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NO CURES
NO WARS
NO LOVE
Those are the rules that the protagonist, Wizord, has. Surprisingly enough he's a wizard for hire, who has gone against his mission to destroy Earth, and has instead decided to help it's citizens. During the first issue he is tracked down by Cornwall, someone from his world (The Hole World -
wherever that is), who wants to take down Wizord for not carrying out the orders that Sizzajee gave him.
We don't really get a ton of answers in this issue, nor do we get a lot of backstory for Wizord. There was enough to intrigue me to check out the next issue.
FYI, this issue is supersized which was pretty neat. The full page panel of Sizzajee was coloured beautifully and was probably my favourite panel of the issue. We get introduced to Ruby Stitch, Botchko, and Sizzajee at the end of the issue who all seem to be big players going forward which added a bit of plot to this issue.
Plot itself was a little lacking, but the battle scene between Wizord and Cornwall was done well, and the set up for the next issue will keep me around.
NO WARS
NO LOVE
Those are the rules that the protagonist, Wizord, has. Surprisingly enough he's a wizard for hire, who has gone against his mission to destroy Earth, and has instead decided to help it's citizens. During the first issue he is tracked down by Cornwall, someone from his world (The Hole World -
wherever that is), who wants to take down Wizord for not carrying out the orders that Sizzajee gave him.
We don't really get a ton of answers in this issue, nor do we get a lot of backstory for Wizord. There was enough to intrigue me to check out the next issue.
FYI, this issue is supersized which was pretty neat. The full page panel of Sizzajee was coloured beautifully and was probably my favourite panel of the issue. We get introduced to Ruby Stitch, Botchko, and Sizzajee at the end of the issue who all seem to be big players going forward which added a bit of plot to this issue.
Plot itself was a little lacking, but the battle scene between Wizord and Cornwall was done well, and the set up for the next issue will keep me around.
For a long time, when I was a little younger, I thought that was how every girl saw other girls - this mix between beauty and awe and curiosity, a thin layer of lust just underneath.
trigger warnings: alcoholism, emotional abuse, neglect
Sweet lord, this book utterly struck something within me.
How to Make a Wish follows Grace Glasser, a seventeen year old girl who's never really seemed to have anything permanent apart from her best friend and her love for music. After moving into yet another house with yet another of her mum's less than permanent boyfriends, Grace meets Eva, a biracial girl consumed by grief from the recent death of her mother.
Eva likes girls, always has and always will, and her frankness about it stirs up buried thoughts she's never really had the chance to fully explore. As Eva starts to become a bigger and bigger part of Grace's life, she also becomes a bigger part of her problems, which leads to heavy consequences for everyone involved.
A love story between a lesbian and a bisexual girl with an unexpected happy ending: sign me up.
How to Make a Wish is both heartbreaking and heart making (I know that's not a real thing but).
It's a sweet love story with massive undertones of mental illness from all three of the main females. It's realistic and raw and it made me feel things.
The severe power and responsibility imbalance between Grace and Maggie haunted me a little after I read this. I've been Grace. I've been the girl who had to grow up too quickly, and be the parent to the parent. I related too much to having a parent who seems wonderful on the surface, but is completely different and full of problems in private. I am Grace and that's why I loved this book.
The thing is, I also felt some sympathy for Maggie, and that's just a testament to how good Ashley Herring Blake's writing is. Maggie has ruined parts of Grace's life, has neglected her, but yet I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for Grace.
It's not often I read something I identify with so completely, but that's what this book was for me. Because of that it'll always be special.
trigger warnings: alcoholism, emotional abuse, neglect
Sweet lord, this book utterly struck something within me.
How to Make a Wish follows Grace Glasser, a seventeen year old girl who's never really seemed to have anything permanent apart from her best friend and her love for music. After moving into yet another house with yet another of her mum's less than permanent boyfriends, Grace meets Eva, a biracial girl consumed by grief from the recent death of her mother.
Eva likes girls, always has and always will, and her frankness about it stirs up buried thoughts she's never really had the chance to fully explore. As Eva starts to become a bigger and bigger part of Grace's life, she also becomes a bigger part of her problems, which leads to heavy consequences for everyone involved.
A love story between a lesbian and a bisexual girl with an unexpected happy ending: sign me up.
How to Make a Wish is both heartbreaking and heart making (I know that's not a real thing but).
It's a sweet love story with massive undertones of mental illness from all three of the main females. It's realistic and raw and it made me feel things.
The severe power and responsibility imbalance between Grace and Maggie haunted me a little after I read this. I've been Grace. I've been the girl who had to grow up too quickly, and be the parent to the parent. I related too much to having a parent who seems wonderful on the surface, but is completely different and full of problems in private. I am Grace and that's why I loved this book.
The thing is, I also felt some sympathy for Maggie, and that's just a testament to how good Ashley Herring Blake's writing is. Maggie has ruined parts of Grace's life, has neglected her, but yet I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for Grace.
It's not often I read something I identify with so completely, but that's what this book was for me. Because of that it'll always be special.
trigger warnings for: rape, self harm mentions, severe emotional abuse throughout
This book absolutely infuriated me.
The blurb doesn't really match the book. This story is all about a woman in an abusive relationship who tries to get out of it (and sometimes stay in it) with the help of her family and the woman she's fallen for. This is not a cutesy fandom book at all and that disappointed me a little.
I honestly think Kerry is possibly my least favourite character out of any book I've ever read. She was well and truly despicable. She had zero redeeming features and I have no idea why Dion was with her, let alone why she was married to her. Making Kerry the bad guy didn't really make me root for Dion and Zoey though, so if that was Glass' intentions then she failed.
Zoey seemed to have the realisation that she was in love with Dion about three times in this book. It made no sense to me at all. I thought I was having deja vu when she kept saying she loved her, but no, she had to keep reiterating it. Then when they finally told each other they loved each other and immediately started with the pet names; it didn't feel real or organic at all. They couldn't go five seconds without saying 'I love you' or calling each other baby. They felt more like teenagers than adult women and it just did not feel believable to me.
I've given this two stars rather than one, because it was a f/f romance with a happy ending and the premise of a writer and artist developing from a professional relationship to a personal one was a nice concept, but this is an overly dramatic and tedious book.
This book absolutely infuriated me.
The blurb doesn't really match the book. This story is all about a woman in an abusive relationship who tries to get out of it (and sometimes stay in it) with the help of her family and the woman she's fallen for. This is not a cutesy fandom book at all and that disappointed me a little.
I honestly think Kerry is possibly my least favourite character out of any book I've ever read. She was well and truly despicable. She had zero redeeming features and I have no idea why Dion was with her, let alone why she was married to her. Making Kerry the bad guy didn't really make me root for Dion and Zoey though, so if that was Glass' intentions then she failed.
Zoey seemed to have the realisation that she was in love with Dion about three times in this book. It made no sense to me at all. I thought I was having deja vu when she kept saying she loved her, but no, she had to keep reiterating it. Then when they finally told each other they loved each other and immediately started with the pet names; it didn't feel real or organic at all. They couldn't go five seconds without saying 'I love you' or calling each other baby. They felt more like teenagers than adult women and it just did not feel believable to me.
I've given this two stars rather than one, because it was a f/f romance with a happy ending and the premise of a writer and artist developing from a professional relationship to a personal one was a nice concept, but this is an overly dramatic and tedious book.
Yes to bi male protagonists!! 1000x YES.
But I kinda felt under the impression that Mike was gay, and it feels horrible saying that, but a lot of the characters seemed to think so (although that could just be biphobia) and Mike himself never seemed overly attracted to women in the book.
I just think there are probably stronger examples of bi male representation out there.
But I kinda felt under the impression that Mike was gay, and it feels horrible saying that, but a lot of the characters seemed to think so (although that could just be biphobia) and Mike himself never seemed overly attracted to women in the book.
I just think there are probably stronger examples of bi male representation out there.
holy biscuits this series is intent on giving me everything but also somehow ripping out my heart and stomping on it. i cannot believe that it ended with . i love helen so much and she’s such a strong protagonist who’s absolutely fascinating. she makes some really tough decisions in this book and this entire world is utterly enthralling. absolutely cannot wait for the third book!!