This is my third time reading this book, I just keep coming back to these characters, and the story has a place in my heart. All the tropey things in This is my third time reading this book, I just keep coming back to these characters, and the story has a place in my heart. All the tropey things in this book work for me, the characters are so likeable, and the book is so funny!
Olive and Adam are so sweet separately and together and Adam is a great book boyfriend, I mean he returns her emails in the middle of the night, that’s so darn cute.
I have liked it more with my rereads so I’m upping my star rating! Original rating: 4 Stars
Seiichi Higashide wrote his memoir to serve as a record of his life and to spread information about what Japanese immigrants went through in Latin AmeSeiichi Higashide wrote his memoir to serve as a record of his life and to spread information about what Japanese immigrants went through in Latin America. Higashide shares what life was like for him and the other immigrants who moved to a country without knowing the language and having few connections. Immigrants came to Latin America with the hope of creating a better life for themselves and their families but hardships were often a part of an immigrant's life. The work was originally published in Japanese, later into English, then Spanish. The memoir was written for Japanese, Japanese-Peruvians, Asian immigrants, and those who want to learn more about Asian immigration during the twentieth century.
The memoir begins by relating the background history of his family before he was born. Higashide was born in 1909 in Hokkaido. He recounts his early life in Japan where he worked on his father’s farm. The author grew up poor. Because he valued education so highly, he worked very hard to put himself through night school after graduating middle school. This memoir follows Higashide from his home country of Japan, to Peru, and then his forced deportation to the United States.
Higashide retells the hardships he endured just to attend night school in Japan, to obtain the correct paperwork to immigrate to Peru, and immigrate to a country where he was not proficient in the language. The author always worked hard whether that be on his father’s farm in Japan, when he started his own retail business in Peru, or transitioning to life in the United States after WWII where he taught himself to speak a third language. Higashide highlights the differences in generations of Japanese-Peruvian immigrants and also how they compared to the peoples and the cultures of mainland Japan. Higashide also mentions the prejudice within the Japanese community in Peru between those who immigrated through government agencies and those who came to Latin America as contract laborers. Later, when the author is forcefully deported to the United States he talks about the differences in mindsets between Japan and the U.S. He conveys his life and the lessons he learned through the connections he made which helped him open his own businesses and move up in Peruvian society.
The author created this work to show what immigrants like himself went through after immigrating to the Americas. Throughout the memoir, knowledge can be extracted about how the Japanese-Peruvian communities were structured, how word got around, and how connections were everything in a time before the internet and instant messages. 4.5 Stars...more
I really wish she would have cut down on the number of perspectives. Personally I only cared about Niko**spoiler alert** Omg that wasn’t an ending!!!
I really wish she would have cut down on the number of perspectives. Personally I only cared about Nikolai and Zoya and struggled through anyone else’s chapters; especially the Mayu and the Monk chapters.
Loved Kaz, Jesper, and Wylan and any time spent in Ketterdam. It was nice to see the crew interacting with each other again—Wylan was so precious!!
It was weird to read that the Crows cast weren’t working together on a daily basis—even though this was already established at the end of Crooked Kingdom. It was fun to see some of them team up with Nikolai for the Titanium heist. As soon as Kaz, Jesper, and Wylan came together it’s like the pieces fell back into place and the chemistry was all there.
I really wished we had gotten to see more of Inej but I was glad to hear that she was off doing what she had always dreamed of.
I had forgotten that Zoya was Shu before reading KoS but I’m happy that LB explored more of Zoya’s Shu heritage in this book; I’m still super interested in learning more about them. We got to learn a LOT about Fjerda in this duology, which is personally the country I cared least about. Hopefully we will learn more about the Shu in future books.
Even more than David’s death, which was shocking to say the least, what shocked me more was Hanne’s fake death. I could not believe that Leigh Bardugo would kill two of Nina’s significant others! I’m so glad that Hanne lived! I don’t think I could take it if Nina had to go through that grief again.
Looking back I should have known LB was going to kill off David after the wedding, it was just too perfect. I wasn’t ever a big fan of David but I love Genya and it was so sad to see her go through that.
There was a lot of action and traveling in this book and to be honest by the end I’d forgotten most of it. I was only reading this for the characters and their development which, like in KoS, I found a bit lacking. I just wanted to spend time with the characters without them fighting for their lives.
I loved every time we got to see Nikolai and Zoya talk alone. It was a joy to see their relationship develop. Man that tension built up for two whole books! Took forever but they finally got there. Nikolai and Zoya are so well matched: they get one another, they lean on each other, and they accept the other for who they are and not a perfect or idealized version.
My favorite part of the book is either when Nikolai realized he was fighting for Ravka and not the throne or when Zoya becomes a freaking dragon!
Rule of Wolves feels like a filler book/duology. I wanted a more solid ending rather than a nod to the next book. It weirdly felt like a prequel. But if the next book has Kaz and Inej I will take back any and all complaints.
2.5 Stars...stars would have gone up if there had been more Nikolai and Zoya…
LB does not baby you in this book. She expects that you have read the other books and that you remember what happened. That being said, I wish we had LB does not baby you in this book. She expects that you have read the other books and that you remember what happened. That being said, I wish we had more of a check up on the characters and how they’ve been since we’ve seen them. This felt like more of a middle book than the first book in a duology but I was happy that we didn’t have to go over Grisha orders again.
(view spoiler)[This book was always jumping from place to place and perspective to perspective which helps you fly through the book but I don’t feel like I learned a lot about the characters. No one’s character grew drastically, which is what I wanted from this book. Nikolai learned to accept his demon, Zoya learned to control more than one Grisha power, and Nina learned how to let Matthias go. But none of these revelations are going to change their outward actions. Nikolai always hides things and wears masks, Zoya was already a super powerful Grisha, and for Nina...Matthias is dead and there is no way to bring him back. All she can do is move forward. Btw Nina is super strong. I do not think I could do half of what she’s done. It’s crazy how much she’s accomplished. (Also still not over that he died. It doesn’t make sense that he died and fing Jarl Brum is still alive!!!!! So mad)
Nina’s chapters were the most emotional. In the first half of the book she is dealing with the loss of Matthias. She has promised to bury him in Fjerda and we follow her on her mission to lay him to rest and free captive Grisha. While she is traveling she hears Matthias’s voice in her head. His voice helps her get through some of the grief and hardship she is experiencing but in the end we realize it was only her own voice and Matthias was never there. Which was so sad.
I loved all of the Juris and Zoya training scenes. We’ve had some hints in previous books that it is possible to have more than one Grisha power and I’m glad we got to see that and that Zoya was the one to achieve this.
I really enjoyed the first chapter with Dima. It really sets the tone of the book and brings you right back into the Grishaverse.
David and Genya were so cute together and I loved all the mentions to Kaz, Inej, and Jasper. (I can’t wait for Six of Crows 3)
I can’t believe the Apparat is still alive! I could have sworn he died. But no, he’s still causing trouble. I did like Yuri’s character and I’m so excited to see the trouble he will cook up in the next book.
I don’t think Isaak’s perspective was needed. All it was there for was to make us more shocked at “Ehri”’s betrayal but I didn’t ever like her so...
But omg Nikolai saying he was going to marry the real Ehri. I did not see that one coming. And I did not see Elizaveta’s betrayal coming either!!! I was totally sure that “saints” were good and that they could have no ill intentions. (But I’m really bad at guessing plot twists so… it was good and I was shocked) (hide spoiler)]
Rating this one is kinda hard. I obviously loved Nikolai and Zoya but I wanted more!! I felt like I only got one bite of my favorite food. There was just not enough page time with those two together!!!
I think I just hyped this one up too much in my head. 2.5 Stars I definitely recommend reading The Lives of Saints before picking this one up.
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Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain is an in depth look at religion in rural Spain. The author William A. Christian, Jr. explains that local praLocal Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain is an in depth look at religion in rural Spain. The author William A. Christian, Jr. explains that local practice of catholic religion was often tailored to that town’s specific needs. Religion played a significant role in people’s lives. Saint’s days were also very important to rural towns; it was the time they celebrated a certain saint and asked them to protect the town from disaster. Small town religious practices were different than in the larger cities and that of the Catholic Church.
Towns found solace in their saints. Each town had its own patron saint that represented the community to God and advocated on their behalf. Feast days were held to celebrate and honor saints. Vows to saints were often sworn in exchange for a good harvest and protection from certain disasters. In Buges, there was a feast on Saint Anne’s Day to help prevent hail (33). In some villages, citizens did not work on specific saint’s days to prove their devotion. In the town of Castejón, people ceased working on Saint Anne’s Day after a log stood upright and caught on fire (37). They saw this as a sign that the saint was angry at them for working. Villagers in San Sebastián were so devout that they would not eat meat or any other animal products on the day before Saint Sebastian Day to prevent pestilence (41).
In the larger cities such as Toledo, religious manners differed from those of smaller towns. In rural communities the critical places of devotion, the Marian shrines, were located miles outside of the town. In larger cities, places of devotion were cathedrals or miraculous images, which were located inside the city (149). This reveals that bigger towns placed more focus on society rather than nature. While larger towns were still concerned about agriculture, they did not have to worry as much about pestilence and natural disasters destroying crops because if crops failed in the local area, they could buy goods from other villages. These bigger towns were more connected with the Catholic Church and the monarchy. They had month-long celebrations when saints were canonized, and monarchies would ask for prayers from larger city chapters in crucial moments such as when a member was in childbirth or before a major battle (151).
Rural religion was not as structured as the Catholic church. Each town adapted their local parish practices based on their own needs and disaster concerns of the area. Confession in rural communities was not as rigorous as it was in larger cities. In many villages, confession was only held once a year and was often perfunctory. Their priorities were on what they could see rather than their life beyond the grave.
Christian examines answers to two questionnaires sent out by royal chroniclers in 1575 and 1578. The questionnaire’s purpose was to create a history of the kingdom by collecting the stories of villages. The questionnaires had about fifty questions that asked about the town’s history. These questions included how the town got its name, the population of the town, and what its resources were. The author focuses on the answers that deal with religion.
He also points out what historians have studied in this field and what his book can add to the understanding of religion in 16th century Spain. Christian states that other historians studying 16th century religion tend to focus on the clergy whereas he has focused on the lay people. Throughout his book he contrasts small town religion with that of the Church Universal and larger cities. Historians can learn about what was important to small towns in the 1500s; most were agricultural towns and were concerned about their crops and natural disasters. Historians can also extrapolate estimated population from tables provided in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about rural religion in Spain.
**spoiler alert** I have been interested in this book since 2017 when the series was revamped. I’d heard that the first book wasn’t very good, and you**spoiler alert** I have been interested in this book since 2017 when the series was revamped. I’d heard that the first book wasn’t very good, and you had to just get through it to get to the good stuff. But I didn’t think it was half bad. I don’t read many books where the sole main character is male, but I did enjoyed Gen. I’m just not used to a fantasy book having so few named characters.
It did take me awhile to get into the story which was kinda annoying because the book is so short. Ah well…also there is so much napping and eating in the first half of this book. Like, so much.
Gen: aka Eugenides. Gen was a fun character. He played everyone like a fiddle the whole time which was hilarious. I really like how the author leaned into certain biases with Gen's character. Because he was a thief I thought, alongside the other characters, that he didn’t have a family, and if he did, I definitely didn’t think he would have siblings. Gen is super smart, and he thought through all his options rather than doing the first thing that came to mind which I appreciated. When he came out of that maze and just drew it from memory, epic. And the whole scene where he actually found the stone was so awesome. I am excited to explore more of the mythos of this world because there seemed to be a lot of foreshadowing around Gen and the gods.
Magus: This dude was soo confusing. He never suspected that Gen was anything other than a lowly thief. Any reader of YA fantasy could see he was someone important from a mile away. ...more
Guys it’s narrated by Ben Barnes, the Darkling himself!! And Lauren Fortgang who narrates the Grisha trilogy. They were both amazing. It was illustratGuys it’s narrated by Ben Barnes, the Darkling himself!! And Lauren Fortgang who narrates the Grisha trilogy. They were both amazing. It was illustrated by Daniel J. Zollinger, who I had never heard of before, but I will definitely be following his work in the future. The art in this book was incredible!
This is a bind up of saint stories. It recounts the back stories of saints and also times where people prayed to a saint and were saved. The stories hold little tidbits of information about the world like the Sankt that helped create the Ice Court or the Sankta who was rumored to have become the first firebird. This makes it a must read for those who love the Grishaverse. There wasn’t a story I did not like. The stories were super short, but they are a lot of fun and did I mention how gorgeous the art is?!?
Felt really rushed!! My goodness! But the art work was gorgeous to look at.
I really liked the concept where Raven sees certain characters in color. IFelt really rushed!! My goodness! But the art work was gorgeous to look at.
I really liked the concept where Raven sees certain characters in color. It reminded me of the movie A Silent Voice. It wasn't clear, at least to me, why these characters would come into color. I thought it was who she was letting in past her walls but random people would come into color. My next thought was characters would come into color when she focused on them, but that also was not it. By the end, I was just frustrated because there didn't seem to be a reason they would be in color. Most likely it was just an artistic style choice for that page, but I wanted the color to mean something.
I enjoyed learning about the Navarro family and I liked seeing the deceased family members come to help Raven. (view spoiler)[I really wish Raven's mom Vivian wasn't dead because she was a very interesting character. (hide spoiler)]
I wish the author would have shortened the time period of the novel and explored the characters and the setting more. There was maybe two scenes where you had time to breathe. Most of the time you were just jumping from place to place.
I kept restarting this book in the hopes that I would be able to get through the whole thing. I tried 3 times. FinaIdk I just kinda didn’t like it...
I kept restarting this book in the hopes that I would be able to get through the whole thing. I tried 3 times. Finally, on my 4th restart I managed to finish it. Aaand I did not hate the book by any means…I feel pretty neutral about it. There were things that I liked; especially all of Zaf’s background and his family. I liked the banter, the characters, and the premise. I mean this has my favorite romance trope: fake dating. That gets me every time!!!
But, for some reason this didn’t click for me. There are so many people who love this book, and that was the reason I kept at it, thinking that maybe I would like it by the end, but sadly that did not end up happening.
I do intend on reading the third book so I’m really hoping I like that one. ...more
Wow, I don’t even know what to feel right now. I’m mostly just stunned. I am going to try and articulate**spoiler alert** The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
Wow, I don’t even know what to feel right now. I’m mostly just stunned. I am going to try and articulate my thoughts. Before I started this book, I glanced through people’s reviews (somehow I managed not to be spoiled) and the consensus I came to is that this book would utterly destroy me. And that’s not too far off from what happened.
This book was wonderfully written. The characters were so rich, real, and gritty. This book was the perfect length, and the pacing was amazing. The author used every page to tell the story, not one page is wasted. It was just so good. I love it when an author can make me feel the passage of time without stating it outright. Kuang did that so well in this book.
This world felt really expansive. We don’t know a lot about the different provinces of the Nikara Empire but we got to see a lot of history. It’s crazy how Kuang sneaks world building in so naturally. We learn about the Warrior, Vipress, and Gatekeeper from a shadow puppet play. And it was entertaining! I didn’t guess outright who they were, but the author gave me just enough breadcrumbs that I was able to sus out who they were before it was stated, made me feel smart. ...more
**spoiler alert** Umm…WTF…Actually WTF…I have never been left on a cliffhanger such as this.
The characters were much more enjoyable and distinct. I t**spoiler alert** Umm…WTF…Actually WTF…I have never been left on a cliffhanger such as this.
The characters were much more enjoyable and distinct. I though the writing was better and we actually had character development for most of our main cast, especially Zila! I Love her!!! Every time her perspective came up, I was so excited. The tone of this second book was much darker than the first.
I am not feeling nothing.
I was crying every time she said this. Her backstory is so heartbreaking.
I had really mixed feelings about Saedii. When we first met her, I really thought she was Kal’s ex, but nope it’s the crazy sister. I had a hard time picturing her because all the descriptions of the Syldrathi are that they are tall, hot, and have white hair. So she has to dye it black probably regularly. I don't know how I feel about her and Tyler. -_-
Anyway…something else I found weird was them bringing up tobacco and how nobody smokes it anymore because they figured out it was bad for you hundreds of years before. You can’t tell me they haven’t found something else out there twice as addictive and bad for you as tobacco.
Kal and Auri’s relationship is the most confusing thing about this book. Kal lied about who his father was, and everyone blows up in his face. It just seems a little extreme to me but hey. And him and Auri obviously weren’t each other’s everything if one lie can break them apart.
Why do the authors have to keep stabbing poor Tyler in the heart?!?!?!?! It was so sad to see Scar and Tyler split up. The Jonas twins need to stick together. And their half- Syldrathi??!! I was kinda shocked about that. Tyler can communicate with Waywalkers and Scarlett says when they are deciding whether to help the imprisoned Waywalkers, “Can’t you feel their pain?” (227) So it looks like she has some Syldrathi power too.
It is criminal how little Finian was in this book. We could have cut some of that Echo part out and filled it with Finian. I really loved the development of the friendship between Auri and Finian. I love that he calls her Stowaway, so cute.
I’m not sure why the authors feel the need to repeat every piece of information they told us in the last book, maybe if they didn’t, they could have fit the ending into this book ...more
Francisco Núñez Muley’s memorandum to the Royal Audiancia was written to expose the harsh treatment of the Moriscos in Granada. Governing bodies in CaFrancisco Núñez Muley’s memorandum to the Royal Audiancia was written to expose the harsh treatment of the Moriscos in Granada. Governing bodies in Castile wanted the Moriscos to assimilate with no exception. Castile wanted Morisco culture and traditions to be erased. There were restrictions on their daily life including what they could wear, how they could speak, and even when they could travel. Moriscos were not allowed the same rights as other Christians in Granada and there was prejudice against them.
Little distinction was placed between Moriscos and Muslims in Grenada. Moriscos were banned from doing many things Old Christians took for granted. Legislation was created in an attempt to assimilate these New Christians, but the laws interfered with their everyday life. Juana I of Castile passed an edict that banned the production of cloth used in traditional Muslim clothing, which Moriscos wore (57). Castile saw the traditional clothes as a sign that they were still practicing the Muslim religion. Juana also prohibited the slaughter of animals according to the Muslim customs. Other laws banned Moriscos from shutting their doors on Fridays, Sundays, or any festival day if they did not want suspicion to fall on them that they were closeted Muslims (81). Calling someone by their given Morisco name and singing Morisco songs were also prohibited (86). If they were caught doing one of these activities, they were fined. The officials were in effect, trying to erase Morisco’s history and traditions.
Núñez walks through how Moriscos were treated in Granada by showing legislature pertaining to Moriscos. There were laws that were put into place to protect the Moriscos like when Fernando II of Aragón published a provision that stated a person could be fined or jailed if they were to unveil or insult a Muslim woman (58). But these were interspersed with laws that banned their clothing or language. They were not treated equally, and they did not share the same rights as Old Christians. Núñez points out that much of what the Castilians thought of as “Muslim” was just the traditions of the Kingdom of Granada and not necessarily of the Muslim religion. The legislation for and against Moriscos fostered prejudice and led to instances of violence and mistrust between Moriscos and their non-Morisco rulers.
The hate and mistrust of people who look, speak, and act differently to you has not changed in 450 years. It is still a problem we face today, with countries like France, Belgium and Austria just recently banning women from wearing the burqa or niqab in public spaces.
Núñez’s memorandum is short and easy to read. I definitely recommend it if you want to learn more about Moriscos on the Iberian Peninsula during the 13th and 14th centuries. The introduction is longer than the actual letter but gives you backgrounder what was happening before that prompted the letter by Núñez. ...more
AHHHHH this book was so good!!! I loved every second of it even as Sarah was ripping my heart out! I was hesitant going int(updated review, Feb 2022)
AHHHHH this book was so good!!! I loved every second of it even as Sarah was ripping my heart out! I was hesitant going into this book and was a little intimidated by how long it was. I’d heard it was slow and that there was a lot of info-dumping and world building that slowed it down in the beginning. But boi was I wrong! The world building was very natural and the pacing was pretty much spot on. I absolutely loved Bryce and co. especially Syrinx. (In my mind he was a cuter version of the Death Dogs in the movie Willow)
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(view spoiler)[ Plot, World Building, and Thoughts: I didn’t know much going into this book other than there were a string of murders and our main characters, Bryce and Hunt, had to figure out who did it. I loved how their relationship developed, it never felt forced or unnatural. The plot was very engaging, and I wasn’t ever board. The main plot revolves around Bryce figuring out what happened the night her best friend, Danika, died.
I liked the time jump. But right before it happened, I was wondering where our emotionally distraught main character was, because all Sarah does is torture her characters and things were just too happy. And this book wasn’t an exception, Bryce’s whole friend family died or ghosted her all in one night! I didn’t start to like Bryce as a character until Danika’s death—it was Bryce’s wakeup call to get her life together. I was really sad about Connor and Danika dying because right before they died, I started to like them!!
It was kinda scary how the story Danika’s last days changed depending on who was telling/manipulating the story. By the end, I didn’t know who to trust; I really thought for a while that Danika was a bad guy.
I am glad Bryce that didn’t get all that power until the end. It wasn’t a shock because, come on, this is a SJM book, of course her MC would be super powerful. But I really like that she did all that she did, without being the most powerful being in the world.
Sarah is the Queen of foreshadowing. Nothing she mentions isn’t important. The book wraps up so nicely because she laid down the groundwork throughout the whole book, so nothing comes out of nowhere: like how she mentions the Gate where people give up a drop of their power for a wish and how she mentions the gun on the wall of Jesiba’s office.
Characters: I am really glad that this book had multiple POVs. This definitely helped you connect with characters other than your MC.
It took me a while to warm up to Ruhn, but by the end I loved him! I think he might be my favorite character! His friends/roommates Declan and Tristan were also pretty cool. I loved how Ruhn was always in Bryce’s corner. He didn’t care how powerful she was, he just loved and supported her because she was his sister. I hope in the next book we get to see the siblings growing closer. Also, he can mind speak?!!!?!?!
I loved Bryce’s mom, Ember Quinlan, and her husband Randall. I loved how after you learn more about Bryce's parents you see them in her. Ember is such a badass and super stubborn and Randall passed on his knowledge of combat and marksmanship. They were just so cute and you can tell they loved Bryce to bits. I loved the phone calls between Bryce and her mom, their relationship felt real.
I really wished we got more of Isaiah; we only got him in small snippets. I think that he thinks Hunt and him are friends, I don’t know if Hunt thinks the same. I can't wait to see more of him in the next book! I hope he becomes the new Micah.
Syrinx was just too cute! The fact that Bryce didn’t know he could teleport cracks me up and the side looks and “conversations” between him and Hunt were everything.
I found Lehabah a little annoying. Also, I don’t know why, but I didn’t like how she called Bryce “BB” like just say B or her name! “Bryce” isn’t that long!!
Guys, Sabine is a b*tch.
So, Micah turned out to be the bad guy. Honestly, I didn’t see that one coming. I thought he wasn’t that bad. I mean he made that deal to free Hunt and it seemed he was on our side, as much as an Archangel could be. But nope.
Top Three Times I was Shocked: 1. When it was revealed that Hunt was holding information from Bryce and he was working to get synth for himself. 2. When that medwitch turned out to be Hypaxia!! 3. When we thought that Danika was a drug dealer.
For a split second after the portal opened up and the Viper Queen sent her Fae bodyguards out, I thought one of them was Az.
“A massive sword, at least four feet long, borne by a towering, armored male figure. BLUE lights glowed along the blade.” (727)
For a split second after the portal opened up and the Viper Queen sent her Fae bodyguards out, I thought one of them was Az. I don’t know why my mind when there, but I heard blue and fae and thought it was him. But it wasn’t, I was just an idiot. In my defense, Sarah mentioned other worlds and dimensions all throughout this book!!! And TOG and ACOTAR are connected.
Best Part of the Book: When Bryce Miraculous Ladybuged the whole city, I died laughing!!
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Reread thoughts: For me Hunt doesn’t have enough of a personality.. His personality consists of thinking Bryce is hot and being grumpy. I liked Hunt a lot less the second time. It’s hard to like him when you know he’s going to lie to Bryce about something that important to her..
My favorite part the second time around was Bryce making the Drop. I'm really hoping for lots of training scenes in the next book where Bryce explores her new powers. (I'm a sucker for training scenes!)
I also hope we get to learn more about the Autumn King because we don't know much about him and he intrigues me.
The book was still enjoyable the second time just not as good because I knew all the plot points. Usually, I can read a book and have as much fun with the plot twists the second time but for some reason, they didn’t hit. ☹ idk I just wasn’t as impressed with Bryce’s snarky attitude or Hunts grumpy-non-personality. But I will stick it out because 1. Its SJM so you know its gunna be a fun ride 2. I’m interested in the world 3. I have characters I am invested in: Ruhn, (ok I was gunna list more but like its literally just Ruhn) (hide spoiler)]
Was this book dramatic at times? Yes, absolutely, but I still loved it and would recommend this book to any SJM fan. Don’t be intimidated by its size, this book is so awesome!!! Excuse me while I count down the days for the next one and cry a little.
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