Aviv Snowberry

I immediately enjoyed the disability representation, the Jewishness of all the characters, and the overall pacing was good. That being said, I think it dragged a little bit at the end.

I am personally not a huge enemies to lovers fan, never have been. While I enjoyed this book immensely, I am still not a fan of the trope being used within the book, especially as the original conflict feels very contrived and it ended up in the space that I often feel that these books get to which is "If they would just talk this would be resolved rather quickly." Also I know a third act breakup is par for the course with the genre, but that being said, the first one where she quits volunteering at the Matzah Ball was fine, but the second one where he personally discovers she's Margot Cross and gets upset that she's writing him into a book made me actually groan, it was conflict to be conflict and that was not really doing it for me.

This memoir was a really poignant story about growing up in the 80s/90s in a fundamentalist Christian context and trying to find out who you are and how you fit in to the world around you in the face of being ostracized, abuse, and that awful feeling of just not quite fitting in anywhere. The art was beautiful, and the story itself a very touching coming of age story.

A little less creepy than the first one, but definitely had me hesitantly turning the next page in case of a true creepy faced jump scare. Yet again it left me needing to read something lighter afterward to make up for it. Also finally got some answers on the creepy statue at the end of Vol. 1 but I have if anything more questions now than I did then.

Utterly creepy. I was looking for a horror manga a la Junji Ito and this was recommended in a few Reddit posts. The faces, the hair, the everything was pretty disturbing and I had to read something lighter right after finishing it because it was a little too much for me at the time! I definitely want to read the series up to where it's currently sitting, and who knows if it'll ever be finished?

This is a "dark" romance for those who think a kinky priest having deeply consensual sex is "dark." Which is amazing for those into that! I definitely understood the appeal of Fr. Bell, especially as his darker dominant side is tempered by being a man who cares deeply for others, for their souls, and is an overall very good guy. That being said, Poppy is herself a bit of a Mary Sue (I mean she kind of has to be to be good enough to make a priest leave his vocation). The end felt a little contrived, but it's a solid sexy book if you're into kinky sexy priests. (To which I'd say I am.)