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Sofiye

Plattdütsch🇧🇪 living and reading in Kölle ❤️🤍 I always like novels which involve exploration and adventure. Big fan of that myself too when I'm out hiking.

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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Sixth of the Dusk (The Cosmere)
Howards End
Count Luna
Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle, #1)
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My Thorns For Your Roses

My Thorns For Your Roses

Kristen Argyres

True love takes many forms. As one of the few survivors of her generation, Lark wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. All she needs is a tolerable husband. On her 24th birthday, Lark offends the local faerie lord, the shapeshifter Tamlin, who punishes her with a rose rooted in her flesh. In her efforts to convince Tamlin to undo his handiwork, Lark visits the forest daily and discovers the breathtaking and terrifying wonders of his realm. Despite her pragmatic nature tugging her toward a mortal huntsman, Lark falls for Tamlin. After a near-fatal accident exposes Tamlin’s cruel deception, Lark moves to the capital to accept a marriage of convenience. Yet when she learns of Tamlin’s capture, Lark must choose whether to secure her future or risk it all to save the love of her life from his cannibal ex. -- MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES is a "Tam Lin" retelling written in the spirit of the Scottish faerie tale and folksong - for readers who enjoyed the fae in Heather Fawcett's EMILY WILDE series, retellings like Naomi Novik's SPINNING SILVER, and the complicated family dynamics of Kell Woods' AFTER THE FOREST and UPON A STARLIT TIDE. Book cover artist: Yinan Sun (Grey)

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  • Corax: Soulforge (The Horus Heresy #Novella)
    Sofiye
    Mar 12, 2026
    2.5
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5
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    This story felt quite unnecessary all in all. The writing is mediocre, the characters are too, and it just feels like it is only action with some story and interesting bits hastily tacked on at the end.

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  • The Shadowmasters (The Horus Heresy Short Story)
    Sofiye
    Mar 10, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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    The most interesting Gav Thorpe story I've read yet. This is the first time I feel he really uses the prose in a meaningful way to enhance the story.

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  • Raptor (The Horus Heresy #Audio Drama)
    Sofiye
    Mar 10, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 2.5

    A short bit quite comedic story at times. Though I do feel the ending was rushed.

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  • The Divine Word (The Horus Heresy Short Story)
    Sofiye
    Mar 10, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    I always enjoy the Horus Heresy stories where a character comes to terms with their beliefs (or begins believing). But I feel like this story could have been much more in that regard. Currently it feels somewhere between a battle report with some personal quotes from the main character and an actual story. And I wish it leant a bit more into being a story, Gav Thorpe could have used style and writing to enhance the feeling of discovering beliefs but he didn't and I think that was a missed opportunity.

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  • Deliverance Lost (The Horus Heresy, #18)
    Sofiye
    Mar 10, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    This book suffered from trying to tell to many different stories at once, none were bad but none had a chance to really shine either. The overall story was just OK, nothing special and not particularly memorable.

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