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First and foremost I'd like to point out how this book preceeded my expectations.
You see, I have a problem with Cassandra Clare. And you will probably think: "Didn't you just read the entire Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices series?????" And also "What the hell does have to do with this book???"
The fact that I read all those Clare books despite not thinking they're good and not really liking Clare is beyond the point ("Then WHY are you pointing this out, Carol??"). BECAUSE the fact that Holly Black is pretty much besties with Clare made me doubt her (Ah Carol, shut up and get out of here!! - Just give me a moment, judgmental-voice-in-my head, yeah?)
I had never read any of Black's work before, and let me tell ya, the woman can write. Vampires creep me out, and I dreaded the book would be too gore and romantic at the same time. None of that happened.
Holly starts the book presenting us Tana, this girl with a great backstory and this really interesting behavior pattern. She's brave even when scared as hell, she stands her ground even when things go dire, even when she just wants to go home, and she don't need no man. Pretty much a great strong and badass character.
I saw some people complaining about this being plotless and with bad pacing. I beg to differ.
The course of events is plausible, the interaction between the characters and their developments is plausible.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown was a nice surprise in this phase of my life that I like to call the silly-distopian-overly-romantic book days, because it doesn't fall into that cathegory.
Therefore, I shall recomends this to all my silly girl friends and hope they have as much fun as I had, because that what this book is fun, and good entertainment.
You see, I have a problem with Cassandra Clare. And you will probably think: "Didn't you just read the entire Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices series?????" And also "What the hell does have to do with this book???"
The fact that I read all those Clare books despite not thinking they're good and not really liking Clare is beyond the point ("Then WHY are you pointing this out, Carol??"). BECAUSE the fact that Holly Black is pretty much besties with Clare made me doubt her (Ah Carol, shut up and get out of here!! - Just give me a moment, judgmental-voice-in-my head, yeah?)
I had never read any of Black's work before, and let me tell ya, the woman can write. Vampires creep me out, and I dreaded the book would be too gore and romantic at the same time. None of that happened.
Holly starts the book presenting us Tana, this girl with a great backstory and this really interesting behavior pattern. She's brave even when scared as hell, she stands her ground even when things go dire, even when she just wants to go home, and she don't need no man. Pretty much a great strong and badass character.
I saw some people complaining about this being plotless and with bad pacing. I beg to differ.
The course of events is plausible, the interaction between the characters and their developments is plausible.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown was a nice surprise in this phase of my life that I like to call the silly-distopian-overly-romantic book days, because it doesn't fall into that cathegory.
Therefore, I shall recomends this to all my silly girl friends and hope they have as much fun as I had, because that what this book is fun, and good entertainment.
i love it when seasons are almost characters in a book, this was neat, almost slife of life, and pretty good for a self-publish.
i loved EVERYTHING about this book, it was exactly what it promised to be: hopeful, filled with warmth and brought numerous tears to my eyes— not the bad kind either.
Behind everybody’s sanity mask is someone who is unalloyed batshit in one way or another.
5 stars!!!!!!
i disagree to every single cristicism of this book because i simply want to be disagreable
well.. not every single one, because the fact that avra is 35 is just plain bullshit. but! since that is bullshit, i just made him up to be At Most 25yo in my head, thus raising the suspension of disbelief necessary to accept and love him for the silly little slut that he is.
avra just wants to be loved. he doesn't go about it smartly, instead attempts it chaotically, and i DO love him for it. tev… is alright i guess, could’ve gone deeper too, but sometimes a hardass just needs to be a hardass. also, julian was delicious, gimme five more of him dipped in whipped cream, please and thank you.
ok, so for once i will attemp an actual review.
[b:Running Close to the Wind|195791197|Running Close to the Wind|Alexandra Rowland|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1701952287l/195791197._SY75_.jpg|144265426] is a wacky slice of life (maybe???) set in this fantasy world of pirates, sea serpents, spies and enemies of state. it's also barely any of those things. it's character driven, except it doesn't go too deeply into that either? it's about a polyamourous relationship, which is why i picked it up in the first place, except it doesn’t discuss or deepens on it at all? so i guess it is mostly just vibes? except the vibes are scrumptiously, perfectly, vibing.
this book is camp, it is queer, it is unapolagetic! and i cackled so much and i had so much fun that i barely cared that this is the horniest book i've ever read
Spoiler
That Doesn't Even Have A Sex Scene In Itah, it seems i failed to write a proper review again.
i don't think avra would mind.
given how this is a 240 pages book, i dismissed some of the rushed bits and how fast paced the romance is, how sometimes the descriptions and prose went a bit long and i lost track of what was supposed to be happening; and still gave Apprentice’s Luck five stars.
in recent years i don’t give five stars lightly— i’ve given whooping three stars to books i absolutely loved and am obsessed with to this day, because i couldn’t dismiss their flaws, and yet.
something about talis and jer, the ambiance of magic and the last days of winter, of rain and humidity and new love… this is a cozy book, a cozy reading, and some passages truly gripped me in a most delightful ways, for some reason.
this isn’t a ground breaking story or romance, except maybe it is. i’m still struggling to find queer books that comfortably fall somewhere in the middle between the innocence of young adult romances and more adult themes. i do enjoy sweet romance, but c’mon folks, i still want well-written and engaging sex scenes. i want adult characters and problems with gravitas! and this one did have a neat little murder plot, so it gets bonus cookie points.
Apprentice’s Luck is an uncomplicated book that reads the way you watch a soft slice of life anime— pretty colors, warmth, some gentle insight you didn’t expect to make about yourself.
because this book DID make me discover a whole new thing about myself, so i guess you can account my five star rating to that.
i recommend this reading to anyone who wants to sit down and smile and enjoy some beauty as a pick me up.
in recent years i don’t give five stars lightly— i’ve given whooping three stars to books i absolutely loved and am obsessed with to this day, because i couldn’t dismiss their flaws, and yet.
something about talis and jer, the ambiance of magic and the last days of winter, of rain and humidity and new love… this is a cozy book, a cozy reading, and some passages truly gripped me in a most delightful ways, for some reason.
this isn’t a ground breaking story or romance, except maybe it is. i’m still struggling to find queer books that comfortably fall somewhere in the middle between the innocence of young adult romances and more adult themes. i do enjoy sweet romance, but c’mon folks, i still want well-written and engaging sex scenes. i want adult characters and problems with gravitas! and this one did have a neat little murder plot, so it gets bonus cookie points.
Apprentice’s Luck is an uncomplicated book that reads the way you watch a soft slice of life anime— pretty colors, warmth, some gentle insight you didn’t expect to make about yourself.
because this book DID make me discover a whole new thing about myself, so i guess you can account my five star rating to that.
i recommend this reading to anyone who wants to sit down and smile and enjoy some beauty as a pick me up.
this book man, this BOOK!!!!! gosh, i know exactly when the last time i felt this good about a book was and BOY has it been a while!
i picked this up thinking i wasn't too young anymore to start reading newsstand-novels, right? the ones that are steamy and slightly generic and are written with house-wives as the target audience. of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong with those! you'll see no judgement from me, i just quite literally don't fit that demographic. it is hard, though, to come across mature books that are still light reads and have that whimsical quality to them, you know?
and this indeed does not qualify as whimsical. this was also... not as realistic and also not as dark or as sexy as some newsstand copies. this is kinda contemporary but also still very much an historic-piece? actually, i don't really know how to describe this book at all. i just know that i loved it. i was looking for arranged marriage books (my fave trope) and this is ALSO not quite that. it was, somehow, better.
given time perhaps i could come up with a better review, but i am writing it now and so i guess you just might need to take my word for it and give this a go.
i picked this up thinking i wasn't too young anymore to start reading newsstand-novels, right? the ones that are steamy and slightly generic and are written with house-wives as the target audience. of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong with those! you'll see no judgement from me, i just quite literally don't fit that demographic. it is hard, though, to come across mature books that are still light reads and have that whimsical quality to them, you know?
and this indeed does not qualify as whimsical. this was also... not as realistic and also not as dark or as sexy as some newsstand copies. this is kinda contemporary but also still very much an historic-piece? actually, i don't really know how to describe this book at all. i just know that i loved it. i was looking for arranged marriage books (my fave trope) and this is ALSO not quite that. it was, somehow, better.
given time perhaps i could come up with a better review, but i am writing it now and so i guess you just might need to take my word for it and give this a go.
