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A review by winter_is_reading
With A Vengeance by Freydís Moon
5.0
FAN.TAS.TIC.
I’m dumbfounded, so I’ll promote Shane Reid’s review:
“Even at its foundation of exploring gender identity, grief, violence, dysphoria, abuse, trauma, sex, immigration, and how fucking awful police are, Freydis Moon constantly creates quotable books, and my highlights are singing right now from how many lines I've kept close to my heart. This book is immersive, rich, stunning, achingly descriptive, and downright dreamy to read I've already reread it twice.”
“Once again, Freydis Moon has outdone themself, leading readers by the hand through a trancing dream, dancing, twirling--sometimes softer, floaty moments, others are pure blood-spitting, fist-pounding-walls moments--and spinning a story that burrows deep in the soul, makes a home, and stays. From the first line, Kye was an alluring, sharp-edged protagonist, and Eli the immediate opposite: tender yet hard, monstrous yet caring, rough yet attentive.”
“Freydis creates an entirely new sector in the craft of writing with their books, and has already proven through EXODUS that their sex-positive, deliciously-written spicy scenes have readers thumbing pages for more, watching how sex scenes aren't just sex but more threads coming together to weave the picture of who Kye and Eli are, together, alone, lost in their heads, reaching out for each other.”
“Their dynamic will linger with me not only for the trauma I also see in Kye and the way they think post-trauma and their hypersexuality as a result, but also because of how they think about themself even away from that. Eli shows Kye exactly who and what they are, and what they're capable of being which is known, cared for, loved. . . The sex scenes are actually mind-blowing, and it's actually very hard to breathe easily throughout them. They're stunning, explorative, intense, and magnificent.”
Spice: 5/5
Check TWs, especially since this deals a lot with suicidal thoughts.
Shane Reid’s full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4859749919
I’m dumbfounded, so I’ll promote Shane Reid’s review:
“Even at its foundation of exploring gender identity, grief, violence, dysphoria, abuse, trauma, sex, immigration, and how fucking awful police are, Freydis Moon constantly creates quotable books, and my highlights are singing right now from how many lines I've kept close to my heart. This book is immersive, rich, stunning, achingly descriptive, and downright dreamy to read I've already reread it twice.”
“Once again, Freydis Moon has outdone themself, leading readers by the hand through a trancing dream, dancing, twirling--sometimes softer, floaty moments, others are pure blood-spitting, fist-pounding-walls moments--and spinning a story that burrows deep in the soul, makes a home, and stays. From the first line, Kye was an alluring, sharp-edged protagonist, and Eli the immediate opposite: tender yet hard, monstrous yet caring, rough yet attentive.”
“Freydis creates an entirely new sector in the craft of writing with their books, and has already proven through EXODUS that their sex-positive, deliciously-written spicy scenes have readers thumbing pages for more, watching how sex scenes aren't just sex but more threads coming together to weave the picture of who Kye and Eli are, together, alone, lost in their heads, reaching out for each other.”
“Their dynamic will linger with me not only for the trauma I also see in Kye and the way they think post-trauma and their hypersexuality as a result, but also because of how they think about themself even away from that. Eli shows Kye exactly who and what they are, and what they're capable of being which is known, cared for, loved. . . The sex scenes are actually mind-blowing, and it's actually very hard to breathe easily throughout them. They're stunning, explorative, intense, and magnificent.”
Spice: 5/5
Check TWs, especially since this deals a lot with suicidal thoughts.
Shane Reid’s full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4859749919