It‘s frickin cold, so I figured I‘d have some hot sake with DRAGON ROSE (which I love, even though I‘m reading it so dammed slow).
3/4 of a carafe in, I was all, “Look at me! I‘ve trained myself up to a strong alcohol tolerance! All the flavour; none of the drunkenness.”
7/8 of a carafe in, the sake was like, “HELLO, YOU LIGHTWEIGHT.”
Sake, man. You just can‘t trust it.
This is one of those go-to-bed-early-and-read-lots Sundays.
I‘m two chapters into DRAGON ROSE, and it‘s off to a good start. The opening is very like UPROOTED by Naomi Novik, but this book predates that one by a few years. Y‘all know how it is with fairy tale retellings; there‘re only so many ways you can set them up before they stop being retellings and start being original stories that vaguely echo earlier sources.
pickA good but not great retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed it enough that I'll look for some other books by the author.
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