Alysses

4.5. This might be 5 stars later.

3.5

Beautiful

4.5

I don't know why I continue. I really don't.

So grown. So cute. Non-conventional? Yes. Possible? Also yes.

This was perfection until the very last story arc and then it wasn't. It was incredibly rushed.

This was not smooth. The artwork was gorgeous. The plot, not so much.

My Filipina student teacher had us dance this during an assembly. I did both the dancing and the bamboo sticks. I had no clue about the historical significance behind the dance and the instrument. I'm still sitting with this. The cruelty behind it is...I don't have the words.

I cried. A lot.

3.5

Does physics really exist? I love physics.

Hostos is a beautiful school. It was great to read about its founding member. Boricuas from all over should pick up this book.

4.5

WOW This was the level of writing I wanted in book one. This was the level of character growth I needed in book one. The emotions and sincerity!!! I'm posting the same review in Vol II because it's the same. It's the SAME!! This was great writing.

WOW This was the level of writing I wanted in book one. This was the level of character growth I needed in book one. The emotions and sincerity!!! The vulnerability. The boundaries. This was great writing.

DNF'd at 65%

A group of us decided to pick this up after some of the members of the group watched the Hulu show and loved it. I might still watch the Hulu version. This book is definitely problematic on quite a few levels.

SO CUTE!

3.5. The levels of intensity kept throwing me off.

It would have been quite alright to end at 16.

Wild

I really wanted to love this one. I loved the ambiance and even the magic system. The pacing was off and too often I found myself in a lull which made me want to put the book down altogether. I'll probably pick up the next in the series because the overall mood/ambiance/world felt so intriguing but much has to be fleshed out.

This was special.

For all of those readers that claim this is not a good representation or that they are not familiar with poly but don't think this is a good representation... you clearly have never dipped a toe into the Poly Subreddit. Poly can absolutely look like this. Just say you don't like how messy it was and be done with it. I'm curious enough to see where this series goes because it can go in so many directions and that cliffhanger! Sheesh.

4.5- 5.0 That ending, though!