I liked it a lot, but I gotta say: this is not a YA book, it‘s just New Adult in a funny outfit. I could have done with Margeaux‘s motivations/character being laid out more clearly, but it was a fun read nonetheless!
I liked it a lot, but I gotta say: this is not a YA book, it‘s just New Adult in a funny outfit. I could have done with Margeaux‘s motivations/character being laid out more clearly, but it was a fun read nonetheless!

This is my third novel by Young this year. She is now amongst my auto buy authors. She gets the atmosphere just right. Her stories are set in worlds I want to live in, small close knit towns. Nature is an integral charcter.

When Shrike is crowned Oak King and fated to be killed by the Holly King to preserve the change of the season, he scrys for someone to help him and is lead to a mortal man. This was a fun but wandering read. There were a few things that felt like if cut, the book would be no less ritch. Due to this, the climactic battle feels very short. Overall, though, a fun fantasy story. I'd read more in this universe. #LGBTQIA #Fantasy #Birds
Okay, ultimately I quite liked this. I was a bit meh on the love triangle, but mostly I thought that the Welsh stuff was handled well, and I enjoyed Ffion and Tal's journey.
You want a good smut book and a Catholic daughter girl. This is your book. Enjoy it and you want want to put it down.
This is so far superficially very Welsh, but I guess we'll see.
Putting a warning in spoilers in the comments, to do with animal welfare.

I didn‘t mean to read this. I mean, I did *eventually*…but it was sitting in my stack the other night when I was really tired & I didn‘t think my brain could handle anything else. So, it got bumped up!
I‘ve been reading a lot of romance lately, in an attempt to recover from all the horror I read at the beginning of the month. 🙈 This was one of the better ones! Tender & sexy, with incredibly moving side relationships (father-son, & two sisters).

I went into this book thinking dark academia with a splash of spooky. Nope. It‘s full horror and I don‘t even think dark academia should be remotely related to it.
Full warning, this is gross in a gore way. An excellent book but maybe don‘t eat while reading…