Paige

a true potato chip book. once you start, hard to put it down but the whole time you're not really enjoying it all that much and it's definitely not good for you? but you're absolutely going to keep reading anyways

delivers on a light hearted, spooky romance without too much thought into it!

i am very happy for Ilya and Shane however i could’ve done with a small side of plot to accompany the sex

I haven't had a book keep me awake past my bedtime in SO long, reminding me of what it was like to be a kid enjoying reading and never wanting to put it down. phenomenal world building with the political/Will system, I loved the characters and the way they were fleshed out, the pace was just right and left plenty of breadcrumbs that had me flipping back just to re-read!

I love audiobooking memoirs (or in this case, not a memoir?) and this one especially was produced with the listener in mind. A beautiful production thoughtfully arranged, Amy's voice and stories were poignant, timely, silly, heartwarming, and heartbreaking.

I followed up listening to this book with her NYT article “You May Want To Marry My Husband”, published 10 days prior to her passing of ovarian cancer, and her husband's response to this love letter she left for him one year later. AKR has left the world works of art to be cherished. In her words, I, too, want more.

this is the first Sanderson novel I’ve read that I really felt like I could put down and walk away from at almost any point in time. after reading much of his other work, it feels obvious this is his earlier writing. you can catch glimpses of ideas and tropes he fleshes out and nails in other stories but was only just starting to grasp here. largely, the pacing of this novel was the hardest for me to get over. the first 60% felt painfully slow and the action of parts 2 and 3 felt too glossed over. the story was nice but execution wasn’t my favorite.