![Book Review: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Spear-Cuts-Through-Water-by-Simon-Jimenez-255x255.jpg)
Told as a story within a story, Keema and Jun travel across their world with a dying goddess in order to end the rule of the Emperor and his three sons known as the Three Terrors. But the Terrors are looking for this goddess---their mother---and Jun's blood-soaked past and the people's hatred for him further complicates their...
I've read multiple books, even played a game or two, in which the ending involves everyone forgetting a whole bunch of events, except for the main character. They still remember. Because of some sort of sci-fi/fantasy thing going on. And I really want to know what other people's feelings are about this, because I don't understand if this is supposed to be a happy ending or...
![Book Review: Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy Book 1) by Sally Green [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Half-Bad-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-Book-1-by-Sally-Green-255x255.jpg)
There are two factions of witches, they don't get along, and Nathan's parents are from opposing sides, not to mention his absent father is infamous for all the killing he's done. But it's the Council making his life hell, and Nathan is determined to escape their clutches and find his...
Fox & Flock is a quick but charming puzzle game based on the board game Fox & Geese. Foxes have infiltrated a ball and started eating the other animals, and you play sometimes as fox, sometimes as flock, moving pieces around the board as the story...
![Book Review: A Power Unbound (The Last Binding Book 3) by Freya Marske [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Power-Unbound-The-Last-Binding-Book-3-by-Freya-Marske-255x255.jpg)
Lord Hawthorn, who tried to run away from magic years ago, is stuck unhappily in the middle of a magical conspiracy, living in a magical house with the people who dragged him into it. And he finds himself very badly wanting Alan, the writer/thief who might hate him but holds his own against Jack's verbal sparring in a way no one else ever...
I forgot to keep track of anything this month, and now I don't know what I did. I guess I played more Moonstone Island? I've already posted my review, it's a really cute farming sim / creature collector game! Oh, I got a little ghost cat in Cats & Soup! It shifts between opaque and translucent, it really is cute. I'm also still watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. I'm on Season 3 now. It's...
Maud just wants to help her brother by completing the task he gave her, but then the woman she was sent to get in the US is killed on the ship ride back to England, and an important magical artifact stolen. With lives in danger, Maud finds allies on the ship to help, including the confident and beautiful magician...
As much as I love lesser-known hidden gem kinda books, I do read popular books too, and sometimes hyped books are in fact worth the hype. So I am very glad I read these! They're all fantastic, and some of them are among my absolute favorites. So if you haven't read them yet, but you like queer books and books set in outer space, consider giving these a...
![Book Review: Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Gwen-Art-Are-Not-in-Love-by-Lex-Croucher-255x255.jpg)
Gwen and Arthur (not that Gwen and Arthur, just named for them) are betrothed, but Gwen likes girls, Arthur likes boys, and they both dislike each other. But when they discover this common ground, they realize they might be able to be friends and not be as miserable as they...
Fiore, a courtesan with few options, plans to find an older man whose money can have him taken care of for life, but meeting Enzo, a masked duke who hasn't felt like himself for a while, throws a wrench into those plans. Their pasts may bring struggles, but they find themselves falling for each...
