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This was everything it promised, Gothic, sapphic, a bit twisted and well written.

Lenore is a wonderful heroine. She is unraveling, but you can empathize and pull for her. Her husband is both weak and horrible

It has been a long time since I have read a book with such a satisfying ending.

It was late December in the south of England, and though it was only three in the afternoon, the sky outside Charlotte Holmes‘s bedroom window was as black and full as it would‘ve been in the Arctic Circle.
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4.5 Stars • Alice (2015) by Christina Henry is a grim retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. After a decade in an asylum, Alice, haunted by memories of a violent "tea party" and the sinister Rabbit, escapes with Hatcher, a fellow inmate. In the brutal Old City, they evade crime lords and face the monstrous Jabberwock, tied to Alice‘s traumatic past. As Alice uncovers her suppressed memories and emerging powers, she seeks vengeance.

I had fun with Salt & Broom. It was a right vibes at the right moment read. Sure, it had its issues but I really enjoyed my time with it.

Full review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/11/12/salt-broom/

The plot thickens. The characters get more developed, the story is becoming more interesting. And it‘s nice to have a know-it-all be put in his place. I am happy to have given this series a shot. Because these modern updates on familiar stories are a breath of fresh air and a head scratcher at the same time. On to the next one, very shortly. #recentlyread #nospoilers

I think I should stay away from retellings of Indian mythologies and epics. First, the Palace of Illusions and now this. I see both these books getting so much love on the internet but definitely not for me.
Kaikeyi should be enjoyed as a book on its own. I might have enjoyed it had it not been marketed as a retelling of Ramayan.

The first time I met her was at the tail end of one of those endless weekday nights you could only have at a school like Sherringford.
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It is a GORGEOUS day for a walk with an audiobook

Listening to the tagged

Now for a Robin Hood remix! Robin Hood was my childhood hero because he stuck it to the man, he could fire an arrow through the shaft of another arrow, and he was literally a fox. I‘m having a great time with this gender-flipped version set in the Holy Land during the Crusades, from the locals‘ perspective instead of the crusaders‘.

ALSO, I just learned Robin Hood was one of the first books Americans tried to ban, because of the man-sticking.

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