#Ally Capraro

[jolieeason]

September 2024 Wrap-Up

Here is what I read, posted, won, received, and bought in September. Let me know if you have read any of these books and what you thought of them. Books I Read: Books Reviewed: Fall for Him by Andie Burke—review here Tough Luck by Sandra Dallas—review coming April 29th, 2025 Lucy Undying by Kiersten White—review here Books I got from NetGalley: Books I got from indie…

[screechfoxes]

18, 38, 68

18. your least favourite book ever

it isn't, in the grand scheme of things, the worst book. but someone sent me a review copy (the only time this has happened) for The Descendent by Ally Capraro, based on my Goodreads review of The Night Circus, back in 2016

it is not a book like The Night Circus. according to my memory, it's a mediocre-to-poor conventional het supernatural romance novel, with horrendous characterisation and nonsensical... everything

i'm still baffled that someone in whoever was doing marketing for it decided that it had any similarity to The Night Circus, mostly

38. your favourite series

i had to think a lot about this, but i don't think it can be anything other than Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee. just... mwah. what perfect morally dubious war crimes sci-fi it is.

68. your favourite piece of classic literature

it's been some time since i last read it, but i have a real soft spot for Jane Eyre, although i couldn't tell you why

also, 'classic' is such a woolly term, so i'm going to throw A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto in, which i read earlier this year, and was a deeply engaging read with fantastic prose.

(is it 'literature' if it's non-fiction?)

[charlesray45]

Review of 'The Descendant'

Review of ‘The Descendant’

Ava Davenport is not your normal human. Unknown to her, she’s the product of a mating between a human and a member of another species from another dimension, possessed of a special ability that makes her the key to the survival of Earth. The Xemlix, a race that thrives on fear, is intent on taking over Earth and all the other dimensions, and only Ava stands between them and total domination.

Just…