I wasn’t sure what to expect from an adult Holly Black book, but this did not disappoint. This isn’t the type of fantasy book I normally go for, as I like more of the faerie variety, but the story was well done and kept me engaged and reading. Shadow magic with a little bit of horror/grotesque

I really loved the Shadow and Bone trilogy, but this book is my favorite of the Grishaverse. The six of crows duology and the shadow trilogy are completely different sets of books in the same world. I can see why I’d you read the duo first you would be disappointed in Shadow and Bone, depending on what you like in your fantasy fiction can have you favoring one more than the other. It gave me trepidation to read six of crows and crooked kingdom. I probably wouldn’t have except because the Netflix series. I am really glad I did, and set aside my thoughts of the Shadow And Bone trilogy to focus only on this one.

The character development in Crooked Kingdom is stellar. And it’s fun to root for them, because Kaz is just so brilliant!

Fantastic. I was so enamored with the tv adaptation that I had to read the source material.

Legit—this book will make you hungry. After I finished it I had a strong desire to bake.

Syd is an agender magical baker. Syd discovers this when the brownies they made in anger cause several relationships to break. The story follows along while Syd creates new magic bakes to fix what happened after couples ate the brownies.

Audible original. Says 3rd in a series. But I think it could be a standalone, I haven’t read the others but I didn’t feel like anything was missing.

Jo has to travel to London to vy for a VP position she desires. Her friends dare her to have a one night stand when she gets there.

Heath is a 4 year widower. His brother dares him to get back on the horse with a one night stand

Jo meets Heath. Sex happens and they fall madly in love. But when Jo goes to the London office, she realizes that Heath is also going for the VP position.

The most brilliant part of this story is that the author never reveals Riley’s assigned gender at birth. I love that!

CW: transphobia, sexual assault, suicide.

A decent book, but keeps it surface level mostly. There are much better stories out there now that represent non-binary or genderfluid characters.

Meh. Not really a fan of this one. I think it was supposed to be horror but I didn’t get that vibe. Some of the events in it were horrific but I didn’t feel the tension. Here I wonder if this was a factor of listening to the audio version via reading.

I did love the ikea-Esque setting. The author made sure that you knew it wasn’t IKEA though by several times stating it was an American knockoff version of ikea. But it was entirely similar

One of my favorite parts was the increasingly macabre catalog entries that were at the beginning of each chapter