simonlorden's reviews
1280 reviews

Can you imagine I didn't like this book at first. Then the messed up romantic relationship dynamic got me by the throat. Also, sibling relationship, and a cat called Lucipurr. What else do you need.

I honestly had so much fun with this book. Frederick is a vampire who spent the last hundred years in a coma, so he's very out of touch with the modern world. Cassie is an artist who does mixed-media modern art using trash, which isn't something most people understand. Somehow they still find each other and fall in love. Amazing.

Anyway, humorous, sexy, likeable characters. A lot of romance books lose a star for me around the 80% mark because of the "mandatory drama" that is often some forced miscommunication. That didn't happen. Your mileage may vary (I saw some reviews not liking the twist there), but I didn't have a problem with it, and it was an outside conflict that didn't annoy the hell out of me.

The book itself is from Cassie's POV, but each chapter has some of Frederick's correspondence at the beginning, which are just. golden.

We didn't really solve the ethical question of blood bank meals, though.

I've never watched iCarly and didn't really know Jennette McCurdy before this book, but I'm so so proud of her.

Definitely not an easy read. Absolutely horrific things are presented from the perspective of a child who thinks these things are totally normal, in a somehow entertaining and funny way. A narcissistic mother, being forced into a career you don't want from a young age, eating disorders (with quite graphic vomiting descriptions), and more.

Unfortunately I don't drink and I don't really have romantic relationships, so 80% of this book was unrelatable to me. I was also disappointed, because it's not really a book, or essays, or even longer blog posts, but mostly short jokes and doodles. I would have preferred a mix, or just, generally more text.

I liked this a lot up until the end, I think.

It's a fantasy world, but it's surprisingly realistic for one - war, after all, is very similar whether it's fought by monsters or planes dropping bombs. Even Roman and Iris's letters to each other would be the same if sent by post rather than magical typewriter, although it would be harder to receive them. Still, the little scene with Iris going into a magical shop was almost out of place for me, because magic didn't feel that normalized otherwise.

It's a war story, and as such it has its own horrible and terrifying scenes, but it's also a romance between two teenagers. I liked the romance, but I admit that the "big step" was way too soon for me, and it would have felt better in the sequel.

Gods and men will always let you down, I guess.

5 stars for the writing and story and all, but emotionally it's not a favorite because ow.

Maggie is as oblivious as Whyborne about other people's relationships. But she speedran her own because she knew about the whole Widdershins thing before the first kiss.

Not sure what my problem is., I'm just not really vibing with this main arc that is taking up the last several books, and probably the following ones as well. Also this one had A Lot of homophobia which is just a bummer.

This book was just sort of... dull. It's short, and there isn't much happening, so it feels more like the first chapter of a story than a standalone book, even in a series. The characters are not very deep, and their relationships are even more shallow. Apparently there's some romantic interest and friendship, but it's all told rather than shown.

Widdershins is Weird, but we love it like that. Mr Quinn is one of my new favorites.