as the youngest who have never been fully loyal to their parent's cause. The most interesting exploration of family to me was with Roma Federov, the middle son. His unwavering loyalty to his family when he wasn't receiving any loyalty in return really struck a cord with me and, while his actions were by no means justifiable, they made perfect sense for him.
All of the pieces of this fit together so brilliantly. It felt like a Romeo and Juliet retelling, but stood on its own enough that I couldn't forsee the ending. I loved the added references to Russian folklore (specifically with Koschei the patriarch and Baba Yaga the matriarch.) I also really loved how she depicted fae in this world in their classic, trickster ways. Blake's writing is some of the most lyrical I have read from a contemporary author, and I think that this book is worth it if only to read her words.
This is a really well done and beautiful Romeo and Juliet retelling and makes me want to do a reread of the play....more
Once every ten years, a woman is allowed to test into becoming a high mage. This year, its Sciona, a bri "The worthwhile run is never the short one."
Once every ten years, a woman is allowed to test into becoming a high mage. This year, its Sciona, a brilliant and driven mage who has shown that she doesn't care about anything except her ego and magic. She is chosen, only to realize that the blatant sexism that has been thrown in her face everyday of her life will not go away just because she is high up in academia. Ten years ago, running with his tribe from a blight that literally unravels people, Thomil is a Kwen who crossed into the city of Tiran with his niece, Carra. Because of the racism in the city, Thomil cannot rise above the job of janitor no matter how smart and capable he is. He keeps his head down just to survive another day. Through chance (a shitty coworker making a shitty joke), Thomil ends up as Sciona's sole laboratory assistant. Despite Sciona's prejudices towards Thomil, she teaches him how to become her assistant and, together, they discover the terrible cost that allows this city to function.
This book is very academic and has a unique magic system that reminds me a lot of coding. While it is really cool, it can also be a little exhausting to read pages upon pages of Sciona infodumping this highly academic magic system to various people (mainly Thomil). The only times I ever put the book down was during those pages of explanation because it truly felt like I was reading a textbook.
"Truth over delusion. Growth over comfort."
Sciona is also a really hard character to read from. While yes, she does have to deal with the sexism of her society, she is still upholding an incredibly racist system and it takes her a while to understand that Thomil is just as much a person as her and even longer to realize that Thomil is not an anomaly among the Kwen in that regard. While having Sciona as the main POV in this book makes it a bit hard to read at times, it allows for Wang to open up a lot of points about the importance of intersectionality and how you can still be an oppressor if you yourself are being oppressed.
Further into the book, we finally get to actually meet Carra, the young niece of Thomil. Thomil has trained himself to keep his head down and accept his fate just to survive, but he did not do the same to Carra. Where Thomil is calm and dejected, Carra is rightfully angry. She doesn't care about her own life if it means that the world will be better for her people. While she isn't a POV, she is a huge catalyst and important character for the plot and is so well written.
This book is about how you are still bad if you are upholding an evil system that you are aware of and have the power to stop. If you are in a place when you can make a change, you are bad if you put your head down and ignore the atrocities and you allow for evil things to keep happening.
The end of this book is bittersweet. Its really easy in a fantasy book to create an easy solution for all of the structural issues in a world, but, like in Babel by RF Kuang, Wang shows that progress cannot be made without sacrifice and violence. And even with that sacrifice and violence, it may take a hundred years to see a tangible change.
This is a book that makes you angry. Not just about this fantasy world, but about the racism, colonialism, and imperialism of our own world.
Song: Butchered Tongue / Hozier
________ pre-review: stayed up til after 3am for this book to absolutely destroy me....more
If you want to read a book that exudes Ghibli vibes, this is it. This book is a love letter to all the lonely kids who didn’t quite fit in and it is oIf you want to read a book that exudes Ghibli vibes, this is it. This book is a love letter to all the lonely kids who didn’t quite fit in and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read - an instant favorite.
One day, the mirrors of 7 kids begin to shine and they are transported to a castle. There they are told by a Wolf Queen that they are welcome to the castle anytime they want for a year, but they are looking for a key which can grant one of them a wish. If one of them finds the key and spends the wish, the castle shuts down immediately and they all forget the castle and their time there. This is a story of resilient kids with some real anxieties and traumas creating the purest bonds....more
"the most important thing you can do in this world, the most necessary thing, is to survive it."
At the beginning of Legendborn, 16 year old Bree's "the most important thing you can do in this world, the most necessary thing, is to survive it."
At the beginning of Legendborn, 16 year old Bree's mother has died the day her and her best friend, Alice, are accepted into a precollege program at UNC. Bree, dealing with intense grief, goes through the motions until she finds her one purpose: revenge. As she pushes herself farther and farther away from her loved ones, she becomes obsessed with a secret society based on Arthurian legend that she is convinced had something to do with her mother's death.
While the magic and silly boys are fun, the biggest topic this book dives into is what it is like to be a black woman in the south. It's about having no roots to trace back from because your ancestors were slaves. It's about Bree being the only black person in a room of rich white kids and having the majority of the room hoping for her downfall and half of the room just being blatantly racist towards her. Its about feeling like an outsider in a place she rightfully belong in. Its about Bree finding a network of black women who help her find not only herself, but her ancestors. Its about her learning about her ancestors and finding her roots. And it is so beautiful and well done.
This book also focuses on the grief of our main character Bree, an incredibly intelligent and witty main character who is pushing a lot of people out. We get to grapple with the loss of her mom and, through therapy, her realizations about her family history. The growth of her character really allowed us to see her going through all these stages of grief, and we even got glimpses into how worried her father and best friend were for her which I loved.
Without spoiling, I really really enjoyed the magic of this world. I feel like there aren't that many Knights of the Round Table retellings, and seeing a modern day version of the Round Table was really interesting. I loved the give and take of the magic system and the additional things that we didn't get to see as explored. I found the plot to be a little bit predictable, but I also didn't see a problem with that. It may have been because Bree started in the summer (and was dealing with grief and not really making new friends), but I do wish we got to see the secret society being a bit more *secretive* if that makes sense. I understand they have magic and such to ward but I would've loved to see a larger cast of characters that weren't in the secret society and how Bree interacted with them. I do hope we get to see further explanations about the magic systems in the next book (especially Bree's stuff). Lastly, I loved the flashbacks. I found them incredibly impactful and just a complete other layer to this book.
Additionally, this book is unapologetically queer. We have a prominent nonbinary character, a confirmed bisexual character (not in a relationship), a confirmed lesbian character (not in a relationship), a sapphic relationship and a gay relationship. The representation was honestly something I really didn't expect going in since no one ever talks about it, but I found it to be well done and just loved seeing that more casual representation.
In terms of characters, I loved pretty much all of them. Bree was obviously the stand out as the incredibly bad ass main character, but Greer, William, Nick, Alice, and Patricia were the stand out side characters for me. I am surprisingly okay with the love triangle vibe and really just hoping it turns into a throuple.
My SOLE issue with characters comes from Selwyn Kane. I get it. I really do. He's a sulky bad boy. Sure that's hot or whatever I guess. But he is such a terrible terrible asshole to Bree (while he is completely aware of her trauma that happened VERY RECENTLY) and its all just shrugged off once we find out he also has a traumatic backstory??? Sir you are quite literally bullying people with traumatic backstories for fun why should I feel bad for YOUR traumatic backstory??? Unfortunately character development-wise, but fortunately for my own sanity, Sel does a complete 180 for pretty much no reason and now he's perfectly fine to be around - sure, he's still a bit sassy and prickly, but he's not the literal devil towards Bree....more
This book is incredibly atmospheric and beautiful in a way that caters to Schwab’s writing style well. I do think the end was a bit rushed but I lovedThis book is incredibly atmospheric and beautiful in a way that caters to Schwab’s writing style well. I do think the end was a bit rushed but I loved exploring Gallant and the Priors ...more
edit: Awad really left her mark in my brain with this book and I keep thinking about it. I was going to wait until I reread it to bump it up, but I thedit: Awad really left her mark in my brain with this book and I keep thinking about it. I was going to wait until I reread it to bump it up, but I think it’s worth bumping up to 5 stars
a drug induced dark academia Heathers kinda vibe i loved this i don’t care Mona Awad is a genius and i will devour everything she writes...more
The dark academia, characters, and magic based on language were incredible and sooo cool to read about, however this book is a commentary on colonialiThe dark academia, characters, and magic based on language were incredible and sooo cool to read about, however this book is a commentary on colonialism in academia at it’s core...more
Loading...
