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What are you reading/listening to this week? (October 18th, 2023) (literature.cafe)

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[–] Rinn@literature.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

Finished The Broken Earth trilogy - it was very good, but I was a bit meh on some worldbuilding choices in the 2nd one (which by neccessity carried over into the 3rd book). 1st one was the best.

Then I took a dive into fantasy YA: Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (trainee nun uses an evil spirit to protect her convent, gets possessed and they go on a journey together to uncover a conspiracy) and The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker (dark historical fantasy set in China, very hard to give a good one sentence summary). Scarlet was probably objectively better/more interesting but I liked Vespertine more, it was just pure fun (extra points for no romance and having a neurodivergent protagonist).

Then I reread one of my old favourites: Empress of Salt and Fortune. I gotta finally get started on the next one in the series. Good week for reading overall!