Queer studio ghibli with wine drunk writing.
The concept and characters are interesting. The way it is written though takes energy to understand - it’s obscure and proverb-like and probably not appealing to most.
The queerness of everything was great tho. ( )

In the palace of the Empress, Nothing lives, an orphan who roams the palace and has a good friend in the Prince, Kirin. But then Kirin is kidnapped by the Sorceress who Eats Girls and Nothing goes on a quest with Kirin's bodyguard Sky. There are twists and turns and relationships you can't always expect and I really enjoyed it. Felt mythic. ( )

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I started this one day in April and it's August already and I didn't think about this book once

This is Howl’s Moving Castle meets Beauty and the Beast, except everyone (everyone!) is queer. It’s excellent. In fact, I was going to give this four stars, but the ending was just so *satisfying* that it gets five.

(The cover is sort of unfortunate, just ignore that.) ( )