A Feather so Black by Lyra Selene

 

Publication Date: March 12th, 2024

Read: February 2th - March 2nd

Rating: 3/5 stars

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Maybe this book and I just have different priorities.

A Feather So Black is the story of Fia, a changeling who was left in the human realm as a child, with no memories of her past. At first, her eerie resemblance to the princess she replaced made people fear and shun her, but over time...Well, they still actually shun her, but the high queen eventually warmed up to her.

Fia has been trained in various skills by her adoptive mother's druid advisor, and we meet her when she's trying to steal a captured faerie creature from a prince. This does not go incredibly well (which is foreshadowing for my experience with this book, I suppose) but she does end up running into ROGAN, childhood friend to lover to ESTRANGED AND ANGSTY CHILDHOOD FRIEND. They have a "let's kiss in a dark corner to throw off the people who are chasing us" moment in like, chapter 2. This, perhaps more than anything, sets the tone.

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

 

Publication Date: July 19th, 2001

Read: March 31st - April 4th

Rating: 2.5/5 stars

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This book was...very weird. And I truly wish I could say that with more enthusiasm.

February 2024 Wrap-Up

I got a Kindle in February, and I feel like that's a very important piece of context for this month's wrap-up. For one thing, my Kindle came with two months of Kindle Unlimited, and KU immediately started recommending me crazy YA dystopians that I had either never heard of or had completely forgotten about. For another, it inspired me to actually get through a couple of the e-ARCs I've had downloaded for absolutely ever. I don't think I read a single physical book this February besides The Unmaking of June Farrow. 

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