Scale-Bright

Time to get away from the American/British magical detective, oh THANK THE LORD. I wanted more, I want a sequel. Man, do I love this book. Finally, someone using non-Western mythology and supernatural creatures, plus queer protagonists, plus set in a city that isn't New York, London, Chicago or San Francisco, plus an author who ALSO doesn't live in Britain or America, PLUS amazing prose.

It is all wrapped up in a little ball with a ribbon JUST FOR ME. Hooray! This is one of those books that I buy copies of to give to my friends.

I can't judge people disliking the book because they dislike the author, because I tend not to bother reading books by people I dislike. But I do have to roll my eyes at the people posting one-star reviews just because they dislike the author outside of this. (TBF, in the current controversy over this author, most of the people raging against Sriduangkaew were on my Not To Read Because They're Racist As Hell list before this blow-up, so I find the whole situation fairly ironic.)