Book Review, YA Fantasy, YA Romance

Sawkill Girls by C.L.

4 stars. Intermediate reading level, still some oversights in editing, but overall a quality piece of literature. I was happy with the queer representation. This is the first book I’ve read with an openly asexual character. She was mildly disappointing and I felt justice was not done, especially in her forced nature when all the other queer characters seemed so natural. All the same, I was impressed with the effort. The fantasy element of the story was unexpected, I only knew that it was good ya lit, and I had no idea it was fantastic at all. I loved the supernatural element. It was thrilling and real for teenagers to react the way they did. Would recommend.

Book Review, Historical Fiction, Romance, Series, Time Travel

Series: Outlander by D.G.

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Outlander

4 stars. Ok, let’s get the one thing I didn’t like out of the way. It was sometimes repetitive, but rarely (maybe two or three times). I don’t know if it was an oversight in editing or if it was just an awkward literary device, but it wasn’t overly annoying due to its infrequency.
Wow. This book was rugged, vivid, and tangible. I feel like if I got lost in Scotland all of this stuff would happen to me and I would live happily ever after despite all the outlaws trying to slaughter me and my newfound family, haha.
My favorite part of it all was the pacing. Gabaldon knew exactly how to balance the mundane and the exciting, divulging and withholding all the elaborate details. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series and then watch the series and compare them and probably be disappointed but not care.