Very charming and relaxing. Kept waiting for the major conflict, which didn’t arrive until 80% and was entirely predictable but that was sorta the point. Animals, magic, love. 

5/5 from my ten year old (I read it out loud). Her review: the art on the cover is pretty and I like how it’s themed on the underworld and Greek mythology. Em was my favorite character. My favorite scene was all the clocks in Hana’s cabin. 

These are so fun. Silly but with a ton of heart. The slow burn will-they-won’t-they gets a little tired though. 

My 10 year old has Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and this year has been really tough. A lot of the material in here was extremely helpful. Much of it was targeted for younger kids and  specific eating challenges but good over arching information.

This was fun! I like that when the double cross enters the characters awareness (this is not a spoiler, that plot is in the summary) it’s not immediate rage - Rian is curious, frustrated yea, but namely motivated to figure it out.

This first chapter or two I didn’t think this would live up to the hype, but by the end it delivered. It’s funny and fast paced. You just have to go with it and have fun.

If you are 30-50 and watched all of these films? Chefs kiss. I love this woman.

Read this in a single day on flights. The gaming references were almost a little too much (we get it!) but a sweet little queer nerdy story with a happy (but also pretty realistic) ending. They won, but the mediocre white guys failed up.

I definitely thought this was a trilogy and not 3 of 5 (in which 4 and 5 are coming at some undetermined future time) and was devastated by that cliff hanger. Yarros thought I remembered more details and characters from book 2 than I did. I found the first half of this to be a slog, but got caught up in the back half.

Some of these essays hurt - knowing what’s coming in the 5 years since she wrote this - but damn it I needed this book, right now, in this moment. I love her humor, tenacity, and rage… which helps me love mine.