AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SO CUTE AND SWEET!!!!!!!! This has the PERFECT amount of fluff vs. angst in it!!!!!!! I will say there are Some very heavy theme/topics such as kidnapping and actual torture, but it also has Plenty of light-hearted scenes to make you Feel good!!!!!! It's a Perfect fairy-tale kind of story!!!!!!! The writing was Beautiful and I really REALLY liked how the relationships between characters were written in particular!!!!! This is SUCH a good pick-me-up kinda book, one that just Puts you in a really good mood!!!!!! And the ENDING!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH That was SO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was SO FANTASTIC!!!!!! The trans rep was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! The writing was AMAZING!!!!!! And the BANTER!!!!! I so SO dearly loved this!!!!! And that PLOT TWIST!!!!! AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH THAT HURT MY HEART!!!!!!! Highly HIGHLY recommend if you are looking for a Well written diverse fantasy with Wonderful trans rep!!!!!! This is DEFINITELY an Absolute FAV!!!!!!!
This was SO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! This had such BEAUTIFULLY written representation!!!!!! And a positive polyamorous relationship, which is Really rare to see!!!!! This had better diversity than Half of the other books I've read, and this didn't have a Single human in it!!!!!! Cinrak really is a Lovable character, and I would deeply DEEPLY love to hear more stories about her and her family!!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for a diverse High-fantasy story!!!!!!
OUCHIE MY FEELINGS!!!!!! This is DEFINITELY a Ruta Sepetys novel because she always teaches me about some part of history that isn't talked about, in a way that makes me cry!!!!! I had never heard of the baby trafficking done by Francisco Franco before this book, and now I keep looking up more and more about it!!! This is such a Horrible topic, and yet Ruta discusses it with such Grace and Respect!!! This is why she is one of my All time FAV authors!!! While obviously the exact events of this book are not real, many similar stories Did happen, and it's good that there's some sort of light being shone on them now!!! I really REALLY loved this, and I definitely HIGHLY recommend to anyone who likes historical fiction!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! This was SO CUTE!!!!!! and Absolutely sweet!!!!!!! I haven't read many graphic novels, so I thought I would give this a shot, and I'm SO GLAD I did!!!!!! I Absolutely ADORED the main characters, and Deeply loved the plot!!!!!! I just couldn't put it down!!!!!! It was just such a pick-me-up kind of story, and I definitely want to read more by this Author!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend if you like Graphic novels and contemporary fantasy stories!!!!!!!
Since this is an anthology, I'll also be rating the individual stories!!! As a whole I really, Really liked this!!!!! And I definitely plan on reading some more from certain authors in this!!!
Half A Moon by Renee Watson: 4 stars
Black Enough by Varian Johnson: 5 stars!!!
Warning: Color May Fade by Leah Henderson: 5 stars!!!
Black. Nerd. Problems. by Lamar Giles: 4 stars
Out Of The Silence by Kekla Magoon: 5 stars!!!
The Ingredients by Jason Reynolds: 4 stars
Oreo by Brandy Colbert: 5 stars!!!
Samson And The Delilahs by Tochi Onyebuchi: 5 stars!!!
Stop Playing by Liara Tamani: 2 stars, probably the story I liked the least out of all of them
Wild Horses, Wild Hearts by Jay Coles: 5 stars and probably my FAVORITE story out of all of them!!!
Whoa! by Rita Williams-Garcia: 4 stars
Gravity by Tracey Baptiste: 2 stars
The Trouble With Drowning by Dhonielle Clayton: 4 stars
Kissing Sarah Smart by Justina Ireland: 5 stars!!!
Hackathon Summers by Coe Booth: 4 stars
Into The Starlight by Nic Stone: 5 stars!!!
The (R)Evolution of Nigeria Jones: 5 stars!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was simply BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! The amount of Diversity in this has me SOBBING!!!!!!! No joke, this is the first book in a While to make me actually cry!!!!! Also, the writing was just GORGEOUS!!!!!!! I really Really wish there had been more stories like this out when I was a child, because I really think it would have helped me a Lot!!!!! I'm so SO Glad I read this!!!!!!! The story itself was AMAZING!!!!!!! Highly HIGHLY recommend if anyone is looking for a good diverse fantasy!!!!! Especially the 2020 republished version, because the afterward by Minerva is also something I think is Super important!!!!!!!!
WOW!!!!!!! That was FANTASTIC!!!!! Hercules was always one of my Fav movies as a kid, to the point where I think I accidentally killed our VHS copy of it XD So seeing Meg get so So much more of a backstory and more development was AMAZING!!!!!! I LOVED how she grew and changed as a person!!! I also REALLY Loved the ending!!!!!!!
This was REALLY good!!! I especially LOVED the lore and the world building!!!!! The descriptions of the magicks was Fascinating!!! I also really REALLY liked how Nora Roberts writes characters!!! I grew so SO attached to this cast of characters (most of them, anyways) and I can't WAIT to hear more about them!!! Especially after that ending!!! I'll definitely be starting the second one ASAP!!!!!
Honestly? That was pretty bad. The writing style was jumpy and horrible. It took 111 pages for the big Plot thing to be openly acknowledged, and then it didn't even go through. It really felt flat, which is a shame because it had Really good story potential!!! The writing was just awful. It's even a subject that needs to be talked about a Lot more, but this book just does Not do it justice. It's only getting a second star Because it had good story potential, and because the topic is an important one.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This gave me SO MANY FEELINGS!!!!!!! I just want to scream and scream and scream!!!!!! This was a BEAUTIFUL way to end the King of Scars Duology!!!!! On the one hand, I'm so So sad it's over, on the other hand, that was FANTASTIC!!!!! Leigh Bardugo's writing is so So beautiful, and I really can't praise this enough!!!!! I can only hope she writes the next Six of Crows book here soon!!!!!!
OUCH that hurt a LOT more than I was expecting it to, but it was also FANTASTIC!!!!!! It sounded like a very light and fun book, but in reality it was Surprisingly raw and realistic!!!! I'm very VERY impressed with how wonderfully written this was!!! This book has made me had to stop and really examine myself, and while I can't do it justice, I can say that this was WONDERFUL!!!!!! It took me longer to read than I expected purely because it kept making me think too hard so I had to walk away!!!!! I Highly recommend this to anyone who wants a diverse, realistic contemporary romance that has a happy ending!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! THAT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!! The Writing style was FANTASTIC!!! I adored the setting and plot SO MUCH!!! And the CHARACTERS!!!!! I wanna hear so much more about these characters!!!! I don't say this about Most books, but I Sincerely wish this was longer!!! I can't WAIT to start the second book!!!!!!!