Cakie

I loved this so much. It felt like one of those completely engaging, bizarre short story anthologies you read as a kid, but with all the depth that comes from the life you’ve lived after you stopped reading them. Kicking it off with Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867 was perfect, and the author had me exactly where they wanted me for the rest of the stories.

Overall I enjoyed this book somewhat and specifically some of its side characters, but I found it super hard to get into and the plot was very predictable throughout. I found the visual world building much less fleshed out than some other SJM books which is usually the part of her writing that has me overlooking other more lacking aspects of her work. I don't super understand where the series is going to go from here and I'm not even remotely invested in the main romance plot line as much as I have been in the others series mostly due to the fact neither of them displayed a single personality trait outside of horny and stubborn. I was initially considering attempting to continue for the sake of keeping up with the multiverse, but have instead decided I deserve happiness and good literature so I DNF's the second book after 2 chapters and spent my braincells elsewhere.

These two stars are for Lehabah and SJM's ability to make me grieve a character from a world and plotline I dont give a third of a damn about