Morgan

September reading was slow and steady 🍃

Four books total!!

GENRES
1 Romance
2 Fantasy
1 Fiction

STATS
1 Re-read
1 TBR
2 from I already owned
2 Post Publication
2 Galleys/Recent releases

What I felt really lined up with what I was reading. It all felt very Morgan-coded tbh

Reread via @librofm and it was just as good as I remembered. I love when that happens with a reread and *just enough* time has passed where you generally forget the details. I feel like this book is the perfect gateway for literary readers who want to step a toe into fantasy. It’s smart, a comprehensive world is built and the parallels to power structures and justice are chef’s kiss.

Also, I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: I LOVE books where the romance is a secondary to the plot.

I read this on my first half of my flight to Ireland. And yes, I will admit of course that has added to my immediate love for this story set in Ireland.

But, I promise, even if I’d read it on a flight back to South Dakota I still would be adamant: this is a special book.

It’s a small both in its shape and page count (just under 100). Reading the last few pages i cried. And it felt so good. This is such a quiet story. There are themes of growing up, being cared for properly, and perhaps that speaks to the child in all of us.

This one holds a special place in my heart. If you haven’t read it yet, you must.

I really dont think I could have picked a better first read of Natasha Pulley’s — an author I’ve been wanting to pick up for years. This one hit on so many things I’ve studied and care about regarding religious deconstruction and how we ultimately understand our place/responsibility in the world and what it looks like to speak out against what is deemed holy.

What I didn’t expect? A f*cking apocalyptic story! And a very lovely queer romance as a subplot. Are we sensing a theme here? This one is less fantasy and more magic realism.

The writing is brilliant, it’s another smart and clever read that will surprise you by how much you find yourself laughing. The audio is brilliant, but I recommend a physically copy too (you’ll want to underline).

If I can give any advice it would be this:
Rea