A bit stuffy and over-reliant on cliche, but a solid book. I think Perry and I view religion in similar ways, so that was cool.

Fun, but not particularly notable. I found Kembral's voice annoying at times (for example, her calling her daughter a 'potato-shaped human' and her boots 'Good-Ass Boots') but overall the characters were decent and their motivations solid.

never thought I'd like a romance novel, and yet here we are!

A very emotional work. I think I, too, need to vanquish my inner cowboy.

However, sometimes the art can be a bit tricky to comprehend because there's so much hard shading. Most of the time it manages to be both beautiful and and not too busy. :)

Contains spoilers

Apparently, I've met the author. I do not remember this.

the writing style is a little weird, but once you get used to it it is very beautiful

I've read this book so many times, and it feels like a warm hug each time.

my friend read this last year and kept talking about it, so naturally I did, too!

it was disappointing.

loved the roman graffiti references (I made bread today) but did not love the cheesy romance and cheesier red panda jokes. why. why. why.

it made my head hurt in a good way between cringes :)

give me descriptions of 1890s clothing or give me death

this book was alright, I think I just like my magic systems weirder than the one in here. the themes would benefit from a little more subtlety, too.

didn't particularly move me, but I haven't read 250 pages in one day for a long time!

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approved by my mom and dad 👍 (they own a copy signed by Homer and some of the other rocket boys)

alright. nothing Shusterman writes will ever top Challenger Deep for me, but I can see dystopian lovers enjoying this!

2.5
I understand that this is heavily fictionalized, but I know absolutely nothing about 17th century Peru and I feel like this book would have been more interesting with a more solid grounding in history, at least with the setting.
Docked a star for the use of not-like-other-girls trope.

if I were Three Seagrass, I would have kept the cat.

Read with my mom <3
we have differing tastes, but we both agree that this book is great!

can be slow, but everything is great, especially the characters, so I'm not complaining

I was originally going to write something here about my desire to be an anthropologist and my competing desire to respect other people's cultures, but that ending...I can't stop thinking about it