Everyone provided e-pubs except for Oathbound by Tracy Deonn – that one was a Word document. With a link (Windows Defender: are you sure want to click this shady link?) that takes you to a book site, which is absolutely free … as long as you answer a few questions. I F-4’d out of there a few questions into the interrogation. It not only wanted 50 characters about why I wanted to read this story, it wanted the login for my LinkedIn. When I tried giving it my TikTok (joke’s on you, I haven’t logged into it in forever), it said I was not authorized to TikTok.
So I Googled the title on Goodreads to see if it seemed like something I’d want to spend money on. It did not. So it’s not even getting onto my ballot because the e-reader set up was ultra sketchy. Fail.
Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen – another high fantasy, and this one is number three in the series. I started with number one. Ultra serious high fantasy. Did not grab me.
And finally
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee – two finalist stories about a Vietnamese-American kid battling the supernatural while getting some sapphic romance, what are the odds? This one is a gregarious social butterfly magicking her way through a complicated scenario with a large cast of characters. I just wasn’t feeling inclined toward that much immersion, but I liked the heroine’s saucy voice.
As of right now I’m inclined to go with They Bloom at Night, with Coffeeshop beneath it just because I liked the cut of the heroine’s jib. Collins has already won lots of awards, and has written better books too. Am I prejudiced against high fantasy that takes itself Very Seriously? Umm, I might be. I do know that I am doing quite well with my self-imposed reward scheme, and am only a few more novelitos from finishing my chores so I can go read Dungeon Crawler Carl 8 again.
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