@vivavaleria@eldritch.cafe 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.
Two queer teen bloodsuckers attending an elite vampire-only boarding school must go up against all …
One thing I love about this book is Taylor's and Evangeline's enemies-with-benefits relationship.
Like hatefucking your bully and nemesis every week is a totally normal thing that people just do.
And no, it's not an enemies-to-lovers plot.
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. And she's happy for all of them, truly. …
What offense, sweet Beatrice?
5 stars
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two books later?? How …
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two books later?? How cruel is that D:
And how in hell has Delilah become so soft that Astrid - Astrid! - is often more rad than her these days?
A prophecy poisoned.
A queendom at stake.
A magic vial of tears holds their fates. …
Church vs Crown
3 stars
All of this is some multi-layerey power play (which I like) with kissing girls (which I also like). But then again, most of it is about spirituality, prophesies, and birthright (which I don't like).
Margot Cooper doesn't do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so …
I'm bored
2 stars
There were a handful of entertaining moments, but mostly it's just the old, overrated and overused trope where both girls think "too bad she just want's casual" instead of just talking to each other.
Apart from all the petit-bourgeois stuff about weddings.
Oh and apparently it's the third part of a trilogy, but the summary and backcover don't indicate that. What the fuck.
Just remembered this banger scene, where the characters fly from the US to Turkey on a private plane, but take an immediate stop in France for ... CUSTOMS!?!?
Sure, French customs totally cares about what you carry between two totally unrelated countries. Ms Bayron, have you ever been outside the US?
Annalie jobbt in den Ferien in der örtlichen Eisdiele und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als …
Manche Kackpfeifen verdienen nur noch aufs Maul
3 stars
Die Geschichte dreht sich vollständig um ein rassistisches Graffiti, und wie verschiedene davon betroffene oder nicht betroffene Menschen damit umgehen. Wie unterschiedlich die einzelnen Auswirkungen auf den Alltag sind. Und schließlich wiedergefundener Schwesternliebe.
In the dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost …
'Mischief' is her middle name
5 stars
What a joy to read! Wren's job is fighting ghosts, but after some useless goldsmith prince is kidnapped she goes further and commands literal zombies, while driving some ironsmith knight to madness.
Spooky warrior-girl romcom galore.
Nineteen-year-old Rhia Greenbrook has lived in the sleepy town of Oakriver in a house with …
Here comes the arsonist
4 stars
It's obvious Philline Harms poured so much love into this book. All those little situations that do nothing for the plot but are nice to read. Of course I also enjoyed one of the main characters carrying my name.
However, it's kind of a slow burner (pun intended). All of the plot happens on the last 150 pages, after 200 pages of meet-cute.
Nineteen-year-old Rhia Greenbrook has lived in the sleepy town of Oakriver in a house with …
Content warning
very far into the story
Valerie: burns down her girlfriends greenhouse, then almost burns the entire town, almost killing everybody
Quinn: “Fuck you, Valerie”, they said into Valerie's shoulder. “Great art project you made there. Ten out of ten.”