Fantasy
SPOILER WARNING: This reading journal contains major spoilers for the events of this story. Here's the spoiler-free version: Girl, Serpent, Thorn | Review. It didn’t occur to me at first, but when Soraya remarks how much she relies upon being able to be up on the roof of
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“Even if she’s upset with you now, if you do right by her, she will forgive you.” — Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn This is the spoiler-free review of this novel. If you'd like to read my full reading journal, you can check it over on my Ko-fi.
Horror/Gothic Fiction
I love short stories, and I love myth retellings — if you, too, love both of those things, then you’ll have a blast with Where the Wild Ladies Are. It’s a collection of retellings of Japanese myths, and set in Japan, using many of the historical locations as a
Fantasy
Once Manu enters the Everglades sanctuary, the novel feels very different from the beginning. it becomes a different story with (somewhat) different rules, because Manu now has what she’s been seeking: contact with other people her age. More than that, people who are like her. In some ways, at