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fallenwingzero · 2 years

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It appears that Frozen Teardrop still gets a lot of hate which is unfortunate since it’s a pretty good series. I understand not liking it if you haven’t read it since I didn’t either due to what was said about it online, but after giving it a chance I enjoyed it quite a lot! I also learned that most of the stuff said about it online never even happened,,,

Frozen Teardrop only reveals to the reader what the new characters, such as Fenrir and Cathy Po, know as the plot progresses. This has unfortunately caused a lot of misinterpretations from the western fandom who only had brief summaries to go off as FT was releasing. I want to clear up some of the more popular misinterpretations here, especially the common ones from TV Tropes and Gundam Wing Wiki (The wiki can’t even decide whether Sabrina and Katrina are her grandmother and great aunt or mother and aunt, so it shouldn’t be used as a source for FT anyway lol.)

This post is long, so it is under the read more. There are also spoilers so don’t read if you are waiting for the translations.

Wufei and Duo hate each other:

This is a language issue. Cathy Po is confused as to why Duo (Father Maxwell) and Wufei (Master Chang) are so informal with each other (talking down to each other rather than using more formal speech to address each other). In Japan if you don’t know someone/aren’t very acquainted with someone, you never talk down to them.

From her POV it seems odd that a Master and a Priest would talk to each other so casually whereas in Japan their language to each other should be much more formal given their status. This actually shows that Wufei and Duo are close enough (childhood friends) to talk casually but it comes as a shock to an outsider such as Cathy.

Heero wants to kill Relena:

Heero wanting to kill Relena is more for suspense for new GW fans and also as the reader is only given what knowledge Fenrir and Cathy Po have. From their Pov Relena needs to be assassinated but as the OG pilots know, she is just a scapegoat of the Lanagurin Republic and the fights with the Peacecraft’s are to throw the Republic off.

Heero himself wants to kill the name “Relena Peacecraft” (not Relena herself) so she can go back to being “Relena Darlian” and change the world as she wants on her terms rather than be burdened to carry the Peacecraft name. This gets revealed in the Preventor 5 chapters as well as in later chapters, but the old translations and summaries only covered the early volumes.

Relena does originally need to be killed to end the Perfect Peace Program virus which is why the G-pilots are trying to get to her but Heero is the one who comes up with the plan to find the origins of the program to stop it instead so she can live (hence why his “I’ll never kill again quote gets repeated over and over again).

*Duo almost gets his own subsection lmao, poor guy gets the hate the worst,,,

Duo abandoned Fenrir:

Duo had already mutually divorced Hilde and she chose to not tell him she was pregnant. He didn’t know he had a son so he can’t really be blamed for not being around as he was respecting Hilde’s space.

Duo cut his hair for no reason/ it’s ooc:

In Japan, a character cutting their hair signifies personal change and wanting to grow. Hilde points out that his braid is a reminder of Sister Helen and losing her and everyone else close to him which is why he continuously pushes others (especially Hilde as shown in the Anime and Manga) away. He initially disagrees with her but soon realizes she has a point and wants to change his ways leading to a dramatic scene of him cutting his braid and saying goodbye to Sister Helen, Father Maxwell and Solo with his newfound determination to stop pushing others away.

Duo left his debt of the church to Hilde on purpose:

Duo inherited the church’s debt from a priest he had helped, again against his knowledge. The only reason Hilde was stuck with the debt was because she went to evaluate it to sell and pay the debt but realized there was still orphans there, so she wanted to take care of them until they were adopted. Unfortunately, as Duo points out, because of the war there’s more orphans every time he visits.

Also, once Duo finds out about the church, he starts sending his bounty money he earns to pay it off.

Duo is a jerk dad:

This is a combination of the above misinterpretations as well as a language thing. Both Duo and Fenrir have brash/sarcastic speech patterns that don’t translate well, mixed with Fenrir being an Unreliable Narrator:TM: that tends to exaggerate, they come across as mean. We know from how they talk about each other that they both really care as well as from their actions. Fenrir sews part of Duo’s Santa suit into his iconic jacket, Duo gloats about his son to the other pilots, Fenrir learned all he knows from Duo, Duo made excuses to see Fenrir despite Hilde saying he wasn’t his son, Fenrir keeps Duo’s cowboy hat, etc.

Relena is brainwashed:

She wasn’t brainwashed at all. She was used as a scapegoat for the Lanagurin Republic the same way Romefeller used her as Queen Relena. They know the people will trust anything the government says as long as it comes from Relena.

Katrine is a clone:

Katrine is just another one of Quatre’s test tube sisters, she was just born after their father died (frozen embryo I assume?). She herself believed she’s a clone because she is brought up in a hospital (raised by her sister Irene Winner) and has a friend who is a “spare parts” clone for their own sister.

When her friend's sister dies and the friend becomes the “main daughter”, the friend projects on to Katrine calling her a spare parts clone, but Irene assures Katrine it isn’t true and that she is just as loved as her other 30 siblings.

Maybe this changes later? I haven’t got to the part where Quatre narrates yet so maybe he says something different but as far as I know this is debunked.

Katrine is only 10 making her romance with Phobos/No name gross:

Katrine is also 15 but the way that Mars years' work, I can see where the fandom got confused. There’s a part where it mentions she is a kindergartener, and 5 Mars years pass to bring us to just before the main plot. But 5 Mars years = 10 Earth years meaning she is actually 15ish (I’m presuming to be the same as the GW anime) and not 10.

Sabrina Peacecraft was locked away:

She wasn’t locked away rather she was the “lonely rich girl” much like Relena. She preferred to be in her room alone, playing the piano with her cat Sam but wasn’t a prisoner. The Cinderella references being the fairy tale to represent Katrina and Sabrina might have confused things? But as far as their back stories go, the cruel father locking her up wasn’t mentioned at all.

This is what I can remember off the top off my head, but it gives a good idea of just how much fandom culture can warp things. There is way more than what is included here though, and I’ll probably bring up more later.

Frozen Teardrop isn’t perfect, but neither was Gundam Wing. GW was batshit insane but imo that’s what makes it so endearing 💖. Frozen Teardrops flaws are what you’d expect from the same writer and universe as GW and definitely doesn’t deserve the hate it gets, so please give it a chance! Or at the very least don’t spread misinformation about it if you haven’t read it or haven’t read it since its release (the constant bashing can cloud your own memory and opinions so a reread may be necessary).

If there’s any more questions on Frozen Teardrop in regard to popular fan interpretations, I’ll be happy to discuss more!

#gundam wing #frozen teardrop #my post

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amplifyme · 1 year

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Next two episodes down!

Labyrinths: I liked this episode even though it didn't "accomplish" a lot. I find it interesting how much of Vincent's philosophy is shown when he helps other people, and sometimes how helpless he is with their problems. All he can advise is to endure hardship, not let it twist you, and try to understand and empathize with that person. And, really, that's all anyone can do when they are powerless (that or fight back; but I don't see Vincent advocating for that-- not because he's too passive, but because he knows it's unwise.) Finally clicked with Mouse-- I understood and sympathized with him before; but it was this episode where I truly enjoyed him (besides Chamber Music flashbacks.) Love that this show never misses a chance to let every character have something to offer in times of trouble. Also: Catherine's carelessness putting Below in danger hmmmmm. The council's different methods and backstories was well-done.

Brothers: DEVIN'S BACK. Is this the Charlie from AWTN? (Because, wow, Nan leaves no character behind-- and I love it.) Charles Dickens! Just put that together! No wonder A Tale of Two Cities was integral to the plot (besides the theme of the episode.) Devin feeling like he'd left Vincent behind, knowing it's the truth, seeing himself in Eric(?), wanting to rectify that mistake but not knowing how, and trying to fix it by bringing Charles to an unprepared community and then taking him along on his travels is such a Devin thing to do... but. But. Again, he abandoned his life Below once, has abandoned Devin Wells for cash, and picked up Charles to leave him Below (and only retrieved Charles once again to alleviate his guilt)-- he's an unstable element. Good heart, good intentions; but also self-serving, likely from a fear that he won't be able to adequately serve others. So, he cuts them off and runs as fast and far as he can. And in that light, Charles will become his hapless companion without any roots except a healing place in the mountains (and, according to Nan, isn't that where he stays?) It's a situation that is only tolerated, really, because Devin is likable and understandable; and everyone likes him and overlooks those shortcomings, though they feel the unwitting stabs in the back every time he comes, upsets the cart, and flits away. Father understands that but is still blinded by love and hope, making his past anger and "teaching" seem more understandable (though unwise) with Devin's continued actions. And Vincent cutting off Father's well of sympathy because he could not give Vincent true empathy (about being different) is so similar but different to Devin's ways that it makes me pause. How much of that has stemmed from Father's parenting, or natural human nature? In any other circumstance and with any other person in his position, Vincent would (and has) tried to reason them into understanding; but when wounded, he cuts himself off from others until a higher duty or reason beckons him back. It seems in these first two seasons the higher duty/calling wins (Below business or crisis must be dealt with; or Cathy's love calls him back from insanity in The Alchemist); but that will splinter and crumble if too much pressure is applied... which is likely to happen in S3. Then it will be up to reason to talk him down (which apparently no one but Diana has been, according to Nan, successful in their attempts to do. Fascinating.)

An aside on Cathy: When she and Devin talked, I noticed her "flirter" side come out. I don't think she's flirting-- I think it's too-sincere banter, the type that indicates an open and willing heart and is usually reserved for romantic contexts. Cathy uses that too-open side with her close gal pals or Joe Maxwell or people she considers firmly in the friends or children category (A Fair and Perfect Knight's Michael as both, since she called him "boy" a lot, if I recall); and it's, I believe, pushed her into problem after problem, because Cathy lets her emotions run rampant in the name of "love" or "compassion"-- the same way she goes wild in the rain (Chamber Music) or falls apart at the seams like a child in the face of Death (Ashes, Ashes.) Vincent's effect on her and the "otherness" of their special, pedestalized bond (called True and Pure Love) brings out a carelessness with her emotions that I don't see in many other relationships before her mugging or even after in her daily work obligations (except the aforementioned "friends" category): and she leans into that indulgent, "from the heart" relationship-building, especially when dealing with people from Below. She mistakes Vincent's nature as the "best" way, since it saved her and gave her new life. What she fails to realize is that Vincent may act as he chooses because other humans set him apart in a different, "other" category-- an untouchable dais: he is not loveable like a human, only as a brother or son or symbol (or, in Lena's case, an obsession.) Their love is real but it will always be in those aspects and never anything more; and since she is fully human, those constraints on him do not apply to her. She hears Vincent's awed words of her courage and compassion despite a new circumstance that should have erected walls within her and takes his marveling as encouragement, leaning more heavily into that mindset. At least, that's my read on her. :DDD

Love to hear your thoughts, as always!

Well, you've certainly given me a lot to chew on here. Let's dive in below the cut.

I like Labyrinths primarily for the testimonies of the various tunnel folks and Brian's talks with Mouse and Vincent. I'm glad to hear you're getting Mouse more after this ep. It wasn't until years later when I tried my hand at writing him that I realized he has to place somewhere on the autism scale. Knowing what I know now about neurodivergence, it makes perfect sense. And I love that David Greenlee played him that way, whether it was a conscious choice or not.

All he can advise is to endure hardship, not let it twist you, and try to understand and empathize with that person.

As you said, that's really all anyone can do. Vincent just has more practice doing it than the rest of us. And not always by choice. He carries a lot of weight on his shoulders, and everything that happens or is said will always be filtered through his empathy first and foremost.

Devin's back! Yes, that is the same Charles as from AWTN. He does stay with friends in the mountains when Dev takes off on him, at least according to Nan. It's canon as far as I'm concerned, because our little Peter Pan can't stay anywhere for long. He is unstable and not a good fit for life Below - or much of anywhere else. But I don't doubt his love for Vincent, not for a second.

I adore the scene in V's chamber when D mentions that V has changed things around and V quite bluntly reminds him, "You left. Things change, Devin. Years pass." A boy's idolization of his big brother has become a man's pragmatism. He knows Devin will never change. But he loves him still. V's story of the first time he saw the moon proves that.

Oh, and a tiny moment I love in the scene in V's chamber is when D plays with V's hair when V is seated and D is standing behind him. I love those little touches.

And Vincent cutting off Father's well of sympathy because he could not give Vincent true empathy (about being different) is so similar but different to Devin's ways that it makes me pause.

Nice catch! When V speaks of his aloneness, I think this is what he means. No one can ever really know what it is to be him. Certainly Charles can on the surface, they share that outward difference in appearance as compared to everyone else. But only Vincent is truly aware of how much more deeply his differences go. And though kind and compassionate and understanding as he is 95% of the time, that 5% remaining has no problem calling out what he sees as hypocrisy or insincerity in others. That, and Vincent is going through some things this season, that you might not even notice so much until it all comes to a head later on.

How much of that has stemmed from Father's parenting, or natural human nature?

I believe it's in his parenting. And not just of V and D, but basically the way he deals with everyone below. Vincent has always been placed on this dais, as you said, and everyone in the tunnels (along with Cathy most of the time) is very clear about Father's rules when it comes to him, most especially Vincent himself. There is one set of laws by which they all are expected to abide and live by. But there's also this subset of laws that apply only to Vincent. Simply because he is different. And Vincent is struggling with that subset more and more as his relationship with Cathy deepens.

but when wounded, he cuts himself off from others until a higher duty or reason beckons him back. It seems in these first two seasons the higher duty/calling wins (Below business or crisis must be dealt with; or Cathy's love calls him back from insanity in The Alchemist); but that will splinter and crumble if too much pressure is applied... which is likely to happen in S3.

Well said. Too much pressure is applied, and it happens in S2. It's the ramifications of that splintering that V must deal with in S3.

Vincent's effect on her and the "otherness" of their special, pedestalized bond (called True and Pure Love) brings out a carelessness with her emotions that I don't see in many other relationships before her mugging or even after in her daily work obligations

Exactly! I love your description as their "pedestalized bond." I don't think she has any clue what it might be like for V to be constantly aware of every single thing she's feeling, and sometimes even thinking. He is literally a hostage to her moods and emotions, her desires, her anger, her joy. Her love. He has no choice. He can't just stop feeling what she's feeling, he can't shut it off. Especially when "True and Pure Love" gradually begins to includes other, more primal desires that don't generally fit into that pristine category.

She mistakes Vincent's nature as the "best" way, since it saved her and gave her new life. What she fails to realize is that Vincent may act as he chooses because other humans set him apart in a different, "other" category-- an untouchable dais: he is not loveable like a human, only as a brother or son or symbol (or, in Lena's case, an obsession.) Their love is real but it will always be in those aspects and never anything more; and since she is fully human, those constraints on him do not apply to her.

I wish I could hug you right now. Seriously. You're so close to seeing the whole picture. It's all about the restraints that Vincent and the people around him have placed on him all his life. They're all he knows. And he's getting really close to being sick and tired of them. All it would take would be a little nudge here or a little shove there, and there's no telling what might happen.

Also, I think V is very much a father figure to Cathy, and she is very much the mother he never had. They fill those voids in each other. Which is all well and good, until they both begin to want more.

I see A Gentle Rain & Orphans are next on the watch list. I really like A Gentle Rain. It's a small, quiet episode that I think is underappreciated, but is really very lovely. And Orphans is a spectacular episode, a true fan favorite. Not a wasted scene in it. And then comes The Outsiders, whose final events reverberate throughout the rest of the season. The story itself is not very well done, but the aspects of it that deal with V directly are a gut punch.

If I didn't cover anything here that you're especially curious about my take on, let me know.

Have fun! 😁

#beauty and the beast 1987 #season 2 #labyrinths #brothers #discussion

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danielleurbansblog · 1 year

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Review: The Duke That Marry

Synopsis: Once upon a time there were three young ladies who, despite their fortunes, had been on the marriage mart a bit too long. They were known as “the Spinster Heiresses”…Is it wrong for a woman to want more? Not if she is a Spinster Heiress. They do not settle. Any young miss would be very lucky to find herself promised to a man like the Duke of Camberly. However, Miss Willa Reverly has…

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phiralovesloki · 1 year

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"Tagged" by @cocohook38 (hi, friend!) bc I'm kind of bored and procrastinating running some errands:

Three favorite ships: Captain Swan (OUAT), Link x Zelda (BotW/TotK), David x Patrick (Schitt's Creek)

First ship: Link x Malon (Ocarina of Time)

Last movie: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Currently reading: Her First Desire by Cathy Maxwell (only just started it, not expecting it to be amazing but CM is good for a fun read)

Currently watching: Mercifully nothing, but earlier it was Spidey and his Amazing Friends (again)

Currently eating: Nothing at the moment, it's tacos for supper

Currently craving: Either lots and lots of sleep, or lots and lots of TotK

Tagging whoever sees this post and feels like doing this!

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fundiepredictions · 10 months

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Youngest and oldest grandma #1

After all the granddads ages when they became a grandparent it's now the turn of the grandma's. I only have the data of 15 grandma's.

Christina Caldwell (39,01)

Guinn Seewald (41,31)

Jill Rodrigues (42,93)

Michelle Duggar (43,07)

Lana Swanson (43,93)

Lauren Bowers (47,03)

Suzette Keller (47,78)

Kelly Bates (48,01)

Carla Clark (48,07)

Becky Bontrager (50,75)

Hannelore Romeike (50,77)

Teri Maxwell (51,59)

Gloria Wissmann (51,72)

Kimberly Flanigan (53,85)

Cathy Dillard (58,25)

It isn't normal to have your first grandchild in your 40's right?

#fundie #statistics #youngest grandma #oldest grandma

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byneddiedingo · 1 year

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Cesar Romero and Nancy Kelly in Frontier Marshal (Allan Dwan, 1939)

Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Edward Norris, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Chris-Pin Martin, Joe Sawyer. Screenplay: Sam Hellman, based on a book by Stuart N. Lake. Cinematography: Charles G. Clarke. Art direction: Lewis H. Creber, Richard Day. Film editing: Fred Allen. Music: Samuel Kaylin, Charles Maxwell, David Raksin, Walter Scharf.

The title Frontier Marshal sounds like a generic Western, and it doesn't lie. It's about a stranger who comes to a lawless mining town and cleans it up with his fists and his guns. The stranger, played by Randolph Scott, is Wyatt Earp, and the movie is based on Stuart N. Lake's heavily fictionalized 1931 biography of Earp that established his legend as the man who cleaned up Tombstone by fighting it out with the bad guys at the OK Corral. So yes, you've seen it all before, in later and more celebrated films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) and John Sturges's Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957). Allan Dwan's film (from which Ford borrowed liberally) is a more modest affair. The famous gunfight in the movie is almost over before it starts. Nor is Scott's Earp a particularly mythic figure; he even gets seriously beat up before he's able to seize authority in the town. If there's a mythic figure in Frontier Marshal it's Doc Halliday*, played with surprising charm and finesse by Cesar Romero. The character of Earp is also overshadowed by two women: Jerry (Binnie Barnes), a tough-as-nails dance hall hostess, and Sarah (Nancy Kelly), a nurse who has followed her former lover, Doc, to Tombstone, trying to save him from himself. Refreshingly, the two women are given significant agency in the movie, beyond just battling for Doc's affections. What distinguishes Dwan as a director is that he never seems to take for granted the material he's given to work with. Yes, Frontier Marshal is generic and predictable, but Dwan doesn't condescend to it: He gives the scenes snap and vigor, and he gets performances that are in some ways better than they're written. Barnes, for example, turns Jerry into a force to be reckoned with. It took me a moment to recognize her as the same actress who played the snooty Linda Cram in Holiday (George Cukor, 1938). Kelly's Sarah isn't the pallid schoolmarm played by Cathy Downs in My Darling Clementine, but a woman out to get her man. And if Romero, usually a lounge lizard type, ever gave a better performance I haven't seen it. I could have done with less of Eddie Foy Jr., clownishly playing his own father, and Chris-Pin Martin's milking of the stereotypical Chicano bartender role, but they keep the film lively. Scott is less memorable than the other players, but he provides a quiet stability to the film.

Usually spelled "Holliday," but the alternate spelling was used, reportedly because of concern about litigation from the Holliday family.

#Frontier Marshal #Allan Dwan #Randolph Scott #Cesar Romero

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myplussizebookshelf · 2 years

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My readed books:

2020

Dumplin by Julie Murphy

If the dress fits by Carla de Guzman

Queen of geeks by Jen Wilde

Just for Show by JAE

The wing man by Natasha Anders

Free fall by Emma Barry & Genevieve Turner

Pet rescue Panther by Zoe Chant

2021

Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Fool me by Leila Rose

2022

Nothing but a dare by Molly O'Hare

Spoiler alert by Olivia Dade

All the feels by Olivia Dade

If the shoe fits by Julie Murphy

How to start a scandal by Madeleine Martin

9 rules to break when romancing a rake by Sarah MacLean

Here the whole time by Vitor Martins

Nothing but a rake by Abigail Bridges

It's a widow thing by Karen Booth

The comic con by Dee Lagasse

A merry little meet cute by Julie Murphy

The wrong woman by Kimberly Truesdale

Promise of redemption by Ellie St. Clair

Notorious by Minerva Spencer

The perfect dress by Carolyn Brown

I like you like that by Kayla Grosse

Flame and ember by M.A. Nichols

Game of hearts by Cathy Yardley

Glitter on the web by Ginger Voight

FFF (only partly read) by Ginger Voight

Devil in the winter by Lisa Kleypas

Anything for you by Layla Hagen

To have to hold by M.A. Nichols

Shipwrecked by Olivia Dade

Sins of a scoundrel by Jennifer Seasons

Every Rake has his day by Jennifer Seasons

Marshmallo by Megan Wade

Riding with a Rake by Cara Maxwell

The Seafaring Lady's Guide to Love by Fenna Edgewood

2023

Swipe for a Cosmo: a Whisper Valley Soulwink Romance by Megan Wade

To Dance with a Devil by Emma V Leech

Accidental resident by Ruby Dare

A stolen kiss by M.A. Nichols

Given to fly by K.L. Montgomery

All the feels by Olivia Dade (for the 3rd time)

Wallflower by Catherine Gayle

Spinster sister by Elise Marion

The Art of stealing a duke's heart by Ellie St. Clair

A private wager by Chasity Bowlin

Who's that earl by Susanna Craig

Four nights be Eloisa James

One winter with a Baron by Christi Caldwell

Adored by the mountain man by Hallie Bennett

Protected by the mountain man by Hallie Bennett

A wallflower to tame the duke by Violet Hamers

Not so wicked by Adele Clee

The Bastard by S.M. Laviolette

Lord Holt takes a bride by Vivienne Lorret

How the duke was won by Leonora Bell

Desire and the deep blue sea by Olivia Dade

The sweetheart plant by Roxie Clarke

Teach me by Olivia Dade

Beneath the misteltoe by MA Nichols

2024

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

How to marry a duke by Vicky Dreiling

Sweetest in the gale by Olivia Dade

#plus size heroine #booklr #julie murphy #olivia dade #ma nichols #most of them this year #only one plus size hero

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ladyherenya · 2 years

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A good month for reading! Despite November’s demands and deadlines, it didn’t turn into a repeat of last November (when I apparently didn’t have the headspace for reading) nor of some of 2022′s more stressful months (when I didn’t have the headspace for some of my favourite genres and instead mostly subsisted on contemporary romance).

Total: Ten novels (including two audiobooks), one novella and one picture book.

Still reading: The Swallows’ Flight by Hilary McKay, Naughty Dragons Try School! by Natalie Jane Prior and Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater.

My favourites: Sarah Morris Remembers (interesting, poignant and enjoyable), The Codebreaker’s Secret (vivid relationships and scenery) and Half a Soul (delightful and satisfyingly not fluffy).

I’d also recommend: Any of these, really -- if one likes their respective genres. (Some of them didn’t appeal so much to me but I’m chalking that up to a me-thing.)

Cover thoughts: I like the cover for A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.

Titles, authors, genres and ratings listed below, with links to my reviews on LibraryThing.

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas. Sixth Charlotte Holmes mystery, following on from Murder on Cold Street. Set in Victorian England. 3☆

Sarah Morris Remembers by D.E. Stevenson (narrated by Patience Tomlinson). A coming-of-age novel about growing up in England the 30s and working in London during WWII. 3½☆

Ex Appeal by Cathy Yardley. Contemporary romance, same series as Love, Comment, Subscribe and Gouda Friends.

Naughty Dragons Make Trouble! by Natalie Jane Prior (illustrated by Simon Howe). Children's fantasy about fostering two dragons. 3½☆

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell. Science-fiction. Military space opera with telepathy. 3½☆

Skyward: the story of female pilots in WWII by Sally Deng. Fictionalised-nonfiction picture book. 3½☆

The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman. Historical mystery set in Hawaii, about a code breaker in 1943 and a journalist in 1965. 3½☆

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. Romantic regency fantasy. 3½☆

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers. Science-fiction novella about a robot and a tea monk. Sequel to A Psalm for the Wild-Built. 3☆

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade. Companion-sequel to Spoiler Alert and All the Feels. Fandom-y contemporary romance. 3☆

We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon. Young adult fiction about a summer working for her family's wedding business. 3☆

Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl. Romantic historical fiction set in a (fictional?) coastal English community. 3☆

#Herenya reviews books

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