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readwithrhys's Reviews (1.33k)
*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy*
I absolutely loved this. I followed Dylan back when she started Days of Girlhood and the way that she let us into her thoughts during specific times was amazing. Dylan presented herself as one person on the internet, and someone else in her private thoughts we got to experience.
Dylan is also an amazing narrator, and I think they would be an amazing fiction narrator! I want more books narrated by Dylan!
I absolutely loved this. I followed Dylan back when she started Days of Girlhood and the way that she let us into her thoughts during specific times was amazing. Dylan presented herself as one person on the internet, and someone else in her private thoughts we got to experience.
Dylan is also an amazing narrator, and I think they would be an amazing fiction narrator! I want more books narrated by Dylan!
I really enjoyed this book. It would be a 4 or 4.5 rating, however, the way the Black characters were represented and AAVE, it’s knocked down to a 3.5. It’s overall a really solid thriller with a trans woman MC, but the way the Black characters talked was bad and insensitive.
I have high hopes that the next books are better in regards to this.
I have high hopes that the next books are better in regards to this.
Sapphic pirates with a trans woman love interest and a vampire cis woman pirate MC? Count me IN.
this was everything I hoped it would be. I NEED MORE!!!!!
this was everything I hoped it would be. I NEED MORE!!!!!
*Thank you to the author for an Advanced Readers Copy*
Tempest, Take Me Home feels like a whimsical pirate fantasy, and I LOVED it.
I loved all the characters, and loved that it was dual POV. Eli and Max are everything, and they deserve the world (and Tevin). The side characters get enough backstory to understand who they are, but I loved that the main focus was on Eli, Max, and Tevin! We understand Eli and Max the most, but because Tevin is also part of the relationship equation, we learn more about him than other side characters.
Eli and Max grew up together, and I loved that aspect of it. They both are trans (Eli is nonbinary, Max is a trans man), and they understand each other deeper than other characters. It shows through that they do, and I love that (being a trans man myself). I love how Eli knows what Max likes and doesn't like regarding his wheelchair, and how the wheelchair is an extension of Max. These two characters know everything about one another, and I adored it.
The worldbuilding in this is minimal, but I liked that so much. Because this is a pirate romantasy, I think it makes sense there isn't too much worldbuilding, and rather the focus is on the characters and the hunt they are on.
I loved the magic system. Cartography magic is something I don't think I've ever read about, and this was such a nice fresh take on magic!
Overall, this trans pirate romantasy is SO good, and you should pick it up!
Rep:
- nonbinary MC
- disabled trans man MC
- polyamory (nonbinary MC x trans man MC x cis man side character)
- and so much more!
Tempest, Take Me Home feels like a whimsical pirate fantasy, and I LOVED it.
I loved all the characters, and loved that it was dual POV. Eli and Max are everything, and they deserve the world (and Tevin). The side characters get enough backstory to understand who they are, but I loved that the main focus was on Eli, Max, and Tevin! We understand Eli and Max the most, but because Tevin is also part of the relationship equation, we learn more about him than other side characters.
Eli and Max grew up together, and I loved that aspect of it. They both are trans (Eli is nonbinary, Max is a trans man), and they understand each other deeper than other characters. It shows through that they do, and I love that (being a trans man myself). I love how Eli knows what Max likes and doesn't like regarding his wheelchair, and how the wheelchair is an extension of Max. These two characters know everything about one another, and I adored it.
The worldbuilding in this is minimal, but I liked that so much. Because this is a pirate romantasy, I think it makes sense there isn't too much worldbuilding, and rather the focus is on the characters and the hunt they are on.
I loved the magic system. Cartography magic is something I don't think I've ever read about, and this was such a nice fresh take on magic!
Overall, this trans pirate romantasy is SO good, and you should pick it up!
Rep:
- nonbinary MC
- disabled trans man MC
- polyamory (nonbinary MC x trans man MC x cis man side character)
- and so much more!
*Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a copy*
L.R. Lam is one of my favourite authors, and I was nervous for Emberclaw. I LOVED Dragonfall, and I wasn't sure how Emberclaw would live up to my expectations, but man oh man, it DID. I loved Emberclaw so much. The characters just felt like being with old friends again, and the story wrapped up so nicely.
The use of tropes in this book was so good, because they weren't cliche. It goes to show that you can use tropes and NOT be cliche about it. I find more and more popular books use tropes in a cliche way, but this was so different and I loved it.
L.R. Lam is one of my favourite authors, and I was nervous for Emberclaw. I LOVED Dragonfall, and I wasn't sure how Emberclaw would live up to my expectations, but man oh man, it DID. I loved Emberclaw so much. The characters just felt like being with old friends again, and the story wrapped up so nicely.
The use of tropes in this book was so good, because they weren't cliche. It goes to show that you can use tropes and NOT be cliche about it. I find more and more popular books use tropes in a cliche way, but this was so different and I loved it.
