Lesbian Fiction/PoC Author: Adaptation by Malinda Lo

I had high hopes for Malinda Lo's Adaptation. Ash and Huntress were very good with the potential to be great, and I was hoping Lo would be one of those writers who really learns to write by the third book. I did read Adaptation in one quick sitting, but I was disappointed in it, and more so the more I think about it.

( Summary )

The basic structural problem with the book is the same as the problem with Ash and Huntress: the story Lo seems to be setting up and the story she tells at the end are not the same story. ( Spoilers/Review )

I will probably read the sequel when it's published because this was such a fast read, and because the aliens, at least, won't be an unwelcome surprise. I might even like it better because I won't go into it with such high hopes.

I do have a copy of the book, so if anyone wants to read it for themselves, let me know and I will send it to you.

Daily Treat: A New Year's Wish

There were good parts of 2012, but it was also a very rough year for a lot of us. People lost friends, family members, jobs. People struggled to get through challenging times while feeling overwhelmed and overstretched. People experienced trauma that left lives irrevocably changed.

We can't ever truly put these things behind us. Everything that happens to us becomes part of the fabric of our selves. But we can learn to live with who we are and the world we find on the other side.

So this is my wish for all of us for 2013: I wish for healing. I wish for peaceful hearts. I wish for better fortunes and more love. I wish for good memories and good times. I wish for strength and support in the inevitable hard times. I wish for peace and joy, love and light.

Goodbye 2012; hello 2013.

Happy New Year. ♥