Stormdancer: The Lotus Wars 1 | 
Ok so I‘ve read this book before and remember the series well now … so this doesn‘t count for a 2020 read… and I want to get through some of my backlogged tbr books 🤨📖 still love the series though 🤗
What a way to start a book 🤗📖 can‘t wait to dig in
pickI originally picked up this book, because I loved Nevernight so much
Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed & it didn't live up to my expectations
For some reason this dragged &I had trouble getting into. The world & the plot are interesting enough concepts, but the execution for me is a bit lacking & maybe this is because as I'm reading I'm subconsciously comparing it to my read of Nevernight
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Off to start another Jay Kristoff book! First being nevernight, which I loved so much! I hope it‘s as good as that! 😬
How@do@you pick up another book after “Anxious People” ... I probably wouldn‘t if I wasn‘t an avid reader but hers to the next... I‘ll try to stay on point here at Litsy but I‘m down to my thesis work and I‘m having a hard time attending and social activities 🙄🤨🤪
pickI picked this up because I was waiting for the third book in Kristoff's Nevernight Chronicles and wanted to see what else he had written. And I love it, possibly more than the Nevernight Chronicles, I struggled to put it down. I'm a sucker for a bit of steampunk and this is a fantastic example. Bring on the next one.
pickSuper descriptive, the visuals were so detailed it played like a studio Ghibli in my mind.
I really want a thunder tiger now! 🌩️🐅⚡
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#AMonthOfSongs #Thunder
Yukiko finds herself alone in the wilderness of the Shima Imperium, a once beautiful island nation that has been ravaged by man made environmental greed. Her only hope of finding her way comes from an alliance with a THUNDER tiger. A mythical Griffen called, Buruu.
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I really loved his other works so I‘m starting this series now 📖😋
pick❤️💕 (Had fun in Kyoto today—and thought of this awesome trilogy, naturally!)
Starting a new book at midnight is never a good idea.
I swear I'm only gonna read for an hour and then it's lights out. 🤞
pickI mean...if this isn't a reference to what we sacrifice in order to get oil then I don't know what the hell is! It was slow to start but really picked up at about 1/3 of the way in. I'm not crazy about the cultural info dumping that happened (that the author apparently used Wikipedia for). It came off as more of a fantasty than a steampunk but I actually really enjoyed this
I will finally be caught up on my Jay Kristoff after this series! I found out recently that there's some issues with the culture used in here so I'm keeping an eye out for it.
pickAction packed! This book doesn't drag along at any point. I can't wait to see what happens next.
I did a trade on twitter for this book which looks amazing!
pickDay 19—Underrated books ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
pickJapanese steampunk novel. It's a quick & good read. You know blood lotus is going to be something really bad.
Hello Bookish lovelies!! What is your favorite cover? I honestly love these covers for the Lotus Series by @jaykristoff plus it's a Japanese fantasy steampunk! Need I say more! 😍😍😍 They're so gorgeous!
Also I'm sitting at work waiting impatiently to get off work to go grab some poke and bubble tea and get home to my awaiting @Owlcrate!! The minutes are seriously crawling people. It's horrible.
Trying out this Litsy thing because I'm sick of Instagram's algorithm! Here's my all fave series and my kitten Yukiko, who is named after the MC ☺️
I passed on this book initially after reading the sample on kindle. But I loved NeverNight so much I decided to give Stormdancer another try and I'm glad I did. The setting is post-apocalyptic steampunk sort-of-Japan and draws on Japanese myth. Plus there's an animal sidekick, which is one of my favorite things in fiction.
bailedThe hype was crazy about this one. It did not live up to it at all. Things wrong with this book:
1- Use of Japanese pronouns/suffixes/prefixes
2- SO.MUCH.DESCRIPTION (I still remember a scene in the beginning where a simple walk is so interspersed with heavy description that I lose track of the characters' conversation)
3- Infodumping to the max
4- 1-D forgettable chars
5- Out of the blue romance
Overall: good idea, horrible execution
DNF @ 30%
pickThe Samurai exhibit reminded me of this awesome trilogy! If you love Steampunk, kickass heroines, and fast-paced, magical adventures—check it out!💗
Watching Jay Kristoff speak y'all!
bailedHad to click the bail button because of the cultural misappropriation and it was NOT OKAY. This is why #ownvoices is so. Damn. Important.
#currentlyreading | Up next for #24in48! warrior girl + animal magic in steampunk feudal Japan on the verge of collapse. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Lots of intense world building going on, part of it is probably also that it's a different culture too. 😁😳
pickOne of my favourite fantasies. Steampunk Japan with chainsaw Katanas. Need I say more?
