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This novel was outstanding. A raw and guttural examination of the want and needs within women that are often pushed down to appease men and society. 

This was an enjoyable, cozy-ish fantasy with a bit of romance and adventure. Very different from what T Kingfisher normally does. 

This was just okay. I feel like I've read 10 of these types of Japanese magical realism books and they are all very similar. 

Reminded me of And Then There Was None but with a bunch of writers with lots of hate for each other in a locked house full of horror and mystery tropes. Very enjoyable and a great ending. 

This was so disturbing but fascinating. An eerie look at mother/daughter relationships.

I enjoyed Junie immensely. An emotional story about sisterhood, family, and freedom. It's always hard to read books about enslaved people as a white person and give a review. I loved Junie as a character; smart, ambitious, and stubborn. The love story was sweet but of course for the enslaved families and loved ones are so often torn apart, never to see each other again. 

Junie was more hopeful, while still showcasing the raw realities of the enslaved on the cusp of the Civil War. 

Victorian Psycho is a satirical, gory, and dare I saw enthralling story about a woman, Winifred Notty, who finds herself the new governess of a dreary mansion in Grim Wolds, England. But Winifred is hiding a dark impulsiveness within her. As the days she struggles with Pounds' two idiotic children come to a head during Christmas festivities, Winifred plans an elaborate and violent holiday gift for all inside the manor. 

This novel was absolutely unputdownable and was so shrouded in layers of themes such as class, gender, religion, psychosis, and the absurdity of the English aristocracy. 

I had a hard time with the erratic writing of this story and I kind of lost interest near the middle. It wasn't as scary as I was hoping it would be. 

This novella delighted and thrilled me - and I couldn't get enough! 

But Not Too Bold is a fantasy, but it's also a mystery and a romance twirled in this insanely well crafted world where an elder god named Anatema rules a mansion gilded and opulent, while her staff brings her young brides whom she eventually devours. 

Dalia, who has recently becomes the master of keys after her predecessor's untimely demise, is drawn into a mystery involving Anatema, her dead brides, and the memory boxes she weaves to remember them. But as Dalia spends time with the creature the rest of the house fears, she begins to see past the terrifying exterior to the lonely and loveable creature within.