The chat wrapped with a bunch of us recommending our favourites from Katee’s back catalogue: I say check out the Disney Villains, particularly Learn my Lesson, u/missisabella_r loves Queen Takes Rose in that series, while others raved about Your Dad will Do and various books in her Mafia series ( u/shesthewoooorst recommends Mafia books 2,4 and particularly 5: The Bastard’s Bargain). A few of us were there for a Hades/Persephone retelling while being new to Katee Roberts. Most of us had read one or more of Katee’s other books and were here for her whole wallpaper suspense/urban fantasy thing. The following is a dissection of that in a way I hope doesn’t feel mean-spirited.įirst, here’s how we all came to this buddy read. Neon Gods actually didn’t work for any of us? :(. We held our wrap-up discussion last week. This is a modern retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth as an urban fantasy. Hello, Romancelandia! A group of us, including u/disastrouslyshy, u/moonrainstar, u/missisabella_r, u/shesthewoooorst, u/raguelunicorn, and me, u/eros_bittersweet, read Katee Robert’s Neon Gods right after its release date on June 1.
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The role will be housed under the Executive Office of Economic Development and responsible “for cultivating rural economic development.” Healey said Gobi was chosen for the brand-new position because of her “fierce advocacy of rural equity, agricultural and small businesses, and conservation initiatives.” Healey announced the new post in March, pitching it as a way to ensure that rural communities in Massachusetts are better represented in state government. Maura Healey, the governor announced Monday morning. Anne Gobi, a fifth-term state senator from Spencer, plans to leave her legislative position in June to serve as the director of rural affairs for Gov. |