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she/they đŸ«† | french senegalese book dragon 🐉 | artist by day & chaotic mood reader by night 🎭 | proud cat mom 🐈‍⬛ ~ mostly reading Fantasy, Mystery, Romance and as diversely as possible! đŸ“šâœŠđŸœđŸŒˆ

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Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
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Wuthering Heights
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Women, Race & Class
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Fevered Star
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  • Oops! I Summoned a Liderc
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    Jul 17, 2026
    Oops! I Summoned a Liderc
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  • Untouchable (Ravenswood #2)
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    Jul 16, 2026
    Untouchable (Ravenswood #2)
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  • The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
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    Jun 21, 2026
    The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
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    A very long side quest.

    It was somewhat enjoyable because Kinch can be funny and overall the world is “visually” appealing and well constructed but it is a shame that the quest we’re following is not his own.

    He doesn’t know what it is for most of the book, decide for very superficial reasons that he’s down with it and talks in more details about every place they visit (or not) than the companions he’s with and for whom this was the main quest


    Essentially I felt like more work was put into the world building than the characters and it made the story somewhat dull. They were caricatural and lacked depth.

    And the fact that everyone is a caricature makes it weird for me that ethnic traits and stereotypes were attributed to the Goblins (who were monsters through and through, it’s not even an allegory for anything).

    Also, it’s my 2nd work from this author and while I loved the other one I read, I begin to see a tendency he has to display physical & sexual assaults on men with a frequency and a level of casualness I don’t appreciate. It mostly happens just for the sake of it and it’s never mentioned again or the protagonist takes it with good humor as if they were trivial anecdotes.

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  • A Girl Like Her (Ravenswood, #1)
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    Jul 15, 2026
    A Girl Like Her (Ravenswood, #1)
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  • Ace of Spades
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    Jun 29, 2026
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    Man the anxiety was REAL. I really liked it. Was stressed and pressed for 80% of it, but it was worth it đŸ˜­đŸ™ŒđŸœ

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  • The Maid and the Crocodile
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    Jun 23, 2026
    The Maid and the Crocodile
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.5
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    Howl Moving Castle x The Beauty and the Beast retelling happening in the world of the Raybearer series 😼‍💹💖

    I haven’t read a book so fast in a long time, I literally couldn’t put it down! Fair warning tho : don’t believe anyone telling you this is a cozy story đŸ€Ł it’s not filled with action or adventures but it’s not cozy lol

    I really loved the story and the characters and my only remark is : this book could’ve been 100 pages longer. 😂

    Like this is “The Maid and the Crocodile” and the Maid part was perfect but the Crocodile part I felt was
 rushed? Not as developed?

    Sade is the narrator so it’s normal we had more of her than the Crocodile but, romance appart, I would’ve loved to have more of him along the way, so his part of the story could’ve been more nuanced and built more tension.

    In any case, I really love this book to bits and I really need to read the Raybearer now!

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