Enum & Valerie reviewed The Ride of Her Life by Jennifer Dugan
Cheesy sapphic country romance
4 stars
Well, it's a standard romance plot. It's done well, the protagonist learning to set healthy boundaries and build a life on her own.
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Enum & Valerie reviewed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some …
Schön bescheuert
5 stars
Lesbische Nekromantinnen und Schwertkämpferinnen in Space, die in Leichen verknallt sind und selbstregenerierende Knochenmonster aufeinander hetzen. Leute sterben mehr als einmal und sind trotzdem noch da. Wunderbar bescheuert.
Enum & Valerie finished reading Der lange Weg zu dir by Martin Widmark
Der lange Weg zu dir by Martin Widmark, Emilia Dziubak
Ein Mädchen namens Sonia lebt zusammen mit seiner Katze Miezi auf der einen Seite des Meeres. Auf der anderen Seite …
Enum & Valerie reviewed Conni, das Kleeblatt und die Pferde am Meer by Dagmar Hoßfeld (Conni & Co., #11)
Ein Reiterhof an der Nordsee ist der perfekte Ferienort für Conni und ihre Freundinnen. Der …
Pferdekrimi
2 stars
Nur leider passiert nur auf so ca. 5 Seiten überhaupt was, und auf den anderen 160 Seiten wird darüber meta-geredet, wie spannend die 5 Seiten waren.
Enum & Valerie quoted Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some …
While we were developing common sense, she studied the blade.
— Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Page 51)
Is this even an insult or a compliment? :D
Enum & Valerie quoted Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some …
“Hello, I'm the woman who helped Harrowhark Nonagesimus's fascist rise to power,” said Gideon to nobody in particular. “Yes, the universe sucks now. I knew this going in. Also, she betrayed me afterward and now my body has been shot into the sun.”
— Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Page 41)
Enum & Valerie reviewed Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake
A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star’s worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley …
Well hello Dolly
3 stars
I really did like Ramona and Dylan and their stories. This book was so lovely to read.
But why on earth would you use this plot arc, where they needlessly hide shit from each other, then hear about it in the wrong moment and jump to conclusions? Whyyyyy? It's lazy and everybody hates arcs like that.
Enum & Valerie finished reading In Hinterräumen by Katharina Scholz
Die junge, lesbische Pastorin Kalli Krause hat sich aus Schwerin in das kleine Moorstede versetzen …
Oh nein, Kalli, du kannst doch keine Bullen knutschen /o\
Drittklassiger Roman, aber es war voll süß, ihn von @internet_memme@books.theunseen.city vorgelesen zu bekommen :3
Enum & Valerie reviewed Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A princess in exile, a shapeshifting dragon, six enchanted cranes, …
What a journey!
5 stars
This book is so full of beautiful little side stories and wonderful twists, it was a real joy to read.
Minus 0,5 points: There are no lesbians.
Enum & Valerie reviewed A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens
Dan and Liss are witches. The Black Book granted them that power. Harnessing that power …
Average witch novel
4 stars
about naïve teenage witches doing naïve teenager witch shit
Enum & Valerie reviewed Zauberhafte Aussichten by Stella Benson
ACAB
4 stars
If you hate committees and cops as much as Stella does, this work of magical fiction is for you.
Enum & Valerie reviewed The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud (Eternal Library, #1)
The books are restless.
At the Eternal Library, books are more than the paper, ink, …
A bibliophile normative world...
5 stars
...which is also very nicely queer-normative, despite being very anglo. Everything in here is about books, and there's a nicely working magic system and religions. Lots of queer polyamory, prominent depiction of hearing-impaired and disabled characters, and a world that caters to all of them. There's also a beautiful accompanying oracle card deck :)
Enum & Valerie quoted The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud (Eternal Library, #1)
The books are restless.
At the Eternal Library, books are more than the paper, ink, …
[praying] “Founders, I call to you for help with my foolish bullshit. Please? Eirlys, Daryn? I could really use some guidance right now. Maybe not from you, Isylwyn, you're part of the reason I ended up here in the first place,” I say.“Also, you're probably a murderer. Sorry.”
— The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud (Eternal Library, #1) (Page 265)
when will “you're kind of a jerk” be a common part of prayers?
Enum & Valerie quoted The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud (Eternal Library, #1)
The books are restless.
At the Eternal Library, books are more than the paper, ink, …
“Someone put in an order wrong, and the library received a hundred kilos of red beets, instead of ten.” [...] “All those beets. We're going to be eating borschtsch for weeks,” Siobhan says mournfully. “Everyone's poop will be so red‘, I add
— The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud (Eternal Library, #1) (Page 185)
Yes, please tell me more about your poop
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Also, apparently this made-up Casporan language also includes a they/them/their pronoun set for the case where somebody's pronouns are not yet known ... which really doesn't make sense to exist in a language that only ever had one pronoun set o_O Oh god, the anglos are at it again...