I picked this up at BookCon because I attended Kylie Lee Baker's panel, and I'm always convinced to read an author's book once I've heard them speak about the process of writing it. I was further convinced it should be my next read when I discovered it is set in New York. The city is a great backdrop for this pandemic novel; the ooze of the subway and the eerie silence of what should be packed streets are perfect in capturing the inherent wrongness of how the world felt as CO

My father once told me that men become their choices, not their intentions. I wonder what he would say to me now. This is quite an ambitious sequel. I'll avoid spoilers in this review, but if you haven't read the first book, I'd read that first before continuing reading. It's kind of impossible to talk about this installment without spoiling the first one. Following the trajectory of most fantasy series, the scope of the story in The Strength of the Few greatly expands. Diver

Been off my review game lately but I'm baaaackkkkkk. Admittedly, I am retroactively reviewing this after having finished the sequel. I've never done that before, but maybe it will unlock a fabulous new perspective. I'd seen the whole world raving about The Will of the Many for around a year before picking it up. I saw it in a B&N and felt compelled to read it immediately despite not knowing a thing about the actual plot (my preferred method of approaching a book). And boy was

(Sorry I took so long to write this, I've been working 24/7 😍) Since it's been several weeks since I finished this book, I'm not the best equipped to write a comprehensive review. Instead, I'd like to focus on one aspect I found particularly resonant. As many of you can tell from my reading history and my scribblings, I'm quite interested in feminism. I fell into this interest due to my experiences in the modern world, and naturally that led me to explore its history. Women'