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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
5.0
This book is the perfect mix of Terry Pratchett and Robin McKinley with just a little something else thrown in. Truly, it's so good.
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
5.0
This book was very very good; it almost made me cry. Content notes for sexual violence and misogyny. The look at different forms of magic was very cool - I'd never heard of Powwow/Brauche before. Overall, a great, interesting, fast read, even though in many ways the ending was much more of a beginning and I wanted more.
Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa
3.0
I wanted to enjoy this book so much more than I did, but it was a mess in terms of plot, character development, and prose.
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
5.0
I read this for a book club and loved it! It's extremely gay with some semi-explicit sex scenes that are funny, wholesome, and well-written. Reading the description didn't make me expect a romance, but at its heart, that's what this book is and it's lovely.
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
5.0
There's some stilted moments and bits of plot that don't work well, but overall a solid book that made me laugh much more than I expected.
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart
5.0
The world is interesting and the ending is good, but so much of this book was frustrating. Everyone is so incompetent! And I get it, people are flawed, make mistakes, etc. etc. but a baseline level of competence from the protagonists would have been nice.
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
5.0
This book was so good! I read it very quickly and wanted more at the end. There's so much about how the magic works and about the Foxes that I still want to know.