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Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal
by Olivie Blake
Overall Rating: 4/5 Stars
“We could be free,” he whispered as she traced her finger along his lips. “Nobody’s free, Guy,” she told him. “But damn if I don’t want to see you try.”
Fairytales and the macabre and magic. That’s what this anthology felt like to me.
I adored being transported to all sorts of different realms during the reading of this: from brutal to fantastical to beautiful.
“Once upon a time there was a small, unassuming village by the name of Camlann’s Strife.”
My favourite story in the collection was The Wish Bridge, because I am a hopeless romantic and endlessly in love with happy ending fairytales, followed quickly by The Audit as a lover and student of philosophy, though I don’t think I could say that any of the stories were my least favourite.
“What are you looking for?” He stares at me. “Myself, for a while,” he says slowly, and then, even slower, “But I think since I met you, I’ve been looking for you.”
Every single story in this anthology was ridiculously clever and sharp and raw, the way Olivie Blake’s writing always is. This is one of those authors who could write the phone book and I would read it.
“Part of me wonders if this is a complex psychological thriller, if he’s meant to represent some part of my inner psyche, he’s too weird to be real. Seems a highly congratulatory thing to think about yourself, he says, and goes back to writing.”
It was shockingly funny and unquestionably deep, a work of art that made you think and rethink your beliefs and truths.
““Will you kill me?” she asks in a tone so polished with false bravado it practically gleams in the dark.”
Each story seemed to put me in a trance, to truly transport me into the book and the wonderfully whimsical situations and characters. Macabre and magical fairytales that never failed to delight or thrill.
“The world will drain you, Guy, if you let it.”
It held lines that absolutely shattered my perceptions and broke my heart, as every truly good book does.
“I have a tendency to intellectualize my emotions, he says, and also lately I’ve been writing about you.”
If you are a fan of strange fairytales and stories full of, once again, magic and the macabre, or if you are a fan of Olivie Blake’s then I implore you to read this book. You will not be disappointed.
“I don’t know what I’m doing, only that if I’m lucky it will hurt.”
Thank you to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
“We could be free,” he whispered as she traced her finger along his lips. “Nobody’s free, Guy,” she told him. “But damn if I don’t want to see you try.”
Fairytales and the macabre and magic. That’s what this anthology felt like to me.
I adored being transported to all sorts of different realms during the reading of this: from brutal to fantastical to beautiful.
“Once upon a time there was a small, unassuming village by the name of Camlann’s Strife.”
My favourite story in the collection was The Wish Bridge, because I am a hopeless romantic and endlessly in love with happy ending fairytales, followed quickly by The Audit as a lover and student of philosophy, though I don’t think I could say that any of the stories were my least favourite.
“What are you looking for?” He stares at me. “Myself, for a while,” he says slowly, and then, even slower, “But I think since I met you, I’ve been looking for you.”
Every single story in this anthology was ridiculously clever and sharp and raw, the way Olivie Blake’s writing always is. This is one of those authors who could write the phone book and I would read it.
“Part of me wonders if this is a complex psychological thriller, if he’s meant to represent some part of my inner psyche, he’s too weird to be real. Seems a highly congratulatory thing to think about yourself, he says, and goes back to writing.”
It was shockingly funny and unquestionably deep, a work of art that made you think and rethink your beliefs and truths.
““Will you kill me?” she asks in a tone so polished with false bravado it practically gleams in the dark.”
Each story seemed to put me in a trance, to truly transport me into the book and the wonderfully whimsical situations and characters. Macabre and magical fairytales that never failed to delight or thrill.
“The world will drain you, Guy, if you let it.”
It held lines that absolutely shattered my perceptions and broke my heart, as every truly good book does.
“I have a tendency to intellectualize my emotions, he says, and also lately I’ve been writing about you.”
If you are a fan of strange fairytales and stories full of, once again, magic and the macabre, or if you are a fan of Olivie Blake’s then I implore you to read this book. You will not be disappointed.
“I don’t know what I’m doing, only that if I’m lucky it will hurt.”
Thank you to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.