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truthfully, this is gonna be an early dnf cause how is it chapter 5, i know nothing about the world, the girl, the magic system whatever and the plot is just thrown in my face? a 3 page glossary of names is not world building
also ‘entitled bitch’ is accurate, since i just find you jarring
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Heavenly Bodies (Heavenly Bodies, #1)
Imani Erriu
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The Book of Heartbreak: A Novel
Ova Ceren
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truthfully, this is gonna be an early dnf cause how is it chapter 5, i know nothing about the world, the girl, the magic system whatever and the plot is just thrown in my face? a 3 page glossary of names is not world building
also ‘entitled bitch’ is accurate, since i just find you jarring
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Heavenly Bodies (Heavenly Bodies, #1)
Imani Erriu
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i liked this!! very much a cosy book- one definitely to read in october with head empty thoughts. the unpredictability was actually a nice touch in this one
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Heavenly Bodies (Heavenly Bodies, #1)
Imani Erriu
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Rewitched
Lucy Jane Wood
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oh we are so back!!
i have absolutely zero problems with this book. literally zero. it is perfect. the political nuance in this is written so well it still sits firmly in the YA genre, and yet there’s plenty here for adults to take and pull apart.
Williamson is snappy with the pacing, the action, the dialogue- never were we ever sat still or lingering too long. everyone in this book gets their moment to shine and grow alongside Viv (and if you thought she was annoying in the first one, it gets worse!! and then better!! but we love her).
it’s also clear (for the second book in a row) that Williamson has researched language and linguistics, and that she’s spent time fact checking everything she mentions- and it shows!!! there’s a clear love of languages, and it makes me appreciate non english speakers so much more, and the beauty of other cultures outside of our own. how they don’t harm us, but help us.
there are some excellent moments in here. i’ve laughed, i’ve cried, i’ve felt myself wanting to figure out the mystery myself and i’ve felt betrayal. the only problem is i now have to wait another year for the finale ;-;
(ARC was won at Bookfest 2025)
readbyrebekah commented on a post
I am halfway though this book now. The characters are interesting to me, and it's exciting to gradually uncover their personalities. While I've found them all rather unsympathetic so far (except for Nico and Libby), they're still somewhat intriguing.
However, I find it a shame that there's no real central thread or plot. What is the goal of this book? Where are the obstacles? The character development and everyone's constant flirting with everyone else gets really annoying in the long run. What was the point of this random threesome? Somehow, everyone is in love with everyone else (or at least wants sex), but at the same time, everyone hates each other and everyone wants to use each other. I miss the worldbuilding; I would have liked more about Alexandrian society and magic... On the one hand, it's funny how you constantly gain and lose sympathy for the characters. But that's not enough for me. WHERE'S THE PLOT, FFS?
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Project Hanuman is a unique book, blending Indian mythology with dystopian cityscapes and the pitch blackness of space, creating an excellent atmosphere for our three characters to live in. I highly recommend if you love action in space
The whole book from start to finish is a speeding action flick which is something I don't always see in sci-fi- There's usually lots of world building for a space opera, but this one builds itself up from the ground through the endless battles and wars. Hotson manages to not ever pause the story or development for the sake of exposition. It’s a great entry into learning about Indian Mythology if some of the character motives and descriptions interest you. I throughly enjoyed reading about Hanuman’s personal conflict, and how the weight of the universe and God really fell on his shoulders, and how he became larger than himself.
Overall it's one of my favourites this year from the worldbuilding alone. That said, sometimes there was so much focus on the world that I felt a little lost at our characters’ motives. i would have love to explored Kerchers beliefs and how they contrasted to Prab, and the consequences of her waking up the passengers and integrating back into society.
Thank you Angry Robot for sending me a copy!
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The Wolf King
Lauren Palphreyman
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okay so Williamson had no way of knowing about like, the political state of our country now when she was writing this, but the fictional Patriots in this book are not fictional anymore :(
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A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, 2)
S.F. Williamson