@enum@chaos.social on the mammooth site. Reading mostly wlw rom-coms, with the occasional exceptions. I try to rotate languages, but it isn't really easy to find queer romance books in other languages than English. Reviews and comments usually in the same language as the book.
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Die Lunte brennt - und das nicht nur auf ihrer Freizeit, die nach ein paar …
Nachwirkungen eines abgebrochenen Ferienlagers. Alle Charaktere sind super simpel gestrickt, aber der Zufall macht daraus trotzdem wieder unterhaltsame Wendungen. Und ich dachte, Novellen seien ausgestorben.
Josh Chester loves being a Hollywood bad boy, coasting on his good looks, his parties, …
Both Josh and Van really are good characters from Behind the Scenes that desperately needed their own stories. Whenever a romance story is told from two alternating points of view, you automatically assume they're the couple. You're in for a surprise then...
High school senior Ally Duncan's best friend may be the Vanessa Park - star of …
I am a bit disappointed how it all boiled down to "oops we didn't communicate" again. Same applies to "Cool for the summer" btw. None of Dahlia's books have a really elaborate creative plot, but they're still fun to read and hard to put to the side.
Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase …
If you don't have an earworm right from the start, you'll have one afterwards. Trust me. Also, this book was good enough to finish in 24h and keep me up all night.
From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …
The largest part of the book is about an elaborate heist, so if you like heists, knock yourself out. However, it's embedded into a larger major story, which doesn't really need that heist - it would work just as fine without it. Then again, the Spindrift Tearoom & Bloodhouse concept is pretty cool. And: coconuts!
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
Spanning over 200 years, this is a long story, with characters coming and going. It's not very addictive, but still quite enjoyable, with a distinct kind of humour.
From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …
Despite the name, the main theme of the book seems to be not tea, but coconuts O_O
Un homme d'affaires douteux projette de transformer le portail spirituel, situé au cœur de la …
Naturellement, j'aime la relation entre Korra et Asami. Mais Tokuga n'a aucun pas de sens.
Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will …
Relationships between vampires and mortals will always be weird to me. Girl, you're five times her age, why are you dating a human teenager??
... aber statt anderen Geschenke zu besorgen, erledigst du ihren Mord für sie - und dafür kümmert sich jemand anderes um deinen. Und so gerätst du niemals in Verdacht, weil Motiv und Gelegenheit nie übereinstimmen. Was kann da nur schieflaufen? Jedenfalls war es verdammt schwer, dieses Buch zwischendurch auch mal aus der Hand zu legen um zu schlafen...
Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home …
This is a funny concept: The chapters play in two parallel timelines - one where Natalya stays in New York, and one where she goes to Los Angeles for the summer. The subtitle is "There's more than one path to happily ever after", and that's exactly what the book represents. However, both timelines are a little too straightforward, and seen individually, they wouldn't make an interesting story. It really is this multi-timeline-drifting approach that makes it an entertaining book.
This is a sentence from the Acknowledgements, and I'm glad she acknowledges it. Because, twin hells, you have been incredibly mean to your characters. And that made the book really hard to enjoy, unlike its predecessor, even if it's written in the same spirit. In Eris's words: « Absolutely rot ».
What is wrong with people, none of this makes sense
No logré engancharme. Tal vez es que la realidad de la guerra es demasiado punzante …
Well, if you haven't guessed yet, this book is themed around piloted mecha suits. This is so not my theme. But it's also a rom-com, so who cares.
I really liked the writing style, hence all the quotes! I can't even imagine how much time and effort the author must have spent on each paragraph, to chose the exactly right words and effects, each page like a poem. I also liked how the gearbreakers seem and act like one big polycule.
And a plus point for all the parallels to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! (it literally starts with Sona fighting against automatic training bots, on Hord..err..Godolia territory, which she then turns against)
The good part: This entire scenario is incredibly sick (yes, hahaha, YES). Fucking your best friend's mom? Fucking your daughter's best friend? Oh boy, this could be a riot.
The bad part: It's a very very slow burn. You'd expect a buildup, then drama when the daughter/friend finds out, then reconciliation. Instead, it's 300 pages of sex, secret dates and a good old relationship escalator (of course, marriage is just what this story needs 🥴). At some point it really got boring. If you really wanted this story, make it shorter. And scrap the epilogue.