Welcome to Litsy!

Fantastic fairytale retelling:

~20% Snow White
~10% Alice in Wonderland
~70% All its own fantasy thing with a splash of romance

Definitely a lot of fun and fast moving!

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Book 3 of this series. Great characters, steam punk romance with a mystery to solve. #SeriesLove26 #Read2026 #LitsyAtoZ2026
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Two more challenges for my reading year: make progress on my Ann Patchett collection (I‘ve only read two from this stack) and re-read The Stand, possibly a chapter a day. I first read it in 1978😳so it will be like it‘s the first time.

Also, Go Bills❤️💙

I am loving this book - can‘t put it down! It‘s everything I liked about the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, except no Fae. And no romance, which is not my favorite genre. I often skimmed over the sex scenes in ACOTAR because I wanted to get back to what I thought of as the main plot.
I love Naomi Novik‘s writing. It‘s a pleasure to read it in hard copy book form. I appreciate the language most in this format.

Book 2 is up next 😁

Maas is not disappointing with this series. The middle was a little slow in the way of action, but she made up for it by focusing on the characters and developing their relationships, as well as with an intriguing mystery unfolding in the castle. I like the MC and some of the characters around her, and of course there‘s a bit of a love triangle. I‘m rooting for the underdog, of course lol. Can‘t wait to see what else happens…

2.5 stars. I have mixed feeling for this. I liked the 2nd half of the book more than the 1st half. The main character, Gemma, was a spoiled rich girl. She was not a very likable character. Her love interest, Talan, was very suspicious to me. The insta love was a little too convenient. There is an interesting magic system and world building. The writing style was a little disjointed with chapters ending too abruptly.

Random find on the Southbank bookstalls in London yesterday. I loved this series growing up

“‘You could rattle the stars,‘ she whispered. ‘You could do anything, if you only dared…‘”