Type of read: Commuter Read

What made me pick it up: One of the online book clubs I'm part of has many who have read or recommend 'Daughter of No Worlds.' I also saw a TikTok that was something along the lines of 'if you like ACOTAR but want it to be more swords and kick butt womanhood' and I was like, say less.

Overall rating: I'm so happy that I finally picked up 'Daughter of No Worlds.' IT'S. SO. DANG. GOOD. There's substance, there's world-building, there's deception and dark pasts. It felt both familiar and completely new. I appreciate the subtle sexual innuendos and jokes throughout the book. This is definitely a slow burn between Tisaanah and Max and I'm 100% here for it. I enjoyed the book in the audio version and I would love to see how it's tangibly written and how the language barrier is portrayed because the audio version was throwing me off a bit. I understand that it's a barrier for Tisaanah, but something about how it's done just annoys me—it makes her seem weak and unintelligent and not in a way that benefits the book (like when she uses the voice and mannerisms from when she was a slave to her advantage) but just in a 'we didn't know how else to do this so we slowed things down and said them weird' sort of way.

Overall, 100% would recommend and 100% a good read. Definitely going to be continuing the series!

Reader's Note: 'Daughter of No Worlds' includes themes of slavery, abuse, consensual sexual activity, non-consensual sexual activity, sex work, rape, possession of one's body by another entity, violence, and gore.