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What are you reading this week? (wayfarershaven.eu)

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I've finally started Rosemary and Rue, the first October Daye book. So far, fascinating world building.

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Curious as to what you think, I haven't read it yet but my friend game me "meh" reviews.

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago

I heard about all the good reviews but couldn't get into it.

[–] Sockks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I found I couldn't really get into the characters sure to the amount of pov switching. It also felt like the buildup didn't quite pay off and the bbeg was just a few words on there page.