Maybe I'm just not in the right mood for this right now, or maybe it's because I've started my quest to read T. Kingfisher's books by starting with her most recent, so everything even slightly flawed and amateurish compares unfairly to her more recent, more polished works. Either way, BRYONY AND ROSES ended up being a disappointment for me. It has all of the hallmarks that make her later works great-- quirky heroine, heartfelt humor, buddy-cop energy, fairytale magic, whimsical horror-- but I just felt so bored. I also feel like this one kind of made girly things the butt of a lot of the jokes, and it gave big 2014 "I like Billie Eilish so I'm not like other girls" energy. I wanted to like this sooooo bad but it's dragging for me. Especially after SEVENTH BRIDE, TWISTED ONES, NETTLE & BONE, and HOLLOW PLACES. I saw another reviewer saying that she seems to be much more comfortable writing horror, and yeah, that's it. That's the Tweet. I think she needs horror to balance out her rambly, endearingly awkward writing style.
2 to 2.5 out of 5 stars
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