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Updates

Library Update

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I figured it was time for another Library Update! I haven’t been utilising my Library as much this year. I have really just been trying to focus on my owned TBR which is creeping up there. However, there are still a few books that I am interested in but don’t want to commit to purchasing so I am still going to be borrowing books throughout the year! I currently only have two books on loan from the Library: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin which I loved (see my review HERE) and These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong which I have heard great things about but haven’t read yet.

TBR

March TBR

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There are quite a few books on my radar at the moment that I would really like to get to. So instead of just picking 8-9 of them and restricting myself I figured I would just list them all and throughout the month pick whatever I feel like at the time!

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Reviews

In An Absent Dream Review

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This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she’s found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.

From what we learn about Katherine I can see why she would want to escape to the Goblin Market and how she would thrive in this world. She is very stubborn and I could see how her choices would affect her later on in the plot and they eventually did. She was both selfish running away from her family and coming back multiple times, she didn’t really understand how that could affect them, but also she would do just about anything to help Moon and stop her from becoming an owl, taking on her debt and paying it all off with no thought of the repercussions.

The world building wasn’t quite enough for me. There was definitely multiple discussions about the rules and debt and how giving fair value and not asking for too much was key in this world but the actual setting wasn’t explored enough for me. It lacked that depth I needed to become fully engaged and invested in the plot.

I felt like all of the action and adventure aspects in these books were just passed over. I wanted to know about all of the things Lundy got up to in the years she was in the Goblin Market instead of briefly being told them when she returns to her family. This is definitely more of a character driven series which explores the characters growth over their journey’s and their frame of minds throughout as opposed to what is actually happening within the worlds.

Overall I feel a bit ambivalent towards this book in particular. It was interesting sure, and seeing how Lundy interprets the rules and debts captured my attention but overall it just feels like something is missing in the story. And again like the rest of the series I think it was the fact that they are just so short and doesn’t give me enough substance.

⭐️3/5 stars Just an ok one for me…