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Review: Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

✨𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝑳. 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

“𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔?”

“𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆”

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Summary

Meet Trinity Marrow, a girl with an explosive secret whose hiding place has just been discovered…

Eighteen-year-old Trinity may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Her gift is the reason she’s been in hiding for years in a compound guarded by Wardens—shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her to enhance their powers.

When Wardens from another clan arrive with reports that something is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s world implodes. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. Zayne has secrets of his own—but working together becomes imperative once demons breach the compound and Trinity’s secret comes to light. To save her family and maybe the world, she’ll have to trust Zayne. But all bets are off as a supernatural war is unleashed…

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So I fell into a sort of reading slump in the midst of trying to binge my way through the Grishaverse and found myself really struggling to through King of Scars because I was exhausted of the same scene day in and day out.

I had been looking for something to break it up and knew that I had just bought a physical copy of Blood and Ash (finally) but its’ not due to arrive yet. I saw ‘Storm and Fury’ on her list of other works and read the synopsis and was immediately drawn in. As my first introduction to Armentrout’s writing this was fantastic, I have no regrets or hesitations honestly read this if you have not!

I literally bought the kindle version at around noon and blew through the whole thing in about 6 hours wanting more and more! The story line was so cool and the characters were awesome. I did not realize until just a little while ago that this is a spin off of Armentrout’s Dark Elements series but you don’t need to have read it in order to understand this book or enjoy it because it was GREAT!

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Review: A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

✨𝑨 𝑽𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒐 𝑩𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒅 𝑲𝒆𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟/5

𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚.

𝙁𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚, 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢.

*𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒*

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𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐀 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫.

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞! 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐇𝐒𝐅𝐀𝐁...

𝐋𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧 (𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞) 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧? 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫.

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 "𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲" 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 🌶

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚 = 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 👶🏻

𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 = 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

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Review: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

✨𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒈𝒐✨ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🐺 🤴🏻 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒 If it were possible to give more than 5 stars i'd give them all. Rule of Wolves left me speechless at multiple points and crying hysterically in others. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• Zoya of the lost city. Zoya of the garden. Zoya bleeding in the snow. Passages Marked in Anger or Love - SHE EFFING KILLED DAVID NO NO NO NO NO NO NO - Alina and Mal and I didn't hate them!! - Nina x Hanne ❤️ Nikolai x Zoya - Hanne finding their true self as Prince of Fjerda - trans representation?!? - ALL HAIL THE STORM WITCH, ALL HAIL QUEEN ZOYA - That cliff hanger has me reeling - Is the Darkling finally gone orrrrr .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• “Look at the way it grows, protecting everything within these walls, stronger than anything else in the garden, weathering every season. No matter the einter it endures, it blooms again and again” “What if the winter is just too long and hard? What if it can’t bloom again?” “Then you’ll be branches without blossoms. And you let the rest of us be strong until the summer comes” “It wasn’t a metaphor” “Of course it wasn’t” .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•

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Review: King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒈𝒐✨ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5 *𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔* .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• Summary

Face your demons... or feed them. The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war--and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried--and some wounds aren't meant to heal. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ᴋɪɴɢ. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ꜱᴘʏ. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟....𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. .•.•.•.• 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝: - 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐚𝐡 - 𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚/𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐤𝐚 - 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 😏 - 𝐙𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 - 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧) 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐛𝐡: - 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 - 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍

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Review: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

✨𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒈𝒐 ✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Big ol Spoilers - Be warned

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Summary

Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.

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What I liked:

Heists on Heists on Heists on Heists

Wylan and Jesper 😍

Colm and Jesper's relationship development

Kaz and Inej - the boat, the reunion uggghhh

TWISTS ON TWISTS

Nina's new effed up, twisted and amazing powers post parem

What I did not like:

realistically I knew someone had to die but did it have to be Matthias in that way!?! I felt he had a good amount of growth in being a human and his love for Nina but the way it happened was just wow why...I wailed like a baby. Literally had to re read because I thought it was a lie

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Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑵𝒐 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒔.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5

*Small spoilers*

Summary

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . . A convict with a thirst for revenge A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager A runaway with a privileged past A spy known as the Wraith A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

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What I liked:

A heist of epic proportions being planned and completed by a crew of teenagers!?! AMAZING

The Crows

LITERALLY EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK WAS PERFECT

What I did not like:

Absolutely nothing

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Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

✨𝑹𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒈𝒐✨

Summary

The capital has fallen.

The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.

Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.

Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.

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Some spoilers ahead

⭐️⭐️💫/5

The ending of a trilogy is either the best or the worst in my opinion and here I sit in the latter category. Would have been 3 maybe 3.5 if the first 200 some odd pages did not bore me to tears to a point I almost put it down never to pick it up again. I really quite struggled to get through R&R it was pretty disappointing unfortunately.

I wanted to love this I really did but for me it was a big ol mehh.

What I Liked:

Crazy twist with Nikolai's transformation

Downfall of the fold

Power struggle and loss

MAL TWIST!?! Like what did NOT see that coming

What I Did Not Like:

Return of Apparat

Too much time in undergrounds and mountain

Apparat's treatment of Alina

#IAmBecometheBlade

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Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

✨𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒈𝒐✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5

*SPOILER REVIEW*

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“𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆.”

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𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅:

So much more fast paced than Shadow and Bone, I did enjoy this about the same albeit a bit more

Alina’s character growth

Mal got a lot of page time in this novel and I was all for it

nichevo’ya these dang things were absolutely WILD

STURMHOND <3 - Privateer and loml and secret prince

Alina’s attempted self sacrifice at the end to absorb the Darkling’s power and destroy him once and for all regardless of her conflicting feelings for him

This book made me love Sturmhond/Nikolai and I felt him and Alina could make a good pair

I thought there were some awesome quotable lines in this book (see above and below)

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆:

MAL

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“My power is yours”, I repeated. His arms tightened around me. “And yours is mine,” I whispered against his lips.”

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*SPOILER REVIEW*

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What I liked:

Caste system of magical folks and non magic. I liked that they showed different types of magical influence

Although it has some romance elements it is not a YA Fantasy Romance like others out there

Darkling turning out to be an evil bast*rd

Map + list of professions in the beginning

World building was pretty cool

What I did not like:

Writing style was not my favorite

I thought the characters were okay but I did not like the whole ugly to beautiful heroine, the power drain I get it I like it but ehhhhh it so incredibly cliche

I wish Bardugo did more for the world building piece, like yea she gave us Ravka, this Russian-Inspired fantasy land full of magic, evil, and mankind flipped on their heads but I wish she would do more, perhaps I will see more in the rest of the trilogy and SOC/KOS

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ⓑⓞⓞⓚ ⓡⓔⓥⓘⓔⓦ The Removed by Brandon Hobson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟 Hobson shows us the Echota family through a week in their life leading up to the 15th anniversary of their teenage son Ray-Ray’s death. Taking us each chapter through the point of views of the Mother Maria, her daughter Sonja, her youngest son Edgar, and folklore told from the point of view of Tsala. Maria still coping with Ray-Ray's death any way she can and looking over her husband Ernest as Alzheimer’s slowly takes a way a piece of him and his memories each day, Sonja although living down the road lives her life in solitude but currently fills it by way of an obsession with a neighborhood man, and Edgar who struggles in the wake of meth addiction teetering in between the world of the living and the dead. This novel blends the grief of a family, small areas of light, coupled with Cherokee folklore to bring you a book you will have a hard time putting down. I chose this as my January BOTM because it seemed so different from what I had been reading currently and in the past and I was not disappointed. Hobson’s writing was captivating and I plan on continuing to follow his career and delve into his other works. This novel was released to the public in February 2021.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

*SPOILER REVIEW*

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CW: violence, bloodshed, torture

OKAY SO - BK's writing in this novel was marvelous the way she draws you in with her prose, descriptors, and scenarios are well worth the at times painstaking journey across Emberfall and Syhl Shallow adventure story holds.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 

Grey's relationship with Tycho

Lia FREAKIN Mara

Karis Luran getting her just desserts

Grey + Lia Mara

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 

Rhen's character development, I can rationalize it to a point but before the epilogue revelation I was really turned off by it

Karis Luran in general

CW: whipping scene

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝑴𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏

LILITH IS ALIVE and Rhen entered into ANOTHER deal with her unbeknownst to anyone else

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Ⓑⓞⓞⓚ Ⓡⓔⓥⓘⓔⓦ Spoiler free reactions A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I literally do not know where to start this novel had me from page one and kept me turning and turning into the wee hours of the morning. This Beauty and the Beast retelling is without a doubt one of the best I have ever read. Grey’s unwavering loyalty, Harpers badassery and strength, Rhen and the love for his people and hope to one day return Emberfall to its’ former glory. This cast of characters are flat by no means, the depth of their bravery and strength are unquestionable. I have only begun to crack open A Heart So Fierce and Broken and I can only hope it meets or exceeds my expectations. Would without a doubt read again.

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