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The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones
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This was an Amazon First Reads that has been on my Kindle since July 2025. I read the first few chapters, and whilst I'm sure it's a perfectly lovely story of found friendships and moving onwards and upwards in life, it just wasn't holding my attention. While I'm reading this I've got FOMO about all the other books I could be reading instead! So I've decided not to finish it.
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The Storytellers
Sue Heath
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The Other People
C.B. Everett
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I read the first two or three chapters but then ended up just flicking through the rest, trying to get the gist of what happened. Sometimes I can't read books where children are involved and in danger, and this was one of them.
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Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra
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The Storytellers
Sue Heath
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This was my first foray into 'grimdark fantasy' and I really enjoyed it! There was a great cast of characters, all linked to each other in some way, though it wasn't always immediately obvious how. Each chapter flitted between the storyline of one or more of these characters, and although that can sometimes be a bit confusing and disjointed, the writing was so good that it just flowed really well. The vivid descriptions of people and places made me feel really immersed in the story; everyone is a bit 'morally grey' to some degree, but even some of the really unlikeable characters are actually, kind of, likeable! (Looking at you, Glokta!) There is, of course, a plot to this book, so it's not as if nothing happens, but it does feel like it's all building up to The Plot in books 2 and 3; one of my favourite BookTubers, Paperback Journeys, describes Book 1 as being like a "book-sized prologue", and I would agree. It's an introduction to characters and their backgrounds, it sets up the 'world-building', you learn about the history and politics of the place etc, and then it draws to a close with the main group of protagonists coming together to begin the journey into... book 2!
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Joe Abercrombie
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Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra
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I really enjoyed this and 'devoured' it in less than 24 hours. It's a reworking of Carmilla, the book that inspired Dracula, and is drenched in themes of appetite and hunger. A story of women's repression and desire for autonomy amid the societal constraints of the time, with a hefty dose of female rage and revenge!
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Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
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Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
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Historical fiction based on the real life doomed attempt of the Donner Party to cross the mountains into the west, heading for a new life in California. As if the very real human horrors and the harsh terrain and brutal elements weren't enough, Katsu also weaves in a supernatural twist.