Juniper & Thorn

I’ve heard a lot about Reid, which makes sense: I’m the target audience, genre-wise. I think she writes well and her stories, at least from what I can tell here, contain all the darkness I love in fantasy. I was a tidbit uncomfortable with some of the content in this book, which doesn’t necessarily turn me off from the author, but turns me off from the broader story. When I think “dark,” I think more in line with dystopian or horror themes: not necessarily abuse, over-sexualization, and so on. Those things aren’t inherently wrong, and I’m not one to shy away from a story with those factors in it, but the way they played out here within the context of abuse didn’t quite sit with me. I’m as a result undecided on this one. Will I read more Reid? Heck yeah. I like to think of myself as a reader who returns once I’ve read an author I’m anywhere from lukewarm to avid fan of. I’m on the lukewarm side with Reid right now, but this is one book, and I’m curious to see how her others line up.