by Gemma Files
I really wanted to love this. I did. I tried. But I just didn't connect with it. The writing is solid, the premise and worldbuilding great, and it's exactly the sort of thing that I should have adored, on every level--from the setting to the system of magic to the central relationship--but it just l...
I'm not sure how to rate this book, and reserve the right to change my mind later.The good: the writing is powerful, poetic without (often) turning purple. In Files's hands, scenes of body horror and guro become almost beautiful despite stomach-churning amounts of gore. Almost, and yet they never lo...
review copy of audiobook provided by publisher - looking forward to listening - review to follow
There's going to be some swearing in this review. If you don't like swearing, you will not like this book. This book was pitched to me as “gay Deadwood”. That's not wrong – there is a bone fide San Francisco cocksucker here in the mix – literally! And like the book that inspired the rec for this boo...
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