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A review by damalireads
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Short stories are always a hit or miss for me, and this is leaning to miss, but I have a high regard for Moniz's writing that I'll just land in the middle with my rating. I did appreciate that characters felt three dimensional, even in the confines of 20pgs for each story. I'd read another book by this author. My favorite stories were Milk Blood Heat & Necessary Bodies.
Two quotes I liked:
"Ava knows she really is a monster, or at least she feels like one: unnatural and unfamiliar in her body. Before thirteen, she hadn't realized empty was a thing you could carry. But who put it there? Sometimes she wonders if she will ever be rid of it, and other times she never wants to give it back. It is a thing she owns."
"Love requires a bareness, a certain pliability, and I didn't thrill at the possibility of being transformed or wiped away."
Two quotes I liked:
"Ava knows she really is a monster, or at least she feels like one: unnatural and unfamiliar in her body. Before thirteen, she hadn't realized empty was a thing you could carry. But who put it there? Sometimes she wonders if she will ever be rid of it, and other times she never wants to give it back. It is a thing she owns."
"Love requires a bareness, a certain pliability, and I didn't thrill at the possibility of being transformed or wiped away."