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The Winged Game by Sophie Kim

Everyone shut up - I absolutely loved this. Completely ate this book up so fast. I mean I adored The God and the Gumiho as well, so I wasn't exactly worried. But I think this tops that book by more than I anticipated.

I loved the characters, the "wingeds," the setting. Apparently, I'm a sucker for a contemporary romance centered around a made-up sport with a twist (here it's magic instead of mafia but if you know, you know). Hands down one of the best times I've had all year and I'm probably not going to stop thinking about this book for a good long while.

Just Finished

Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe

I would like to preface this by saying that I did enjoy my time in this book. There were a few spots in the middle I wasn't in love with and this was not a book I "couldn't put down" like it's been for others. But it's a great... vibe read. Excellent vibes here.

Buuuut, it does fall into the exact same trap that I've felt with every late 2000's post-apocalyptic dystopian teen novel. That being some absolutely absurd world building.

Current Read

The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit

I may or may not be barreling through this book despite only starting it this morning... during work.

138 pages in and I'm having a blast if you couldn't tell. It reads easy and quick and a bit witty. The characters are also quite easy to like. And yes it's a little raunchy.

Last and Current Reads

Last: Baby & The Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon

This is an omegaverse why-choose and it's essentially just 400+ pages of erotica*. Which is often said in a demeaning way but I knew what I was getting into in that sense and had a good time. The writing is actually fairly solid and enjoyable, and while I was expecting something fairly dark but I should've known something called the "Sweetverse" wouldn't make the MMCs anything but soft and well... sweet. Which was a good thing because Billy romances are not my thing and dark romance is so often just that.

Overall I liked my read and I am planning on picking up a copy of the next book when it releases on the 30th.

*If you see the paperback in the wild you may be confused as to why I said 400+ when it's clearly 500+. That's because there's a 100 page unrelated novella in the back that's for a different series. I don't know why they did this because it takes place smack in the middle of those books.

Current: Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

This is the 3rd book I'm reading for my Horror book club, and honestly so far it's my favorite (not that that's a super high bar when Coffin Moon was fairly bland and didn't feel like anyone had grown by the end and Ring was just insultingly bad). So far I'm really digging it and there are genuine elements of horror here where the others just kind of told you you should be scared without actually making it true or giving the story any feeling of suspense. And yes, there's a lot of misogyny, but it feels very purposeful to the story this time instead of just sounding like the author hates women (looking at you Suzuki Koji).

I'm only half way through so far, but I see good things ahead and I'm excited to see what my book club is going to say about it.