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I swear to GOD, if one more person assures the SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WHO GOT A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT that the fact that he's "being a man" and owning up to it and being visibly supportive of her makes everything okay (not to mention subtly implies that she's as much to blame as she is because she flirted and dressed provocatively), I will shriek so loudly that the characters in this book will hear me.

Less than 100 pages in, and I want to punch every man in the state of Illinois, and every doctor in the 19th-century US.

Had to physically stop myself at Chapter 11, or I would have just kept on reading until my boss came in to find out why. And then I would have tried to explain Chava and Ahmad...

These are lovely stories, with lovely illustrations. But the fae are tied into the insect world in this particular mythology, and there have already been two scenes that gave me the squirming body-horror heebie-jeebies. Bugphobes be warned.

Oh no, I'm invested in this queer nerdy found family.

Oh, I like Ropa. Adding her to my "people to keep around when shit goes down" team.

I like Bez, but "I'm going to make my own plans and not tell Makeda anything and trust that everything will work out" is not the foolproof plan she thinks it is. I would not fall in love with her quirkiness; it would make me break out in hives.

You what.

You fucking what.

A baby.

I am not going to say what happened regarding a baby, but it is VERY MUCH NOT GOOD and this book had better redeem itself REAL SOON OR I QUIT.

I trust that more character development is forthcoming, but as of right now, Marcus needs to be left on the side of the road.

Kreya: This terrible decision is completely justified, and all my friends will understand why I did it (once they revive me from almost having killed myself doing so)!

Me: Honey, nobody is THAT understanding, that was a VERY LARGE KNIFE.