recent(ish) reads | reviewing some new faves!

this was book three and it was just too light for me i couldn't get into it

come tumbling down was better but it still had a bunch of side characters and side plot lines that i didn't care about as much maybe i'll care about them more once i learn more about those characters

my two ultimate faves in the series are in an absent dream and down among the sticks and bones like these are just incredible books

i like the first book the best of the school-centered books

every character in this book like they love each other so deeply and they understand each other so that even when they're fighting they have moments where they can pause in their fighting because they can comfort whoever they're fighting with and maybe they're the only one who knows how and like the tenderness of that knocked me on my ass constantly

i went up reading flame fall four out of five stars just a little bit lower i felt like i got more emotional in this book but i always have a hard time with second books

my two ultimate faves in the series are in an absent dream and down among the sticks and bones like these are just incredible books

it's a perfect slow burn where you just know something is off but you're not sure what and that creeping unease is perfection

there were just so many aspects of queer culture and identity that this book dealt with so well and i loved it