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Just a reminder that January‘s #LosersClub read is #CycleOfTheWerewolf Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about Jan 1st when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion
pickOur favorite monsters on a spaceship in the future. The AI on the ship, Demeter saves the day. Weirdly good and I loved it. Not for everyone unless you love to read something new. Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, the mummy all make appearances. 🧛🧛🧛🧛
Just a reminder that January‘s #LosersClub read is #CycleOfTheWerewolf Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about Jan 1st when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion
“‘You are the foundation that helps me stand. You are my walls and my roof. My shelter. You are my home.‘
His lashes swept up, the amber of his eyes churning wildly. ‘As you are mine, Poppy.‘”
#December2025
pickThere‘s some big emotional moments & a pretty gruesome depiction of sexual assault that I felt was handled pretty well in how it impacts Mercy & her relationships. Oddly enough I have more issue with how she chose between the 2 wolves, I‘m glad it happened, but she should have had more agency in THAT situation. I love Zee, fae in urban fantasy always send the story off the rails but this was very cohesive.
pickI had no idea what this book would be when I picked it up but it turned out to be everything I wanted.
When it comes to genre distribution I think it's an even split between sci-fi and horror with a sprinkle of fantasy. I adore the writing, how the multiple POVs and time jumps were expressed via the formatting, the sci fi twists on classic horror/adventure figures, the banter, the occasional dark humour, the emotional heart, 1/?
pickI really adored Sage, P and Oren! Several secondary characters were interesting but could have been more fleshed out.
The beginning was super good and I was intrigued. But this didn't work really well as a mystery book, maybe it was a bit too ambitious trying to combine so many genres in one novel. As a fantasy book this worked better, I really loved the world and this felt refreshing to read.
