I...don't know if I'll return to this. It was fine, but my two main issues are that the world feels fairly derivative of Maas' Prythian, which definitely pre-existed it, and there's only one sex scene! But it's really just a glorified makeout! I want my spice spicier than that, what can I say.

A delightful romp! Save for the scary mystery bits (which were also great, just legitimately nerve-wracking). Love these characters, love the slow build, love the world. Marske had me at "queer magical Edwardian romance." Excited to read the rest of the trilogy.

Oh dear. In a "spicy pepper book club" with 3 friends, and none of us loved this. Too much telling, not showing, and the characters were a bit wooden. I liked the concept of the world, though!

I basically underlined this whole book, therefore defeating the purpose of underlining. Wong just transmits so much wisdom that hit me at the perfect time. The trick will be being brave enough to keep jumping into the slipstream, as she puts it. What a gift this book is to the world.

Oh, interesting. This is by far Hazelwood's kinkiest, and I liked the collegiate/Olympic athletic subplot. It's not as explicitly feminist as her STEMinist ones, but that's just an observation, not a criticism.

WOW. Read this for book club, and was gobsmacked. Benally's writing is more poetry than prose, and he is idealistic, uncompromising, visionary, and incendiary. This was so powerful and I'll return to it frequently.

Cute! I think you can tell reading this that this is early Hazelwood - not as many sex scenes as she writes in later books! Still, great banter, good politics. I think I'm always going to want to read what she writes.