Story and Somnomancy

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Mini Reviews: A Dowry of Blood, The Radium Girls

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023by MariLeave a Comment on Mini Reviews: A Dowry of Blood, The Radium Girls
Mini Reviews: A Dowry of Blood, The Radium Girls

I think this is the mini review that took me out of my usual faire, so while I didn't love these books, I appreciated having read them anyway. A Dowry of Blood came onto my radar because of the FairyLoot edition, and not gonna lie, that special edition is GORGEOUS. To be fair, I hadn't [...]

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Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022by MariLeave a Comment on Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones
Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones

Rounding out my year's worth of books read! I've got several reflection posts to put up for the end of the year, including a Top Ten of 2022, but that can wait until next week when I've sorted through my journal and notes. For now, some more reviews! I was alerted about this book when [...]

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Blood and Shadows || The Book of Night Review

October 20, 2022October 19, 2022by MariLeave a Comment on Blood and Shadows || The Book of Night Review
Blood and Shadows || The Book of Night Review

Initial Thoughts: I think I've solved my Holly Black beginning-book problems, because she did the EXACT SAME THING to me in The Cruel Prince and--to a lesser extent--Tithe. Book of Night was definitely on the slow end, and while it picked up for me a third in, it sputtered again in the middle. However, I [...]

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Sleeping with the Enemy || Neon Gods Review

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022by MariLeave a Comment on Sleeping with the Enemy || Neon Gods Review
Sleeping with the Enemy || Neon Gods Review

Initial Thoughts I... actually enjoyed this a bit more, surprisingly so because this book was practically an excuse to write all the smut about the god of the underworld and the goddess of springtime and death. ALL THE SMUT. And boy, my reaction to those scenes was a whole spectrum of reactions, including laughter. Not [...]

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Mini Reviews: Tokyo Ever After, A Touch of Darkness

March 24, 2022March 23, 2022by MariLeave a Comment on Mini Reviews: Tokyo Ever After, A Touch of Darkness
Mini Reviews: Tokyo Ever After, A Touch of Darkness

I've been regularly churning out these book reviews that I've almost lost track of how many I have to do on the backburner. But I guess this is a good thing, since I tend to slow down on the reading during the fall. Some more audiobook goodness! Well. Semi-goodness.  If you're looking to get that [...]

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Mari

Mari-with-an-I prefers her fantasies drenched in oil and fried up in faerie, but when that’s not the case, she’ll read it anyway. She likes writing what she reads, and likes baking while she writes. She’s written a few things for anthologies, including an anthology that got translated into Czech (I know, right?! Eeeeee!), and if you haven’t read them yet, she urges you to do so! Who knows, there might be a few cookies waiting for you at the end of the read.

…Or not. (Blast her pet steampoctopus for eating them all!)

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Reading Ratings (in Cookies)

5 cookies = Book was so deliciously awesome that I couldn't put it down or get it out of my mind for a while.

4 cookies = Book was great and certainly worth the read.

3 cookies = Book was good but I expected better.

2 cookies = Meh.

1 cookie = Why did I even bother?!

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