Kari

I will read anything Liu and Takeda do, especially if it's horror. Art is fantastic and the story is gripping.

There wasn't much to hold on to. We flitted through time too fast, lingered not long enough and I had a hard time feeling connected after Grimalkin left Eilidh. Still, parts grabbed me and didn't let go.

This brought the feelings the first Tales from the Cafe gave me. I love the theme of quiet happiness. I love how the seemingly unrelated books force the borrower to reexamine their lives and goals. It was sweet and inspiring and it just makes me want to go to the library or maybe start felting.

And here comes the love triangle.

This sentence about sums up how silly this book could be: “It was Dr. Miranda of the Miranda Clinic who taught me that some people are hatched from eggs.”

More introspective than I normally gravitate to, but this was a passionate reminder that books are important.

I thought because I really enjoy Blackwell's mysteries I'd like this too, but I wasn't really into it. There just wasn't much to keep me engaged.

I was expecting to enjoy this more than I did, but it felt alternately messy and boring.

Pretty sure I've loved everything she's written. She writes in a quiet, but impactful way that's hard for me to describe. I love the characters so much and the subject matter is so hard to read about, but I loved everywhere this book took me.

I was hooked from the beginning but once they figured out who the killer was it seemed to take too long to wrap everything up and catch him. I kind of lost interest near the end.

Didn't quite engage me as much as the last ones have.

As usual so many twists I'm dizzy.

This had everything you want in a mystery, but something about Mia rubbed me the wrong way. And it was sad. Sad on so many different levels. It had my emotions bouncing all over the place.

I finished this 3 days ago and I still don't think I understood what happened. It had DID and also maybe a cult? Some sort of secret society that is bonkers. It felt like everything was everywhere.

I went back and forth between being invested and being bored by this book. It started to really get good and could have been a 4 star book, but waiting for Cordelia to piece everything together when she was being handed the information was painful and that just about ruined the book for me.

I can truly say I knew who was doing what here, but I did NOT guess the truth about Daisy Darker. Strangely, I did at one point guess correctly, but it was so fleeting it doesn't count. Truly a twisty, fun ride.

Highly enjoyable! So much fun and I loved the Baby Witches!

This made me feel like I could open up a bookshop! I love the frankness of the characters in regards to their thoughts. They own up to their flaws and strengths and I enjoyed the interactions they had with each other. The book slowed down for me with the details about editing and writing good sentences and then again with a bit of philosophy, but picked up again after that. It didn't grab me the way other recent bookshop books have, but I did enjoy it.

I loved Tuesday Mooney so, of course, I had to read Racculia's other books. I didn't expect to love this as much as Tuesday Mooney, but I almost did.

Was worried this was going to be like Death of a Bookseller, but this was so much better!

I still enjoy these stories but I do wish we didn't have to go over the rules and read the same reactions to them every time. I feel like I'm reading the same thing over and over again.

I got to about page 330, to the “confession time” and realized I did not care.

But I finished so I should get a medal.

Surprisingly loved this. I didn't think I would, it wasn't perfect. There were moments where I was irritated with everyone, but when I finished I let out a big sigh and felt satisfied.

This book really bummed me out.

SO GOOD! I will say, I knew who the “bad guy” was right away, but this was still totally worth the read.