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3.5⭐️
Honestly I’m really conflicted about this book. I enjoyed it, it was good, but it wasn’t really spectacular in any way.
If I were rating this based solely on the plot and characters, it would have probably been a 2 or 2.5 star. I did not give a damn about what was going on, and I didn’t feel attached to any of the characters (except for Ell a little bit). The whole plot was so weird to me when I really thought about; travelling across the universe to find a girl you dated for a couple months like 5 years ago? A little stalkerish but ok. And the characters, while I didn’t dislike anyone, they were all interesting and had personalities, I just didn’t feel any attachment to any of them. Them as a group was great, I enjoyed the found family aspect of this book. But individually I didn’t care about any of them
The positives of On a Sunbeam though, are the art and the world. HOLY. SHIT. First of all, this is probably the most visually stunning graphic novel I’ve ever read in my life. WOW that art is incredible. And the world??? Oh my god. If y’all know me at all then you know that I love an interesting world, and this book delivered! I would honest to god read an entire series just about the world: their history, folklore, I want it all! This is definitely one of the most unique worlds I’ve ever been to in a book and I think it’s one that’ll stick with me for a long time. Ugh, stunning
Honestly I’m really conflicted about this book. I enjoyed it, it was good, but it wasn’t really spectacular in any way.
If I were rating this based solely on the plot and characters, it would have probably been a 2 or 2.5 star. I did not give a damn about what was going on, and I didn’t feel attached to any of the characters (except for Ell a little bit). The whole plot was so weird to me when I really thought about; travelling across the universe to find a girl you dated for a couple months like 5 years ago? A little stalkerish but ok. And the characters, while I didn’t dislike anyone, they were all interesting and had personalities, I just didn’t feel any attachment to any of them. Them as a group was great, I enjoyed the found family aspect of this book. But individually I didn’t care about any of them
The positives of On a Sunbeam though, are the art and the world. HOLY. SHIT. First of all, this is probably the most visually stunning graphic novel I’ve ever read in my life. WOW that art is incredible. And the world??? Oh my god. If y’all know me at all then you know that I love an interesting world, and this book delivered! I would honest to god read an entire series just about the world: their history, folklore, I want it all! This is definitely one of the most unique worlds I’ve ever been to in a book and I think it’s one that’ll stick with me for a long time. Ugh, stunning
These Witches Don't Burn: ★★★★★
This Coven Won't Break: ★★★
A significant drop in stars compared to the first book, but I did still enjoy this book! It was a little underwhelming, and I found the main character to be unbearably annoying at times, but it wasn't a bad book by any means. I think the main issue that I had was the ending/the solution to the conflict. I listened to the audiobook, so I'm not sure if just zoned out for a minute at one point and missed some vital information, but the ending made zero sense to me whatsoever. I had so many questions about the logic and it really took me out of the story trying to figure out exactly what they were doing and how it worked. I still haven't figured it out, my questions did not get answered, but I don't care enough to go back and find out if I missed a piece of information that would have explained my confusion away (I don't think I missed anything though, to be honest)
Overall, a fun duology and a pretty quick read, but not something that will stick with me for a long time. Disappointing since I loved the first book, but that's ok!
This Coven Won't Break: ★★★
A significant drop in stars compared to the first book, but I did still enjoy this book! It was a little underwhelming, and I found the main character to be unbearably annoying at times, but it wasn't a bad book by any means. I think the main issue that I had was the ending/the solution to the conflict. I listened to the audiobook, so I'm not sure if just zoned out for a minute at one point and missed some vital information, but the ending made zero sense to me whatsoever. I had so many questions about the logic and it really took me out of the story trying to figure out exactly what they were doing and how it worked. I still haven't figured it out, my questions did not get answered, but I don't care enough to go back and find out if I missed a piece of information that would have explained my confusion away (I don't think I missed anything though, to be honest)
Overall, a fun duology and a pretty quick read, but not something that will stick with me for a long time. Disappointing since I loved the first book, but that's ok!
Actual rating: 2.5⭐️ or 2.75⭐️
I’m very underwhelmed by this, to be honest. There were some aspect that I enjoyed, like the character relationships, and the representation this novel presented (bisexual men, bisexual parents, disability/amputee, grief and mental health, to name a few). The characters as individuals, whoever, I wasn’t a fan of. I didn’t outright dislike anyone, but not a single character stood out to me as being anything special. I found the plot to be sorely lacking, and it was way too cheesy for my liking. The cheesiness may have been because of the narrator of the audiobook, which was read very dramatically and had me chuckling at every single serious part. It felt like one of those dramatic readings people do when they’re making fun of something. So I’m not sure if reading this physically would have solved that issue or not, but regardless I did not enjoy the audiobook at all. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style either, it was very simple and a little too to the point.
Overall, the only thing I liked about it was the queerness and disability rep, and the relationships between the characters. This was sitting at a 2 star rating until the very end with Juniper and Augusta, that bumped it up slightly. But otherwise this wasn’t all that good for me. I’ll still read the next book, mainly because I do like Isaac and I want to see what’s going on with him, but that’s basically the only reason
I’m very underwhelmed by this, to be honest. There were some aspect that I enjoyed, like the character relationships, and the representation this novel presented (bisexual men, bisexual parents, disability/amputee, grief and mental health, to name a few). The characters as individuals, whoever, I wasn’t a fan of. I didn’t outright dislike anyone, but not a single character stood out to me as being anything special. I found the plot to be sorely lacking, and it was way too cheesy for my liking. The cheesiness may have been because of the narrator of the audiobook, which was read very dramatically and had me chuckling at every single serious part. It felt like one of those dramatic readings people do when they’re making fun of something. So I’m not sure if reading this physically would have solved that issue or not, but regardless I did not enjoy the audiobook at all. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style either, it was very simple and a little too to the point.
Overall, the only thing I liked about it was the queerness and disability rep, and the relationships between the characters. This was sitting at a 2 star rating until the very end with Juniper and Augusta, that bumped it up slightly. But otherwise this wasn’t all that good for me. I’ll still read the next book, mainly because I do like Isaac and I want to see what’s going on with him, but that’s basically the only reason
WOW
WOWOWOWOWOOWW
This was so good, I’m in complete awe. Girl, Serpent, Thorn is an incredibly lush, beautiful fairytale that captured my attention from the first page
Full review to come!
WOWOWOWOWOOWW
This was so good, I’m in complete awe. Girl, Serpent, Thorn is an incredibly lush, beautiful fairytale that captured my attention from the first page
Full review to come!
Review to come but basically I’m an emotional wreck and I need everyone to read this book
Read for O.W.L.s Magical Readathon - Transfiguration: read a book featuring shape shifting (see my O.W.L.s TBR video here)
RTC!
Update SEVERAL months later
I forgot to actually review this and now forget everything that I was going to say, oops
Basically, this was great! There isn't a lot of actual substance to it if I'm being honest, but that's not why I wanted to read this. I wanted something light, fluffy, fun, adorable, etc., and that's exactly what I got. If you go into this expecting some incredibly well thought out plot and a sweeping romance, you'll probably end up disappointed. But if you go into it just to have a nice time and look at some beautiful art and cute characters, then you'll most likely really enjoy it
RTC!
Update SEVERAL months later
I forgot to actually review this and now forget everything that I was going to say, oops
Basically, this was great! There isn't a lot of actual substance to it if I'm being honest, but that's not why I wanted to read this. I wanted something light, fluffy, fun, adorable, etc., and that's exactly what I got. If you go into this expecting some incredibly well thought out plot and a sweeping romance, you'll probably end up disappointed. But if you go into it just to have a nice time and look at some beautiful art and cute characters, then you'll most likely really enjoy it
This was such a cute read! I really enjoyed this one, although I do wish it was longer. Every issue that I had with it was due to the fact that it just wasn't long enough and things needed more time to be properly flushed out. I especially felt the ending was way too quick, to the point that it did not make sense whatsoever and completely took me out of the story while I tried to piece together what was going on. But on a positive note, I love love loved the writing style, the characters were really fun to read, and the premise was just *chef's kiss*. Can't wait to read more from this author!