Saint Death's Daughter

This book is a lot. I don’t know the last time that I read a book that felt so much like work to read but this was almost entirely worth it. I also know this book fits in with my reasoning for never looking at Goodreads ratings for recommendations because it punishes the different and rewards the me......more

This is the blurb I wrote for this book (a portion of which is excerpted on the cover): SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER is a tumultuous, swaggering, cackling story, a gorgeous citrus orchard with bones for roots. Miscellaneous Stones’ journey into adulthood and power, sorting knowledge from wisdom and vengean......more

A necromantic, footnote laced fever dream, Saint Death's Daughter is breathing strange magic, exhaling poetry, and humming with heart. C.S.E. Cooney’s prose dazzles, lush and lyrical without ever losing its wit, laced with a narrative voice so vibrant and clever that even the footnotes are a joy. Mo......more

So What’s It About? To be born into a family of royal assassins pretty much guarantees that your life is going to be… rather unusual. Especially if, like Miscellaneous “Lanie” Stones, you also have a vicious allergy to all forms of violence and bloodshed, and an uncanny affinity for bringing the dea......more

I have a hard time giving up and DNF books, especially when I think they can still get better. Even if they don’t. Saint Death’s Daughter had (and has) everything to be awesome, but we didn’t get to see it (yet). This book follows Miscellaneous ‘Lanie’ Stones, a necromancer born into a family of roya......more