so-soA visually impressive book which was a low pick for me. The author tries to hype the characters but they fall short. I really wanted to like this book.
The cover is a work of art! 🥹
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so-soA visually impressive book which was a low pick for me. The author tries to hype the characters but they fall short. I really wanted to like this book.
The cover is a work of art! 🥹
so-soThe Twelfth Enchantment is a slow burn—maybe too slow for its length—but the third act saves it. Lucy, cheated out of her inheritance and pushed toward marriage, is drawn into a hidden supernatural war after a mysterious stranger arrives with a message for her. Written in a Jane Austen–inspired style, the dialogue shines, though the long descriptions sometimes stall the momentum.
And now!
Ladies, gentlemen, and Fey!
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I started on this on Christmas morning, while waiting for my wife to get up (we got to bed late because of Christmas prep, but I can't sleep in on Christmas morning). I was tearing through it, already pouting about the wait for the next volume because stuff won't be shipped for a few days...
Look what my sister-in-law (to be) got me for Christmas! Whew...
Feat. my “new old friend“, a little plush Hythlodaeus from FFXIV, which my wife got me. 😁
I did it again 🫣
Sorry, life got busy and I fell off posting again, but I'm back for some post holiday fun!
Here's my holiday haul of books, and I will be back again with a couple of lingering reviews from December soon.
Many warm holiday wishes everyone!
This was my only five-star book in January, so I think it takes this spot by default! Sarah Caudwell's Thus Was Adonis Murdered is a close runner-up, but I loved that this was a self-contained story with relatively personal stakes and small daily magics.
The way Tao's ability works and her attempts to pick out small, less-consequential fortunes (which nonetheless can tug on big threads despite her efforts) was fascinating.
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#12booksof2025 So glad to see this continuing! @TheEllieMo
pickI couldn‘t put it down! It was recommended by another host of Book Interrupted as my next book series obsession and this one completely delivered. The romance was everything I‘m looking for. It was steamy, but it built to it so that me as the reader was also ready for the tension to break. I don‘t want to spoil any of it, but the ending was a complete surprise and I can‘t wait for the next one. Thankfully my hold is available soon at the library!
