3.5 stars. The art continues to be great. The story a little convenient. And sometimes out of this world, lol. But great overall.

This was good. Very good. The humour and types of theft were right up my alley. The gentlemen bastards are a core friend group that are a among my favorites now. I really like how the stakes slowly escalated over the course of the book in an almost comical way. With 2 somewhat small exceptions, everything was wrapped up at the end. The apparent tangents all had some point though not apparent at first. So I'm glad I listened to the audio book because that might have driven me mad if I was reading a physical copy.

Yeah, this is a solid 3.5. Changed my original rating because I made it long after I had read this book. Its good. And at the time, a unique type of urban fantasy. I listened to the audiobook this time and its not as amazing as I was expecting from other reviews. But its good. Overall this is definitely an opener. If the Dresden Files had stayed at this level I wouldn't be as big of a fan. I love the magic. Harry is relatable in so many ways. He is the Peter Parker of the wizarding world, or even the urban fantasy world.

This was what I was expecting but not. It was very good though I'm not happy with the ending. We don't see what changes are made. But then again its not exactly explained how this utopian society was made either. That might be me rebelling against magical realism or the fact that this is on the younger end of ya. Or even something inside crying out for a future like this and being upset this is not a blueprint to it.

3.5 stars. This was good. Enjoyable. But not too much outside of typical high fantasy. I like Fitz and want to follow more. The ending was kind of abrupt and that quick wrap up after so much slower detailed writing is always annoying.

Enjoyed this only slightly less than the last one. Love Marko's parents.

I am destroyed. The feelings that I feel are too numerous and too big to express. This was an amazing work of fiction, of fantasy. I just need time and space away from it to process.

Well this was as enjoyable as I expected. I listened to the audio book which padded an extra layer of character. While I've had similar experiences there were of course, differences. I think the biggest thing I outright disagreed with was the PDA section. It also felt random. The biggest difference, to me, was the constant looking for boys from so young. Nothing wrong with it. I've just never seen it so blatantly talked about with no reason beyond want. Like looking back at your childhood and just all out stating you were doing things for a boyfriend just because. Its so foreign to me and I figure I know why. But I always wondered about those who were opposite. This may seem a less important difference than say not being an immigrant or from immigrant parents. But while I'm not its not as foreign a concept to me. Lastly, the sections seemed randomly put together and several overlapped timeline wise. I don't mind the overlap so much it was just highlighted when she jumped topics randomly each chapter. But i t may seem that way because it was an audio book. I'll need to look up the table of contents. Anyway, this is my intro to Issa Rae, finally. And it was a good one.

3.5 stars. I wasn't sure what exactly this would be about. Or more I wasn't sure what sub genre this book would fall into. For the most part this is a hard hitting contemporary heavily leaning into the literary fiction category. But because of the gods in Ada's head whose perspective we see most of her life in this story, there's some magical realism. What makes this book unique and interesting are the perspectives its told from. Both the narrators voices being gods that inhabit Ada's body, and the fact that Ada is a Nigerian born woman who grows up with what could be described as mental health issues. Underlying that is a story that is all too familiar and not the happiest. So I can't really say I enjoyed this. I learned from it and I am impressed the storytelling talent. And I am somewhat content with how things are looking up for Ada in the end for lack of a better way to put it. A happily ever after ending where Ada is "cured" or "fixed" would spit in the face of everything written before. And it would be unrealistic. So I liked this but I didn't love it.

Finally got to read the rest of the battle. This took me on a roller coaster of emotions in a short amount of time. I was not prepared for any of this. Also, I admit that I was feeling down about how Marley focused the last few volumes have been. Chapters 105 & 106 definitely made some surprising connections and I feel better about the previous volumes now.