maybe I'm not the target audience enough but this just couldn't catch my attention despite what sounds like an interesting premise and the initial shomaybe I'm not the target audience enough but this just couldn't catch my attention despite what sounds like an interesting premise and the initial shock of one sister finding her twin's desecrated body. Even that felt boring. I don't know how there is enough here for a series... so I stopped reading about 1/3 of the way through....more
2.75 stars rounding up cause I didn't enjoy it but I stuck it out to 72% thinking it would get better as it hinted. Purchased as an e-book deal during2.75 stars rounding up cause I didn't enjoy it but I stuck it out to 72% thinking it would get better as it hinted. Purchased as an e-book deal during Pride month offerings as it has a great advertising team (beautiful cover and byline e.g.) and I trust some of the existing raves on Goodreads but this was actually fairly dull especially because I did not believe in the chemistry of the two ill-fated enemies-to-lovers(?) at the heart of it. I believed at least in the exploitative professor-protege relationship but that was also dull while somehow still overwrought in prose.
It's a Carmilla retelling in the mid 20th century at a women's university. shoulda checked a lot of boxes but alas!...more
Still doesn’t pass the Bechdel test but there WERE a lot more women in this story at least. Includes Coyote, multiple supernatuone of the better ones
Still doesn’t pass the Bechdel test but there WERE a lot more women in this story at least. Includes Coyote, multiple supernatural beings, and some new ones (elementals) as well as the threat of Ragnarock - in Montana of all places.
I realized I remembered NOTHING of the previous book and so references to it, and big bad Bonarata were increasingly annoying. But the plot and ending of this one were good enough to bring me back to the series....more
A fun, diverse alternate (supernatural) history in Depression-era South written and drawn by diverse creators. Sneaks in real American history that weA fun, diverse alternate (supernatural) history in Depression-era South written and drawn by diverse creators. Sneaks in real American history that we rarely learn of in school (Native residency schools with assimilation/cultural genocide as the goal, Chinese immigrants in the South) and provides a picture of a rarely represented group: black Indigenous residents.
Two black, Choctaw girls are starting to grow in their magic which means they will soon be sent away to the residency schools unless their families can come up with the funds to bribe their way out. Enter their mentors who race in illegal broom races for winner-takes-all prizes and who want to train the girls to join them in the largest (and most dangerous) race of all before the races are shut down. ...more
Witches secretly fighting Nazi's in WWII + secret societies should be the perfect GN afternoon read... and it was...fine. I think either the author orWitches secretly fighting Nazi's in WWII + secret societies should be the perfect GN afternoon read... and it was...fine. I think either the author or illustrator got sidetracked with naked rituals in the forest instead of supernatural spycraft so the latter was limited & bor-ing. ...more
**spoiler alert** Hazel loses and then gains and then loses again a kid brother. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful all at once. For a volume that start**spoiler alert** Hazel loses and then gains and then loses again a kid brother. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful all at once. For a volume that starts with a western-looking space outpost named “Abortion Town,” this episode in the renegade family’s life was handled with empathy and dexterity. And that’s really what is great about this series - it’s obscene and in-your-face with issues that aren’t typically acceptable in dinner conversation. But it’s shoved in one’s face because these are very real issues impacting very human people and the ensuing confrontation of those issues is extremely humane. I’ve seen sci-fi and fantasy use metaphor for earthly issues before... here instead we have aliens dealing with earthly problems; war, proxy wars, refugees, maternal health, sexual and gender issues, nuclear and divided families, incarceration and more. No metaphors required. These are my people!
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Hazel loses and then gains and then loses again a kid brother. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful all at once. For a volume that starts with a western-looking space outpost named “Abortion Town,” this episode in the renegade family’s life was handled with empathy and dexterity. And that’s really what is great about this series - it’s obscene and in-your-face with issues that aren’t typically acceptable in dinner conversation. But it’s shoved in one’s face because these are very real issues impacting very human people and the ensuing confrontation of those issues is extremely humane. I’ve seen sci-fi and fantasy use metaphor for earthly issues before... here instead we have aliens dealing with earthly problems; war, proxy wars, refugees, maternal health, sexual and gender issues, nuclear and divided families, incarceration and more. No metaphors required. These are my people!...more
All of the British Isles are in the Otherworld now as monsters run amok.... and somehow homebase has become the survivors of a retirement community, nAll of the British Isles are in the Otherworld now as monsters run amok.... and somehow homebase has become the survivors of a retirement community, now holing-up in Duncan/Percival's grandma's family home a.k.a. the Grail Castle. The Arthurian fun continues but with stories running wild, there are many more parties joining in the fray - which is fun but somewhat confusing. Alsoooo - there are more than one Arthur - with dueling Galahad's , and a Lancelot from an alternative storyline - it's a lot to keep track of and I'm not so sure they managed here. Duncan's mum is still playing Nimue so at least I can track that. So who is Guinevere from our 2nd Arthurian storyline? I definitely appreciate that we're pointing out how malleable and societally-dependent these stories are over the centuries. It was especially fun having just finished Spear by Nicola Griffith which takes a Welsh, gender-bending tack on the Percival story. (HIGHLY RECOMMEND!)...more
nothing special except for a big boss-man (with weird philosophies about what freedom means) that happened to be our nation's 2nd president. He defininothing special except for a big boss-man (with weird philosophies about what freedom means) that happened to be our nation's 2nd president. He definitely has an inferiority complex. Placing this in Philadelphia with a complicated father-son (both cops) relationship at its core were the best parts of this GN. Not interested enough to read the next. ...more
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