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You guys. YOU GUYS. Oh my GOD. I just spent the last 10 chapters of this book screaming intermittently into my pillow. I feel like my heart is about to swell up and burst all over my bed. Holy shit. This is how you write a fucking story. Jesus Christ. Just... give me a few days to lose my mind over this book and I'll get back to you with a slightly more coherent review.
rep: half-Chinese gay mc, half-Spanish gay mc, Black side characterstw: rape, murder, blood, violence, gunsReview also on Reads Rainbow. ARC provided by the publisher.People generally agree that it’s harder to review books you’ve enjoyed; that it’s harder to find the words to describe all the ways in which you loved a book, than it is to explain why you hated it. This statement, for me, has never been more true than right now.I’ve read The Kingdoms six months ago, and I actually haven’t stopped
My standard reaction when David Mitchell is mentioned as a comparison to a book: add to tbr ✅Plus I loved Watchmaker of Filigree Street 🕰
Really strange time bending alt. history novel. I wanted it to be a little smarter overall, and I found myself getting a bit frustrated with the focus on the characters rather than any full engagement with the huge historical struggles. But there were some genuine emotional moments that got to me! And I was curious the whole time whether or not the book would turn into a "we have to set history right!" novel or a "I have to do what's right for ME" novel or a time heist novel or what. So it's fre...
I'll caveat my lukewarm review (2.5 stars rounded up to 3) by acknowledging that it's probably not Natasha Pulley's fault, it's all me. In theory, I should really like her books! Dear friends of mine with overlapping taste adore them. Her books are fantastical, involve rich descriptions and scenery and glorious tangles of language, often set in historical periods and I truly love a good historical fiction fantasy; I mean I reread Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell at least once a year! And yet, I bri...
hey siri play that voice recording of me wailing my lungs out at 1am(written for my top 10 books of 2021 countdown on bookstagram where it's ranked at #3)this year i discovered the voice of natasha pulley and oh goodness, what an enchanting voice to know. singing a siren song, spinning a rich golden tale, an undercurrent of tender magic wrapping around and pulling you under. where has this been all my life?so: the kingdoms. it has my entire heart, this was an experience unlike any other - litera...