Duffy

DNF- the blatant references to racism and colorism without addressing any of it or hinting, then also making the resistance 'also the bad guys' is pretty gross imperialist colonizer material.

For all the good reviews and ratings of this book I was honestly a bit disappointed. It felt heavy handed in a slightly clumsy way with the message of the plot. And I got so bored with their fight caused by a misunderstanding that I skipped ahead to when it resolved because it was dragging on for so long and wasn't written very well. While I understand where it came from based on both sides and the trauma they've experienced, it just felt contrived to add drama and unnecessary. Especially in books about queer love it feels cheap to use misunderstandings to trigger a huge fight as a plot device.

I loved this- it was a very fun read and was absolutely hilarious. As a queer person, having stories like this is so important and good, and I absolutely adored how each person was written.

I loved the tone of this book- it was such a fun read, and I loved the worldbuilding and magic. It was exciting and funny, and Leo's narration was fantastic. The voice reading the audiobook was wonderful, and really played each character well!

I liked it but it was heavy handed in its messaging, even if it was good. Satisfying ending!

A truly remarkable book for anyone who loves fae folklore, and a book whose author writes footnotes.

I adored this book so much, it was such fun and was such a genuine, well written portrait of trans experience ❤️

It was so hard to read for so long - I wish more of the book was the two happy together and/or working together to save the day. This book was so emotional and hard- I wasn't braced for something this sad.

An absolutely breathtaking finale, this is definitely one of my all time new favorite series

A fantastic third book, so cozy and fun, the sense of humor in this series is unparalleled and I can't get enough of the love between Kianthe and Raine. 

Really good but the family trauma made this a hard read when I was hoping for something a bit more lighthearted. Overall it was good, but it did make my heart hurt for the main couple.

As someone who is asexual and married and deeply in love with my partner, I did appreciate some aspects of how being ace was represented here. It is complicated and hard, and can definitely be a huge hurdle when you have an allo partner (my wife is also ace!). Thorough communication was very refreshing and though I wish a few things were handled with a bit more nuance, overall I thought their relationship was portrayed in a very realistic manner. 

Extremely satisfying ending I'm so glad!!!!!

I WANT MY KIDS TO BE OKAY this series has been so fun and has swept me up I am so attached. I love this ragtag bunch of kids and who doesn't love a book that has a short, axe-weilding lesbian ask someone threatening her gf, “You want me to re-arrange your ribs?”

I wish the characters were older considering the subject matter, and that the main character could think for one second about something other than boys or deeply teen angst. Yes, of course she has a ton of trauma, but it didn't feel well written.

I had trouble getting into the story with the narrator of the audiobook and to me a slow start. I thought I would love the narrator, but unfortunately it felt too forced the longer I was listening. I really wanted to love this book, but maybe I'll give it another chance some other time.

Not fast enough of a hook