#collaged chapters

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

(LGBTQIA, fantasy, historical) Interesting things about this book:

• The magic system is interesting. It's not discussed in depth in this book, but it has witchcraft vibes. There are ghosts, something similar to voodoo dolls, and police for the magicians.

• It deals a bit with homophobia and religious traditions due to the historical period in which it's set.

• There's basically a fight for magical power.

• There are tattoos that move; the rest of that would be a spoiler.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(LGBTQ+, monster romance, post-apocalyptic)

Interesting things about this book with spoilers?:

• The book talks about the discrimination Moth experiences as a half-human/half-monster. Both sides reject him; he's too monster for some, too human for others. It also shows the shame he feels about his own story.

• ⁠On the same note, it touches on the shame he feels about his body. He always hides the features that make it more obvious he's not human, and throughout the story, Charlie helps him overcome his self-loathing.

• ⁠It's also worth adding that Moth is illiterate because he never had anyone who could teach him to read or write, and that adds to that feeling of inadequacy. Charlie never judges him for this.

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“You bind books when you’re upset?”

🫠 he has my artistic heart ♥️

Came for the faeries… stayed for Sonder…

And this book also made me reconsider the importance of cups 🙂‍↕️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Monster romance, LGBTQ+, post-apocalyptic)

Interesting things about this book:

• Human experimentation…

• Seraph's psychological development, the idea of ​​bringing back a bit of humanity after all the trauma he experienced, and, because of that, the effects of traumatic events.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(LGBTQ+, dystopia, monster romance)

The apocalypse began when several portals opened and monsters began entering the world. Now the military controls everything, and there are two ways to live: in coastal cities in extreme poverty and overcrowding, or in camps outside the cities within reach of the monsters, who are enemy number 1. Danny (being a soldier) falls in love with one of them.

Interesting things about this book:

The idea that what is not understood by humans falls into two categories: either you control it or you destroy it.

“Throughout history, our response to the unknown—and therefore feared—had always been ‘kill it or control it’.”

The conversations surrounding love, homophobia, rejection of “the other” (the different), value judgments based on ignorance, the status quo and appearances, different bodies.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

(Monster romance, LGBTQ+, fantasy)

Interesting things about this book:

• The story doesn't take place in the human world; most of it focuses on the monster world.

• It happens much earlier than all the previous books.

• I think it's the most tragic story of them all. 🫠

• Now it's a human discovering how the monster world works: the food, customs, etc.

• There's more politics and betrayal.