Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas
I am ashamed to admit how long it took me to notice the pun in the name of this book – Yrene’s last name is towers and her magic looks like white light. I never claimed to be smart. So this entire book takes place in the city of Antica in the Southern Kingdom. The […]
Continue reading Tower of Dawn by Sarah J MaasEmpire of Storms by Sarah J Maas
A LOT happens in this book. Holy crap. A+++ for plot movement. I should have known that Aelin showing up in Terrasen after two decades would not be as simple as just stepping up to her throne. Darrow tells her she is not the Queen unless the other nobles give their support, but I notice […]
Continue reading Empire of Storms by Sarah J MaasQueen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
So Aelin returns to Rifthold, where the story began. The same characters are in play but everything feels different. Everything is different and only in part because Aelin has changed so much. Choal starts off being plenty pissy, but to be fair the man has a point. I’m sure he was hoping she would return […]
Continue reading Queen of Shadows by Sarah J MaasSpoils of War by Eline Margot
I ended up putting this book into the “Fantasy” category because while there is a romance in it, the world-building takes centre stage. Main character Kera goes missing as a child. Months later she reappears with no memory of what happened to her and returns to her peaceful life in her families village. But the […]
Continue reading Spoils of War by Eline MargotOnyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
A large part of the storyline in this book is the hunt for Andarna’s family and that raises so many questions for me. It’s confirmed that the dragons lay eggs but also that they are involved in raising the children. So are they raised communally? By their biological parents? Or by their “breeds’ and Andarna […]
Continue reading Onyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosIron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
So in the first couple of chapters The Assembly votes to send Violet and the other cadets back to Basgiath. This kind of makes sense from the rebel point of view I guess, but it’s not so good for the cadets when it becomes obvious that they are being targeted for assassination. I guess once […]
Continue reading Iron Flame by Rebecca YarrosHeir of Fire by Sarah J Maas
Dorien had a sad in the last book but he has moved on in this one. Good for him. Celaena’s – sorry Aelin’s – new environment is very different from her old one. She a nobody there, for a starter. With no connections she seems to be at a loss. It’s also interesting to me […]
Continue reading Heir of Fire by Sarah J MaasCrown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
Celaena has won the competition and taken her place as the King’s Champion. This means killing people – a lot of people. He gives her a name and she returns with a head in a bag. Nobody knows that the heads do not really belong to the people she was sent to kill. For the […]
Continue reading Crown of Midnight by Sarah J MaasThe Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas
The hardest thing about reading a popular (and LONG!) series when all your books come from the library is trying to get them in order. So my understanding is, that this book was written third but was intended to be read first. And I’m really glad I didn’t read it first because man, I hated […]
Continue reading The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J MaasA Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L Armentrout
This book is cheating. It’s just the plot of From Blood and Ash retold from Casteel’s point of view. I assumed that would take up maybe the first part of the book while Poppy was “in status” but nope, she doesn’t wake up until the very last page. Maybe this is way of keeping the […]
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