pick4⭐ This strange, poetically lovely book is a love triangle between an angel and a demon and the city she's so carefully honed. It is less about understanding everything and more about the feelings the story evokes. It's hard to describe this book and even harder to follow everything that happens, yet I found it strangely alluring and compelling.
I loved The Pale House Devil so I‘m diving into Richard‘s other works.
pick#AuldLangSpine @Itchyfeetreader @monalyisha What a unique and hard-to-describe novel. Thank you so much for this rec! It was at times dreamlike and untethered, à la This is How You Lose the Time War (one of my favorites). And yet at other times it had a plot that was crystal clear. Sometimes piercing sorrow, sometimes laugh-out-loud humor, sometimes steamyyy sexual tension. Also fascinating and different to read a book set over many centuries…
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Vitrine is a demon with a city. Until that city is burned to ground by angels. Vitrine must grieve and eventually rebuild her city, while dealing with the presence of the angel she cursed.
It's a book about grieving and rebuilding. It's beautiful and strange, but I really enjoyed it.
I thought the narrator did a wonderful job bringing Vitrine's voice to life.
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This is Casey‘s, “OMG THE TOAST POPPED” face. Little dude loves breakfast foods.
He‘s gonna help me finish THE CITY IN GLASS this morning. It‘s very good but not propulsive, so I haven‘t torn through it the way I usually do with Nghi Vo‘s work. Still, it builds beautifully. I expect affecting things from the ending.
pickFinished early this morning after I admired the aurora (background picture).
It could be penned as an epic love story between an angel and a demon. It is much more. The story explores grief and memory and the transformation of a city, its people and cultures over centuries.
Now that I finally reviewed all the books I‘ve been reading it‘s time to clear out some books! #OutwiththeOldinwiththeNew I‘d like to catch up on my missing 2 #NancyDrewBR , finish Mansfield Park, and the last 4 Christmas stories I have from my library. Ambitious yes… but we will try!
Of course I have to switch it up for this one and feature my cousin Angel (far right). She really lives up to her name.
#ChristmasCheer @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
