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The Shape of Monsters

By Tessa Gratton
The Shape of Monsters by Tessa Gratton digital book - Fable

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A talented heretic and the emperor she both loathes and loves will learn what monsters are really made of in the second installment of the Moon Heresies trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Tessa Gratton.   

Iriset—prodigy, outlaw, now sunderer—has broken the Moon-Eater god’s prison at the heart of the empire. But the consequences of her actions land her in a city of monsters where the heretical magic of human architecture is freely practiced, and the only person she knows—and can trust—is Lyric, the emperor she’s lied to and loved in equal measure. 

As scheming kings and capricious gods drive them towards different extremes, they soon realize that to find their way home, they must remake the world … at the risk of breaking it forever. 

Praise for the Moon Heresies trilogy:   

“A beautiful, elegant, passionate novel. A triumph and a delight from start to finish.” —Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar  

“Laced with a vivid sensuality.”  —Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel's Dart

“A lush story of dangerous intrigue in an intricate and utterly unique world.” —C. S. Pacat, author of Captive Prince   

“Sensual and suspenseful.” —Publishers Weekly   

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“Oh boy, what a disappointing sequel. This book is a mess for a multitude of reasons. I'm not gonna go too in depth for most parts of this, but there are two things I want to discuss in detail. First of all, the writing. Yes. Again. Mercifully, one of them is not the same issue at last time, but un-mercifully, that does mean there was a new writing thing I had to struggle with throughout the book. Firstly, the overuse of repeated words. Falling falling falling, up up up - this was used repeatedly in a way that pulled me out of the reading experience every single time. Don't get me started on the ha ha ha's that were used in casual narration. I think haha and lol and lmfao have no place in written novels unless you have text conversations included in the writing. The second issue was actually an issue from book 1 that I forgot to mention but - remove the exclamation point key from Gratton's keyboard, I swear to god. She overuses that thing in a way that I think is supposed to make the narrative sound quirky but instead just made me roll my eyes. Exclamation points have a time and a place, and I don't think Gratton used a single one correctly in this book. And then the plot. Oh boy. I don't even know where to start with this one. For a plot that sounds so intriguing - getting thrown back in time to before your civilization as you know it was made and having to remake it yourself even when you disagree with it - it sure as hell was boring. I never once felt the rush to get to work, to remake the society Lyric & Iriset came from. It was annoying and made the book feel so much longer than it actually was. Chapter 39... oh boy. It's called "Sex magic" and honestly, it made me want to hurl. What the fuck? Why the fuck? Why did we...? Why? No, like... seriously question for you, Tessa, why did you write that? Anyways um. What else is there to say? My favourite characters all died in some of the worst scenes I've ever read, the sex scenes served no purpose to me, Rabbit was annoying as fuck and his romantic? sexual? obsessive? relationship with one of the main characters did absolutely nothing for me but annoy me and yeah. Boo. Unfortunately, don't think I'll be coming back for book three. No way. Thanks for this ride though... I guess? (Also, quick shoutout to the unicorn who loves getting high. Funny paragraph to send to people out of context, not gonna lie.)”

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