Alisha

I love this book so much. My only complaint, and it's a big one - is it's not nearly long enough. I would have loved to see more of their adventure.
I thought the characters were great, for such a short story I really felt like I got to know them. I loved how queer and polyamorous and nerdy and good natured they all were.
what a touching, thoughtful, interesting little story.

This is the most terrifying thing I've ever read.

*might re read, I found the audiobook hard to pay attention a lot of the time

This was absolutely beautiful. Cinematic, exciting, interesting and heartbreaking. I felt the format was fairly unique as it is quite a bit slower in the second half of the book compared to the first half. I realize now that this was a wonderful decision because this book isn't about the battle - it's about self discovery, pain, love, growing and rebuilding after war. The magic systems and the heavily Japanese influenced language and culture are interesting.
I absolutely loved seeing the changes in the main characters throughout their journey and this story made me really care what happened to all of them.
I wish I had more!

3.5