#cc spoiler

[just-another-colin-kinnie]

tfw your colleagues are trained too well and get mind controlled

Whatever, take your CC spoil.

guy alll the way on the right belongs to @dolphingal

[aster-ria]

2020 Books: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

"Through love, all is possible."

[sooniaarten]

G U Y S —

It’s what everyone was expecting !!

And yeah this edit is sooo bad sowwy

[tidalcave]

Camp Camp S4 spoiler

Max's "what?" in this scene had me dying

Also

"I'm too young to die!"

"I'm too talented to die!"

"I'm too space to die!"

Ah Preston, ever the dramatic kiddo.

[abillionlittlepieces]

Initial Crescent City thoughts

I finished it last night and have been mulling it over all day.  Here’s a bunch of random thoughts and impressions.  Feel free to comment with your thoughts too!

Spoilers abound!

I was surprised that it actually turned in to much more of a mystery book than I was anticipating. I actually really liked that about it!

Bryce is my least favorite SJM heroine.  She seemed too much like Aelin, but not nearly as well- developed of a character as Aelin. She and Hunt were cute together and I enjoyed their flirting, but they’re definitely not my OTP.  I liked her much more at the end of the book than at the beginning.  You know, growth.

Hunt also seemed a little vanilla.  Broody, pining over a lost love, yadda yadda, the usual.  I did like that although he is a slave, he does have choice in his actions, even his bad decisions.  As opposed to TOG, where the cadre are basically slaves to Maeve and she literally physically controls what they do.

I DID love Lehabah, Ruhn, Hypaxia, Tharion and of course Syrinx! Syrinx reminds me so much of my pug.

I really liked the world-building and the variety of creatures/people who co-exist (but not always peacefully) on this planet.  The war in Pangera seems almost inevitable to come to Valbara.

Best aspect of world building: otter messengers in little vests!!!  I squealed.

I liked the first half of the book, but wasn’t totally hooked by it.  But about halfway, the pace really picked up and the mystery deepened and I couldn’t put it down until I found out what happened!

I loved the plot twist of Micah being the “bad guy”; his motives totally make sense.  Now I’m going to have to go back and reread to see if I can pick up on any subtleties pointing to him that I missed the first time.

Bryce vacuuming Micah up and throwing him in the trash was the best thing ever.

Jesiba cracked me up everytime she threated to turn Bryce into an animal.  I also loved that she checked on Bryce to make sure she was OK after Micah.

I’m excited to see where the next book goes!  The hints at the end about Hunt’s father makes me think he’s one of the Asteri (the dead one, I don’t remember his name). I don’t believe for a second that Bryce and Hunt are going to live quiet lives now.  I hope for more of Ruhn and Hypaxia, Bryce and the Autumn King’s relationship, and if society is going to be able to rid itself of Asteri rule.  Jesiba and Aidas seem to be working on something at the end...

Overall, I’d give it 4 1/2 stars.  It wasn’t what I expected and I didn’t become obsessed with it like I did other SJM books, but I did enjoy it a lot!  I’m hoping it’s like TOG – where I wasn’t a big fan of the first two books, but after that, I LOVED the rest of the series.

[campcampkirbykirbykirby]

I can’t believe Quartermaster fought in the war. I’d assume he’d be too busy running some sort of blacker than black market.

Also, Jermy’s back! Never thought I’d be happy to see him again. And his story was pretty funny!

Also that ending was freaky or whatever.

[bookofmirth]

It was Fury! From the pinterest board, and the 'light brown' descriptor. I feel like they will too, with how Bryce kinda stood up to that fae woman in the restaurant. I'd be surprised if this Philip dude continues to be shown as a villain, or if he is, if someone else doesn't come along with the same cause, bc you know... human rights, lol

Yes, exactly, Phillip is such a villain right now that I cannot imagine him staying that way. Like from our POV, human rights are.... good? And Bryce being half human like, she can’t just ignore that.

Im not sure what I think of Fury rn. Or the whole stratification of society in general, with humans being enslaved basically. I know we’ll learn more soo. so I’m holding out on judgement.

I can’t wait to reread these posts in a month and realize what fools we all were.

[robin-just-robbing]

rip my beautiful BEAUTIFUL Jasper..... you will be remembered... I love you... (can you guess who gave Jasper each gift?) 

Edit: for everyone asking what are those thing (some called them pogs, or breadsticks) they’re band aids! yeah, I know I suck at drawing them, and the light does’t help but I’ll keep trying