simonlorden's Reviews (1.38k)

I was warned about this AND I'M STILL NOT OKAY.

Aaaaaaaaaaah.

This was amazing. I adore Regan and Jay and Zilch and Seven everyone in this. I love all the connections between the characters and this whole little group of theirs. I love all of Seven's functions, especially the purring and the help with anxiety. I love how this all leads up to Chameleon Moon.

I also don't understand the ending and I just want to know what Jay discovered and--

Gonna go re-read CM now.

I feel like audiobooks aren't really for me - it's difficult to concentrate if I'm doing anything else, and they're way too long if I'm not doing anything else.

I don't think this book was really for me either, but it was still a good one. 4.5 stars I guess?

This was an absolutely wonderful 20-page short story about retired queer revolutionaries. I can't put into words how much I loved this - all the implied history between them, old people still kicking ass... Basically, read this. I think it's still free on Amazon.

Can I give this a hundred stars? Please? Holy fuck.

edit: THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A PUN BUT I GUESS IT'S ACCURATE

Note: This is the best f/f sexy short story you'll ever read, in your life. It does get pretty explicit though so know what you're getting into.

Actual rating: 4.5 maybe?

This is a lovely f/f short story. I absolutely adore the world it created where humans go to school with elf and gnome teachers and supernatural classmates. I also loved the protagonist and the mermaid love interest, and especially the descriptions of Nerine's room and accomodations.

The reason why this isn't a full 5 stars for me is that personally, I would have preferred a fully happy f/f story with fantasy creatures and humans living together. This wasn't that. The two protagonists have to deal with bullying and rejection from parents, and while the school is integrated in theory, there are barely any non-human students enrolled. It's mentioned that werewolves exist in the world for example, but they don't go to the school for some reason. I would have appreciated more variety in the classmates.

tldr; The story wasn't exactly what I expected or what I wished for, but it wouldn't be fair to substract stars for that. The story the author wanted to tell wasn't exactly the same as the one I wanted to read, but it was a well-written and lovely story still.

Trigger warning for self-harm mentions and descriptions of scars.

edit: after some consideration I decided to change my rating from 4 to 3 stars. I wanted to rate this book higher because of the ace rep, but the truth is that I just didn't enjoy it that much, and that aromisic comment was unnecessary. it's still an okay book, but that's all.

Actual rating: 3.5 stars maybe

This was a good book, but reading it was incredibly difficult for me personally.

Characters: This has a heteromantic asexual girl protagonist and two mlm characters (one bi and one gay maybe? but no labels are used for them).

Warnings:
- one of the parents has cancer and it's discussed sometimes in the book
- there were some parts about Tash's asexuality that kinda read like "but don't worry, I still feel romantic attraction!!" and like? hello? aro people are a thing? edit: also a line early on that outright implies aro people are like robots, even though it doesn't use the word aro
- but most importantly, just... Tash has supportive friends, but there's a lot of self-doubt when it comes to her ever finding a boyfriend who will accept her for being ace (also:

the guy she likes actually DOES end up being a huge asshole about it, which was honestly a disappointment and kinda came out of nowhere for me

) and it was really hard to deal with reading that as someone who has the same thoughts

I'd say this book has realistic ace rep, but it certainly didn't make me feel good about myself. It does end on a positive note though, so maybe others will like it more.

I... have no words

I'm torn between 3 and 4 stars for this one, so I might change the rating later, but for now I decided to round up.

I don't have much to say about this book. It was okay and had some sweet moments, but... eh.

I was debating between 2 and 3 but I didn't want to be too cruel.

Zero Repeat Forever is a book about aliens invading Earth - the two protagonists are Eighth, one of the invaders who becomes a deserter, and Raven, one of the survivor humans.

And... I didn't enjoy it very much. I liked the set-up of the book, and I liked Raven's parts sometimes -but I couldn't emotionally relate to Eighth, his parts were often difficult to understand, and I'm still not sure how the Nahx society works at all.

Also, I'm not sure if this counts as a spoiler, but the book ends on a cliffhanger, which... okay, I get that it's the first in a series, but I still like when each book is a complete story on its own, you know?

Here, I felt like I finally got through an almost 500-page book that was much longer than it needed to be, and it wasn't even the complete story.

tldr; The book had some interesting ideas, but overall I couldn't relate to one of the protagonists, and I felt like the book was much longer than necessary.

I do like the title and its significance, though. That's a nice one.