Would hope everyone knows this is my favourite series of all time so I'm not going to write another essay

but a few thoughts
-interlude 1 hits like a brick
-Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do lives in my head rent free
-the character regression/development is absolutely chefs kiss perfection

The really long lead up to the murder just didn't work for me, not sure why. Plus when we got to the murder I realised I must have seen a bbc drama of it or something because I already knew it. Oh well

I enjoyed it but it was 90% action and I kind of wanted some more worldbuilding/character building in there. It does reach a point where it's like “oh no. They're fighting. again. I do not care” but maybe that's the curse of the short one off 400pg fantasy novel

Is this my new favourite Austen?!

The sheer depth of emotion was incredible

First half was pretty awful, very insta lovey, like why is this man absolutely infatuated with this woman you've never even spoken to pls sir stop you're making me cringe. The second half was absolutely classic JQ batshit and I loved it. Wholly entertaining. Just needed more romance build up tbh

This is such a cool sad girl book lol so ofc I just ate it up

It did feel a bit short though

I really struggled with this one, it just dragged so much. The ending really had no payoff, and also all the sexual innuendos aimed at the poor asexual kid made me incredibly uncomfortable.

Really enjoyed this take on the boogeyman, that it's not physically hurting the people it stalks bc they know to avoid it, but they end up in prison because of the others it hurts, genuis take, fit perfectly into a short story

More gross than horrifying. The idea of putting groceries in a mouldy pram

Somehow this was worse than the first one. I think because Rebecca Ross tried to address the world building comments by just dumping a ton of lore (which still didn't make sense) (and looking at other reviews managed to piss off those who read it just for the romance lmao)

I have already read these via the free webcomic but I found the first three physical copies from the used bookstore across the road so time for a reread!

Still incredibly enjoyable. Very cozy and lovely and also some great MH rep and exploration later on in the series

Leaned far too much on the myth without adding anything original. The writing felt stunted and detached too, I could've read Wikipedia and got the same story in less than half the time

So perfectly atmospheric
The writing was beautiful too, perfectly descriptive without being too much to tell the story
I want more!!!

Short and fun, all the characters looked sorta like how I imagined them too which is a big plus (except for nightingale lol)

Pretty mediocre, I didn't hate it and I do love a shy Darcy esque hero but it felt like half of the book he wasn't in it bc he was so ill lol, plus there was barely any romance build because they already knew each other so well

Solved this at about 90 pages in so either the flu has given me super detective powers or Christie was slacking on this one

Oh this was so cute. Worried at about 50 pages in that I'd get really bored but there was just enough plot to keep it moving and the whole book was so cozy. Perfect thing to read while ill

Nothing happened until about 80% in???

Not very deep, not tons of romance even, but cute and very autumnal

I expected this to be a litfic but it read more like a thriller. Which is great, to be honest I don't think RFKs prose is subtle enough for litfic, but rating it as a thriller which also manages to explore cultural appropriation and the problems of racism and tokenism in publishing its superb