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Tag: The Priory of the Orange Tree

September 2, 2021July 11, 2022 ejwbooks Contemporary Fiction & YA, SFF, Uncategorized

Book Review | Zodiac Academy

Brooding inner turmoil and big muscles do not excuse stripping someone naked in public, biting them when they beg you not to, or general assault.

August 13, 2021July 11, 2022 ejwbooks SFF, Uncategorized

Book Review | Neuromancer

Connecting to these characters is hard, and not necessarily rewarding, even at the end. But that empty kind of discomfort...it reminded me of how modern netizen-dom can feel.

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 ejwbooks Uncategorized

June Wrap Up | 8 Books

I'm surprised by how much I read this month! Eight books is pretty average for me, but there were a few real tombs in there, including Samantha Shannon's Priory of The Orange Tree and Donna Tartt's The Secret History. All the novels I read dealt with queerness in different ways, and overall I definitely had … Continue reading June Wrap Up | 8 Books

June 21, 2021July 12, 2022 ejwbooks Contemporary Fiction & YA, Uncategorized

Book Review | The Atlas Six

CONFIRMED: The Atlas Six has a firm place in the cannon of dark academia. This book's strengths lie in its characters, meticulously and thoroughly written and spinning themselves into complex webs of relationships. I knew little going in, so one thing surprised me most: it's an adult-feeling book about adults. It's most interested in people … Continue reading Book Review | The Atlas Six

June 9, 2021July 11, 2022 ejwbooks SFF, Uncategorized

Book Review | The Priory of the Orange Tree

I stopped and started and almost put down this novel many, many times. By the second half, I was hate-reading it—or so I told myself. Maybe I was just reading it for the dragons. I like dragons. The audible narration saved me, because reading this novel in its physical form was an exercise in dispassion. … Continue reading Book Review | The Priory of the Orange Tree

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