brgntteva's Reviews (939)

Ritmo indiavolato per cui ogni tot pagine avevo bisogno di prendere fiato su IG. Qualche personaggio romanticamente interessante (l'abate longobardo, il falegname etc)

 [I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Atria Books and EdelWeiss+]

So Akwaeke Emezi, my very favorite contemporary writer wrote a romance, You made a fool of death with your beauty, and I could not jump on it any faster. This is the perfect romance for readers who do not read romance. There are a few recognizable tropes (hello forced proximity), but overall it’s more of a heart wrenching love story (with HEA).

Feyi is an artist who’s going through deep grief, who's finding her way back to life, and after a few tries and errors comes across the most life affirming step ever. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll just add a few details. 

You’ll find messy bisexual energy; great side character and amazing friendship; cooking as love language (see in the pic an attempt at grilled cheese sandwich without caramelised onion bc I’m the laziest); art, so much (especially Nigerian) art; a not amatonormative look at relationships; and most of all, agonizing truths on surviving and consequent guilt of surviving, and the angry fiercenss it takes to actually be alive.

For romance readers: it’s a sloooow burn, one sexy scene, hot cinnamon roll.

I love this writer, they can basically put their pure raw energy in anything they write

 

 intriguing collection of short stories by an indigenous writer (part of Italian descent 😍). Some stories are genuinely scary (arachnophobics beware!), definitely dark, where nightmares intertwine with the most intimate fears. The atmosphere reminded me of The only good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, whom the author mentions among other amazing writers. The rez, alcohol, the blurring line between reality and nightmare, and horror.
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Two stories I especially loved are ImiTate, might be bc I find kids scary, as they're all sort of aliens; and Dead America, which anyone with serious arachnophobia should stay clear of, it gave me the bumps
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Plus there's a genderfluid werewolf! ❤️