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The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
Ken Liu
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Matt Dinniman
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Matt Dinniman
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This book combines whimsical yet dark tones, gothic lite you could say. I adore how Rachel Gillig gives her characters distinct features, to me they are perfect imperfections - totally human. Its endearing, and palpable. In a world of iPhone face you've got a place of refuge in Rachel's stories.
I do think this book set out to highlight the relationship between Sybil and Rodrick more so than how relationships were approached in The Shepherd King duology - so if the romance was too much of a subplot for you in that duology, then you will most likely not enjoy this book. Part of me liked that, part of me didn't. Saying that, we've also got a relatively desperate, yearning edge to the main male character which I did think was super enjoyable.
I found this less flowery in prose in comparison, with less rhyming/poems, but still containing a lot of Gillig's signature way of writing. The world did feel quite small and confusingly piecemeal - I can't say I really bought into it. We don't really know of anything outside this Kingdom and there is a certain element here that reminds me of how fairytales establish an existence of a space that you want to question, but don't seem to be allowed to.
I'm looking forward to reading the next, but it doesn't have me as eager for answers as The Shepherd King did.
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A Bone in His Teeth
Kellen Graves
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
N.K. Jemisin
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Mother of Learning: ARC 2
Domagoj Kurmaić
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Scarred (Bog Standard Isekai #1)
Miles English
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Mother of Learning: ARC 2
Domagoj Kurmaić
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Mother of Learning: ARC 1
Domagoj Kurmaić