by Destiny Soria
~*Full review here on The Bent Bookworm!*~Feels:“America is the land of liberty, Danny dearest,” Corinne said. “She won’t stand for Prohibition, mark my words.”This book feels like a gangster movie with a few twists. Also not everyone dies, like in most gangster movies I’ve seen. I felt like I was s...
1919-set historical fantasy, which seems to be a Thing at the moment? But I liked this version–the friendship between Ada and Corinne really drove the book for me (you all know how I love a good female friendship). I kind of saw the big twist coming, and there were a few clunky moments, but overall ...
I loved the cover of this book. You hardly ever see a black cover model. I really like the art deco feel to both the cover and the chapter headings. It's all so very pretty. I also liked the world that Destiny Soria has built. The story takes place in an alternate Boston in 1919 where society has ...
I'm of various minds about this book. I definitely liked it, but I definitely didn't LOVE it. The latter might in large part be due to the fact that I just finished a book that I loved the way that I love my cats. I just want my face to be buried in it 24/7. So admittedly every time I thought "eh" d...
Overall just disappointed with this read. I fell in love with the book and the premise (alternate version of Boston in 1919 with a class of human beings called hemopaths being outlawed). However, the author chose to dump us right in the middle of the story instead of developing the characters we wer...
The Good:+Loved the characters +Loved the friendships +Loved the magic & worldbuilding .+Loved the writing +Diverse cast and intersectional issues +Did not see any of the twists coming The Bad & The Other:=Slower, start and stop pacing until the last 70% or so=Kept mixing up Iron Cast and Cast Iron=...
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