![]() Please avoid all-caps, especially in thread topics, as it is considered SHOUTING. They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online.Īctivities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, adding book covers and discussing policies. ![]() Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads. ![]() Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to comment or request changes to book records.įor general comments on Goodreads and for requests for changes to site functionality, try Goodreads Help or use the Contact Us link instead.įor tips on being a librarian, check out the Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. At first I’m not sure if she’s going to say anything back, but then she licks her lips and I know it’s because she can taste the sweetness of the insult she’s about to throw.A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. Lira tips her chin up, eyes defiant and too blue for me to look at her straight. Not too complex, but with a sweet aftertaste of wisdom or beauty. ![]() There were actually many moments of genuinely good YA writing. So come for the two leads and the super cool sea-witch villain, or not at all. Elian’s crew feel like halfhearted copy-and-pastes of more interesting characters I’ve read in Jay Kristoff, Sarah J. The one thing that didn’t work-or at least, that smelled a little stale-were the side characters. And I hate how well the quest-for-the-powerful-object structure gets me invested. I love enemies to lovers, and it’s believable in our two leads of To Kill a Kingdom. Endearing jokes and barbs.īut the thing is- all this stuff works really well. Why mess with a formula when it’s still working just fine? LET’S PLAY: GOOD WRITING OR GOOD FORMULA?Īside from the deliciously new concept, there isn’t much new about the way these characters interact or the way the nuts and bolts of the plot fit together. I’d yawn, but I mean, it’s still fun to read. Irreverant until he worships the heroine, a killer with a heart of gold (literally, so say the legends), a joke-cracking pirate who doesn’t want the stuffy responsibility of his princedom. Despite the dual-POV, Elian is pretty much your standard fare as far as YA Princes go. But really, even by today’s booktok standards, he’s Prince Charming. The romance in this novel doesn’t overshadow either her character or Prince Charming’s. And that’s really awesome to read, because sometimes in books like this, even if the heroine is physically badass, even if she can talk trash, she doesn’t have the power to back it up. Her decisions are arguably more important than anyone in the entire novel, shaping the plot and changing both her and those around her. Sure, the Sea Queen (Ursula but this time actually, seriously evil, and also Lira’s mother) takes her song, but Lira oozes agency and self-ness throughout this entire novel. The way way Christo has constructed this world and its hundred kingdoms is sublime, and the main character Lira is no exception. The concept for this novel starts with a bang. I ache for the ice of the sea, so sharp with cold that it feels like glorious knives in the slits between my bones. Its heat presses against my neck and causes my hair to stick to my wet skin.
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