Katy Rose Pool

Garden of the Cursed

I'm obsessed with this. I loved the world, I loved the characters, I loved the plot.

The only reasons this didn't get a five star from me were that the love interest is POC and isn't explicitly stated as so until much, much later in the book. Before that, he gets the ethnically ambiguous treatment.

Also, Miss Marlow is the epitome of the "I've jumped to conclusions, I've already jumped, I've landed" meme from Buzzfeed Unsolved.

Leaving this on a cliffhanger was a crime and I will be speaking to my therapist about this.

Holly

I'm obsessed with this. I loved the world, I loved the characters, I loved the plot.

The only reasons this didn't get a five star from me were that the love interest is POC and isn't explicitly stated as so until much, much later in the book. Before that, he gets the ethnically ambiguous treatment.

Also, Miss Marlow is the epitome of the "I've jumped to conclusions, I've already jumped, I've landed" meme from Buzzfeed Unsolved.

Leaving this on a cliffhanger was a crime and I will be speaking to my therapist about this.

A cool, original idea and I always love Poole’s writing style.

Marlow was just a little too tropy YA MC for my taste.

Deborah Kerr

A cool, original idea and I always love Poole’s writing style.

Marlow was just a little too tropy YA MC for my taste.

A good read/time nonetheless.

Garden of the Cursed

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