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jr_the_frog ([personal profile] jr_the_frog) wrote in [community profile] books2022-05-14 12:31 pm

Weekly Reading: In the Vanishers' Palace and Legends & Lattes

Weekly Reading I did. I pulled these out of a large post on my personal blog so if you follow me, you can skip this.

In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard - A solid if somewhat rough sapphic science fantasy with Vietnamese inspired worldbuilding. A sacrifice ends up teaching the water dragon's children. An interesting story about family ensues.

I love Bodard's writing style so I enjoyed my time with the book. However I do feel the characters could have been fleshed out a teensy bit more.


Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - A fantastic sapphic cozy story. As per the blurb: high fantasy, low stakes. Its a coming of age of adult characters finding their place in a high fantasy world.

I love how most of the cast are non-human characters. Honestly I feel like this is such a perfectly written story.