skudiklier's Reviews (647)

I haven't done reviews in a while but I just have to say I LOVE this series. Gay!! Magicians!! I love them!!! I need more people to read these books.

I have been looking forward to this book since I found it about it, and it didn't disappoint in the slightest. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio has such a way with words, and this story and its characters were real and heartbreaking and funny and beautiful. The abandonment/daddy issues hit me especially hard.

I feel like I can't explain my favorite things about this book without spoiling it, but just know that it does some unique things really well and I'm so grateful I got to read it when I did.

Thank you to Random House One World and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC. 

I waited way too long to write a review so I kind of forget exactly how I felt about this, but I definitely liked it! I loved having a nonbinary character, and the romance, and the premise. It was very engaging.

It took me a bit to get into this book, but in the end I really liked it! It focuses on grief, with both a romantic breakup and the death of a parent. I liked the writing and the characters, and the conclusions it comes to. I'll definitely read anything Hazel Hayes writes in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley and  Dutton for the chance to read and review this ARC.

God I loved this. Emily Austin's novels are some of my absolute favorites, and as a poet I was extra excited for this. It wasn't what I was expecting but in the best possible way. I loved this. It was brilliant and simple and necessary and funny and fucked up and joyful and healing. 

Okay wow, this was great. Super engaging and fascinating--I couldn't stop thinking about it. I told my partner all about it, and I can't wait for the sequel. Even with how wild everything is, the characters feel so grounded and complicated. And I'm not one for violence and gore, so I'm really glad I read this as a book rather than seeing it on TV or something, but even that felt worth it in context. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone interested in the premise.