screamsbeneath started reading Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, …
she/they Love and compassion are acts of resistance. Forever in recovery; learning to be a better human.
I read far more than I realized. I’m trying to find better words to describe the feelings manifested by the books I read, so my reviews may be more feeling oriented than objective.
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All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, …
The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when an underground network of 19th …
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Enjoyed the setting and what Nethercott was getting at with this story. Interesting storytelling and world building with themes of personal, familial, generational, and cultural trauma. It can get dark but didn’t feel too heavy. The folklore tie-ins felt especially well done and I wish there was more exploration of the world, but it wasn’t that kind of story.
And look, I hated Isaac. Almost quit reading because of the character. Then eventually I saw parts of my past trauma responses reflected in his behavior and it clicked why I hated him so much. I still feel his backstory required me to give him too much of a pass, but hurt people hurt people and we all react and hurt differently.
Had a great time with this. I haven’t had this much fun in a fantasy setting since the Shades of Magic books by V.E. Schwab and the Witch King by Martha Wells.
The mystery aspects were well done - all of the pieces were available and figuring out broad strokes was even within my own grasp. It was great fun to see the internal logic spelled out and add to the world building.
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but …
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting …
In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European …
@picklish@books.theunseen.city That’s basically what I was looking for, thanks! I’ll add it to my list for when I need something to easily fall into. It’s been on my radar for some time, just never enough to be on the “short” list, which is not at all short, but means mapped to a specific mood I’m in when I pick a next read.
@picklish@books.theunseen.city I was interested in this before, completely sold now.
Definitely the light comfort read I was looking for, and like the first in its series it has just enough moments of emotional tension and and philosophical debate to never get twee or boring. But more than its predecessor, the world this is set in is the most convincing, appealing hopepunk I have yet to read. It's clear that it had gone through some very hard times in the past, but the equilibrium that the books are set in feels plausible and inviting. I can think of many other books whose worlds I'd like to visit, but these are among the few I wish I could move to.