Josh
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-7
P-7
I-7
L-7
E-9
TOTAL-7.57/10
This was a fun book. Definitely YA but better than lots. Great characters, small twists and turns I didn't predict with some I did. All were done well with care.
CAWPILECharactersVhalla Yarl—Newest and only Wildwalker left in world. Loves reading (character after my heart) denies being a sorcerer. Scared of it, but grows and is willing to accept it after some time. Unsure of her place in society.Crown Prince Aldrick- Hard and Soft. Hard outside. Seems to waffle a bit in beginning but I think he's in it for good. I'm interested to see what happens next with him.Prince Baldair-I though Prince B was going to be an evil brother, under a façade of good, but he's more neutral. Odd relationship with brother.Sameer- started ok quickly went downhill, hates magic, wants her to give it up even if he hadn't said it yet.Egmun—Very dumb, hate this guy, but I think he's got something more in store for us next books. Why does he want her dead so bad. Has to be a reason AtmosphereGood atmosphere, lots of descriptions. I could feel her sense of wonder or worry or appreciationWriting“enemies to Lovers” don't quite start as enemies but definitely antagonistic. Wasn't looking forward to inevitable 3-way romance, but it didn't happen yet (we'll see). I don't think Sameer needed to die to stop the romance but it was effective. PlotSurprisingly little plot, but that doesn't make it bad. The Violence did seema bit graphic but only in the sense that it was more than I was expecting from this book and less from others I've read. InvestmentVery exciting book. Keeps a good pace that makes you want to keep reading with plenty of places you could choose to stop if you wanted.LogicAffinities are slightly geographic but no one knows why. Basic Air, Fire, Water, Wind. But every mage has affinities of self. Small explanation in bookEnjoymentGreat fun. Lots of good momentsMiscCalling a Tornado that decimates the northerners in a quite literal sense. Fire and Air go good together but also dangerous to each other. Nice Wearing Black to the BallPhantom's notes to her. Definitely make her want to be a sorcerer by berating her about it very first.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 10/09/2022
CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-7
W-7
P-7
I-7
L-6
E-7
TOTAL-6.86/10
CAWPILECharactersNita Likes to dissect people. Very straightforward. Can change her body. Little bit soft on what she can/can't do.Kovit made rules for himself don't hurt friends/family, no one under 15,no sexual pain, othersReyesBoulder-creep but not really scary Mirella does turn into a pink dolphin with water. Night market is too loosey goosey with their “wares”AtmosphereWe spend most of the book in a cage of some sort, so it did that well, but I never really felt like they were in a ton of danger. WritingThe villains felt mostly incompentant and the market of death not like a big threatPlotGood plot. Nita thinking she had been sold by her mother, because she disobeyed her mother and let Fabricio free, when it was Fabricio that sold her. While at the market of death she attempts to escape. Makes a deal with Kovit and they work together, then get captured by boulder escape and burn down the death market. Then she goes to INHUPInvestmentWanted to see how Nita would change/grow whether to become a better person or a worse person. Was glad to see that Kovit has rules for how he enjoys pain, LogicZannie's have to be the worst business partners though because they can't not eat pain. So it's less like eating and more like something else. Because they don't have a choice of whether to accept it. Plus I don't get high when I eat food. As with anything else, why would eating somebody give you their abilities unless you already take the effects of things you eat. But people are dumb and willing to try the stupidest things.EnjoymentAn enjoyable read, but felt pretty averageMiscThe twist that it was Fabricio that betrayed her was pretty goodThe vampire wants her and her mom. Her dad is dead.Nita and Kovit team up later. Am excited for that
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The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-9
W-8
P-8
I-8
L-8
E-9
TOTAL-8.29/10
CAWPILECharactersEl- wants to be wanted for herself and not for her death abilities. Orion-been conditioned to want to kill mals. Its his affinity super reinforcedThe School—just wants to protect the students Chinese Enclave kids—don't trust her, don't do their combat runs. othersside characters also felt pretty invested.AtmosphereEmotion of the school and the kids. The feelings the gym creates after its “fixed”WritingGood writing. Very well done being in El's head. Descriptive enough to get a feel with being over the top.PlotEl's class is next up to graduation and the school is off. Mals only seem to be coming for El and her schedule is crazy. The Graduation Obstacle course runs are insane and only get worse. Only with El can you make it through. The School is tired of failing and wants all its students to be protected. The school isn't evil. They come up with a plan to draw all the mals in and kick the school into the void. They do. Patience and Fortitude come back but its just one. Orion pushes El out of the gate.InvestmentVery invested 1st in thinking that the school is trying to kill El. Then that something is going wrong because not enough mana is being released from deaths. Then can they pull it off what will go wrong when they attempt it.LogicThe way that El was thinking things were going to happen and they did or didn't was logical and the plans that everybody made to “fix” the school. Literally everyone comes up with the same idea is so trueEnjoymentLoved this book, missed a little of the romance until 60% throughMiscFixing the gym with the attack against her. Finally able to use those spells of destruction for a good purposeOrion's idea of a date. Getting the familiars Seeing the graduation hall empty. Patience and Temperance Ate everything else then each otherORION pushes her through the Gate and stays behindThe Maleficer getting his spelled turned back on him. Mal's want to obey her? Control over them. Lots didn't attack until she was there. Bean bag at ChloesEverybody thinks it's a trick that she hid until now.Powersharers—Orion can't stop pulling almost literallyA good use of a Honeypot
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 09/25/22
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-9
P-8
I-7
L-7
E-9
TOTAL-8/10
CAWPILECharactersGaladrial is a great character has the power to kill easily. But doesn't want to. Goes Pure Mana, everybody is always super shocked. Grows and changes, Orion Lake—What is his deal. Likes to kill mal's. somehow gains power from it, that's something he should be sharing. Ends up dating El without telling her.Todd being added felt out of place, maybe he does more next book.Aayadh-Artiface focused.Liu- gets a cleansing burst by accident. Stops going malficerAtmosphereI felt the way that El felt being both afraid of people and afraid not to involve herself with other people. The feeling the school gives off that you're going to die, but maybe you can survive and if you do, you'll be stronger because of it.WritingGreat writing. Beautiful map of school in the cover.PlotI felt like I heard there was going to be a reveal that never happened. So I guess I just misunderstood what was going on.The students have to graduate and school is tough because everything is trying to kill you. Have to repair the cleansing machinery in the graduation hall or the seniors will empty out the hall and let them kill everyone else.InvestmentSuper invested in this book. I really wanted to know if El was going to go darkside or not. Wondering how they were going to survive the story. LogicEverybody acted according to the way they presented. I liked the way we learn everything, but man forcing everybody to learn a new language just because you've seen it a couple times is extreme and a little brutalEnjoymentLoved this book. It was a blast to read it. I love magical school books.MiscEl Kills a Maw mouth by casting the most dangerous Kill spell over and over again. I'm guessing she kills the main one in graduation hall next book.The Prophecy she'll bring destruction. Hopefully something more evil comes around she can fight.Her moms a mage famous hippie for her mana crystals
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 09/18/22
CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-8
W-8
P-8
I-9
L-8
E-10
TOTAL-8.29/10
A great book. Lots of interest here to delve into and lots to love. The magic deepening. The relationships, the reveals all of it culminates into what is another amazing book by Ilona Andrews.
Oh boy another great book. CAWPILECharactersI love that we are getting more depth to a lot of our side characters, because we know our main characters very well and while they need some work they are mostly done. Victoria and Linus have a great amount of change, because while they don't necessarily change or grow, we are given more insight into both of them that can rapidly change the way we view them. With Victoria wanting a family to love and wanting to be forgiven and Linus having a bit more of a dark past than we thought before. Their interactions and the way that Catalina can stay mad at them and still love them is truly a wonderful example of real life relationships. The Family dynamic is strong and it is one of the best points of this series. The characters truly feel like a family with all the things that come with it. Arguments, discussions, Love its all there and quite visible.Catalina and Alessandro. Their relationship doesn't really change in this book and that's ok, because they reached a pretty stable point last book, and it would feel weird to just remove that or give it unnecessary tension. But Catalina you should have finished the video much faster than you did. The Dynamic between Catalina and Alessandro about carrying each other burdens was so realistic and wholesome.Konstantin was an interesting character to add. His need to be the best and then his desire for Catalina. The way he acts and works while “helping” the Baylors.Arabella, Bern, Leon, Runa all participate and perform well their respective roles.AtmosphereThis story was very immersive. Lots of great descriptions without being overbearing or purple in any way. The energy in the story was dynamic in the best way. Where the tension had ample time to inflate and deflate according to what was needed. WritingIlona Andrews has a very accessible writing style, and they give enough info I could almost read this book as a standalone and be completely lost as to what is happening or why.PlotThe Plot was a good thread going through. One of the people Arkan sold the Osiris drug to tried to kill Linus Duncan to protect the secret causing Arkan to retaliate and involving the Russians. House Baylor must protect itself from Arkan. InvestmentI was especially intrigued to figure out how they were going to beat Arkan with his Active talent and then learning about his passive talent even more. I was glad to see that the story didn't devolve into a small love triangle even with the Russian Prince Konstantin making overtures that direction.LogicCatalina's magic works through love both the Green and the Black Wings. The Green to protect herself and the Black to Protect others. Love this knowledge. We learn a little about how Hephaestus mages work which was nice to see. The way that Nevada and Rogan were “blocked” from helping more in this book made sense and was realistic to this world. And they were still able to help so not a complete “write-out”The Osiris serum wakens latent talent, if you have the ability to survive. Mages could be the weakest of potential outcomes from serum.EnjoymentI really love love this book and its definitely going up there with my favorites by Ilona Andrews.MiscMihael is a Beast of Cologne as wellLinus was Caesar but was undercover the whole timeArthur being Hephaestus telekinetic. Building a Rubberband gun.Alessandro's mom escapingFranco Sagredo needed to die. The Keeper of Records and Michael are scary. What is it That Linus will allow for Arabella. Arabella and Mihael potential romance?? Xavier getting owned by Rogan and his own grinder.Starting the book out with an assassination attempt. Bold way to start.Cornelius stopping charging summoned Elephant immediatelyJust how much Victoria did for the FamilyAll the quips and sass. I love it every bit of itLeon's Gun Magic, bouncing bullets. Matilda the adult as a child.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 08/23/2022
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-5
W-7
P-7
I-6
L-8
E-7
TOTAL-6.86/10
CAWPILECharactersDevonCaiVictimsRamseyJarrowKillockHesterAtmosphereWritingSo many good gut punches and emotional moments. With beautiful writing bringing it homePlotGood story Logical conclusionInvestmentInvested more in the emotional relationship between cai and DevonLogicEnjoymentVery much enjoyed this book. The horror is there, but not overpoweringMiscOnly one spot where I felt Cai was “bad” near the end it felt like his personality shifted for extra drama.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 10/01/2023
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-8
P-6
I-8
L-9
E-10
TOTAL-7.71/10
Love this book. Definitely a favorite from this series, but who am I kidding they are all great so far.
CAWPILECharactersCatalina—Siren powers with a circle is amazingAlessandro—meant to marry into money. Doesn't want to. Only has assassin or bodyguard skills. House is super poor basically excised, he'll join house BaylorFamily—so awesome. They act and function like a real family. Nevada Pregnant and her cravings. Non chalent lets go to hospital my water broke. They know she's the DeputyVictoria- much more powerful and “evil” than I thought. I was scared of the ending thinking she was stealing baby, but the short story proves better.Cheryl- so dumb injected Osiris serum into Linus—little absent I thought he might die.Everybody knows runa and bern are dating but nobody calls it out until later.AtmosphereSo vivid and descriptive. So engaging. I read 60% of it before I had to crash for the night and then I dreamt about it when I fell asleep. Very convincingWritingGood writing, while a certain scene is graphic i didn't feel like it was too graphic. Like the use of things from real life, that are sometimes skipped in books Ex Facetime.. great lines. Bunny bared a forest of teeth. PlotCatalina as Deputy is charged with investigating the Morton Case—1/4 primes working to fix the pit is killed. Alessandro comes back to avenge the father. Biomechanical magic construct passing Saito's Threshold which is basically its alive. And it glories in killing. Its growing and sentient. Wants Catalina. Most of plot is about Alessandro and Catalina with the Assassin Arkan. InvestmentReally wanted to know how they were going to resolve the Abyss in the pit. I knew they would get together so it was mostly a matter of how and when not if.LogicAlessandro's house spell is basically a temp magic wipe. Black Wings. Tremaine's powerEnjoymentNevada gets telekinetic powers when pregnant. Baby is a super primeMiscAlessandro takes jobs to keep his family alive. Has no money that's ok we didn't want those anyway.Connor and Alessandro watching her turn down AlbertNevada and Catalina make upLeon's Gun MagicThe Artisan vs AlessandroMarat, Jiang questioning
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Sapphire Flames
Ilona Andrews
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-7
P-7
I-7
L-8
E-9
TOTAL-7.71/10
Like the naming convention. Showing its different but part of the same series. Burn/Fire related for Nevada and Jewel for CatalinaCAWPILECharactersCatalina's character growth. Partially explained in Diamond fire. Lots of growth. Skilled in her power usage. Lots of practice keeping it containedThe villains were both compelling and reasonable. No mustache twirling. Reasonable goals and drives. Alessandro—I‘m glad that Alessandro is back. I knew he would be but sometimes it's a trick. I do enjoy his descriptions of his “personas” Assassin. Anti-magic which makes sense. “copy summon” items according to what he thinks about. Runa Etterson—felt much more competent in Diamond Fire, but that was dealing with poison and not House stuff right after her family was killedAtmosphereVery immersive, great settings. The places we visit feel familiar and you can imagine what they look like. The emotion is a very palpable thing in scenesWritingEasy to follow. Nothing in the writing that pushed me away from the story. Trope of I love you, so you have to stay away, but done in a convincing way from both major characters. The snark and the Conversations are always on point.PlotSimilar plot to the previous books. An investigation brings them into bigger conflict. This time dealing with Assassin's and the Osiris Serum. Becoming Wardens of the State of Texas. Diatheke is creating Warped users who can use magic, which enhances their ability and is killing people. Kills Head of house Etterson, kidnaps but Daughter. House Baylor gets involved and investigates. Alessandro gets involved because he's contracted to kill Killer of House EttersonInvestmentI really enjoy the Authors stories so when I get invested, which was about 2 chapters for this book, I have a hard time putting it down. Very interested in the Osiris serum stuff and of course the relationship between Catalina and AlessandroLogicSiren Magic doesn't affect those who truly love her. While it appeared that something was off with the magic system(mutations using magic) it was explained in an incredibly believable way for this series. A good amount of worldbuilding without going too into it. EnjoymentLoved the book. Sad I don't get to see more Nevada but now I'm getting invested in CatalinaMiscThe mind-Ripper Benedict Cheer up, We're about to embark on a killing spree with massive property damageScary how much you pull off Social Media, but totally real.Duncan Linus—Tech builder. Very very scary and powerfulAbarca and Heart—difference in protection. Great way to “save” Nevada. Stop her from contributing financially to stop her from overworkingRelationship drama between Catalina and AlessandroAlessandro and his “goals” what are they. He's an assassinMoody—It feels like the love of your life died.Sgt. Teddy is back!Good Epilogue
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CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-6
W-7
P-6
I-8
L-8
E-10
TOTAL-7.57/10
CAWPILECharactersNevada—chooses to be engaged. Very very powerful. Modifies her circle on the flyRogan—some anger issues still, but loves Nevada. Catalina- Siren Power the sisters have to grow upArabelle—Beast of Cologne, has to control abilityNevada's Mom—very scared of Victoria, wants to runVictoria—wants the Baylors small/large change of heart at the endAtmosphereThis was a very immersive read. Descriptions WritingGood writing, very descriptive scenes. Lots of great one liners.PlotA New case Rynda's husband has gone missing, Nevada takes the Case. Victoria Tremaine is coming after them. Nevada, Catalina and Arabelle take the Prime Exam. Start the registration for a new house. House Schaffer comes to visit. Vincent summoner Prime att acks. He wants the Info that Olivia Chase who died last book had. Noone knows. Kyle- the son is a pattern mage and left clues to find data. Contains a USB with most of the Members of the “rebellion” except for Cesar. InvestmentThis story held my attention the whole book through. And it was tough to stop reading when I needed to get other things done.LogicCharacters and plot act consistent with previous established content. The Magic made sense and it was nice to see the additional knowledge we get in this bookEnjoymentLoved it. Very fun. And enjoyableMiscCornelius taking a Summoned Pet CatZeus (summoned Cat) chasing Matilda on HighwayHouse Harrison (beast Control) taking the towers stealthily.Sergeant Teddy. Self-Aware Bear. Used magic to be made smart. He's a Pacifist Watches TV with KidsArabelle is a BEAST of COLOGNEBeast of Cologne easily taking out the 70 foot tall summonEdward Sherwood killing his brother.Rynda finally showing her power. And does it for herselfLeon's “gun” MagicSchaffer fleeing after watching her crush Vincent's HexNevada's Dads conception story. Thanking Kurt then wanting to kill Kurt for leonWorking with an Empath kinda sucks. Won't sue we Kill
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CAWPILE SCORE
C-9
A-8
W-8
P-8
I-9
L-9
E-10
TOTAL-8.71/10
A great book and a great end to a series. Things won't be the same for any of our characters, but I'm excited to have experienced it
So much happens in this book. Sometimes its tough to remember this only takes place over 3-5 days.CAWPILECharactersAlex—going for the self sacrifice route. Pushes the fateweaver to the extreme. Levels up a tiny bit with his foretellingLuna—Rescues Vari by contracting with the Jinn Maerid Monkey Paw. The ContractAnne—Forcibly merged alex isn't taking any crap from either of them. Dark Anne captured by the Jinn in her own mind. Can't even enter Elsewhere properly.Richard—Death, The Fuzz to prevent his Futuresight. Opastia. Forcing fake visions. Only gathering Power for Power's sakeCaldera How much was she fighting the Jinn, or did she just want to beat AlexNimbus—is it really that hard to listenSonder—always tried to stay out of the fight. Got him killed. Wouldn't change from light councilVihaelya for Ilmarin tradeDisappointed in Talisid AtmosphereThe Most descriptive scenes are definitely Elsewhere which is appropriate, but Jackas ability to neatly and competently describe both battle and non battle scenes is above parWritingGreat writing. Great Foreshadowing. Sometimes books ahead for what is going to happen. Great ending. Little bit of a tease at the end of the book. Fateweavers made for battle. – after he gets the fateweaver starts “battling” everyonePlotAnne attacks Sagash's Shadow realm, to then perform a ritual making it easier to Summon Jinn into people. Council teams up with Alex and Richard to attack. Richard betrays, then Alex half-betrays. Forcibly rescues Anne. Everyone thinks Alex is dead. But he's transformed half fateweaver half manInvestmentI was so invested in Alex and Anne's story by the end. LogicEverything was very consistent with the logic that Benedict Jacka created. Characters acted the way the way they were supposed to. EnjoymentSo much to enjoy. Couldn't put it down.MiscAlex “rescuing” Ji-YeongJi-yeong going to work for Luna at end of book. Anne and Alex get to be together. November being a “free” agentThe bullet ward saving Alex at the end. I'd completely forgotten about it.The Generals(jinn) were reminiscent of the Elements Fire, Water, Wind, EarthArachne's final gift. She knew everything.The “ending” if you know you know made me laughSome real training from Heliakon
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 09/04/2022
White Hot
Ilona Andrews
CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-7
W-7
P-7
I-7
L-7
E-7
TOTAL-7/10
Little too much sex for me. I prefer a more fade to black but it was very short so I won't hold it against it.CAWPILECharactersNevada—doing the right thing brings trouble from her grandma on the fathers side this time.Rogan—Heavy PTSD Catalina has a crazy power, it's the power of LoveAtmosphereWell done, the emotional turmoil and the physical descriptions set the scenes for me very well.WritingGood writing, nice twists and foreshadowing. Lots of good one liners in series. PlotThe shadow cabal is trying to destabilize Houston again. But this time they've killed Nevada's Clients Wife. After teaming up with Rogan and Augustine. They save the day.InvestmentVery Invested in Nevada's ability and desire to save her family.LogicThe benefit of the Soft Magic is that you can add and change as needed, but Ilona Andrews does this very well, where all the things make sense as they come to lightEnjoymentLoved every minute of itMiscI called it. I knew she was a PRIME. Very very sneaky ability. Glad they got together. Lots of Summoned creatures in this book.Arabelle and Catalina are PRIME or near PRIMECornelius and his rats. ScaryThe Ferrets stealing the Hard Drive and Cornelius coming to work for them.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 01/29/2023
Tyrant's Throne
Sebastien De Castell
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-8
P-6
I-8
L-7
E-10
TOTAL-10/10
A 5 star book for ending this series and itself well
I cried like 4 times during this book. Wasn't supposed to be this emotional. CAWPILECharactersValiana—has the blood rage. Uses it to great effect. Dumps her stupid duke lover cause he's dumb. Filian Aline's Sister King's Son—Stands up to Trin at the end and exiles her. Wants to be better. I grew to like him a little more everytime he was on scene.Aline – How dare you do this to me. How DARE you kill Aline. Knew what she was doing and what would happen. Stupid Falcio for not acting sooner.Falcio- tons of character work for him. Grew an intense amount. Broke down and wrestled with following the Law or following Justice. Tried to not follow either and it crushed him more. AtmosphereWritingGreat Prose, beautifully written. Great use of foreshadowing in this bookPlotFalcio has to save the world but almost burns it down. Goes West finds Avereans prepping for war Led by Morn, and the missing greatcoats. Gets captured escapes with Trin, and Filian; loses Trin Falcio Breaks down; attempts to coup, but is betrayed, by fake coup. Aline dies protecting Filian, Jillard dies protecting Aline; Breaks down again. First Cantor decision to save the country. Trial for the country. Goes west again bringing final Army. Fight against Avereans. Chalmers Ride of Scorn. 7 vs 1000. Everything getting better but not 100% fixed. Death, Love and Valour. Kest joins the Honori, Brasti the Ragnereti, and Falcio retires with Ethalia.InvestmentGreat end to the series and a great book. The two are not always mutually exclusiveLogicDid Morn let them escape? The fights, the decisisons all felt real and earned.EnjoymentLove thisMiscDoes everyone have a background in betrayal (girl he rescues)Death kneels for him. Falcio's CorruptionEthalia is pregnantLoss of the Greatcoats. Morn's BetrayalChalmers new First CantorAline's Death How dare youAll the Saints and that Brasti isn't even close Honori-Kest, Rangeri-BrastiRetirement- FalcioJIlliard saying no. then Jillard dying to try and protect Aline
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CAWPILE SCORE
C- 7
A-8
W-8
P-7
I-9
L-8
E-9
TOTAL-8/10
Please ignore the cover of this book. I love the book, but the covers aren't my favoriteCAWPILECharactersNevada Baylor PI—Truthseeker can tell if you are lying. Only one working. Dealing with Grief from Dad death. And guilt of killing peopleConnor Mad Rogan—Telekinetic TactileAdam Pierce—Burn it down, just likes to do what he wants. And loves to burnGrandma and Mom—quirky and fun. But serious when it calls for it.All the characters have these full lives that we get glimpses of.AtmosphereEmotional. Sensual at parts. Very empathetic, with minor descriptions.WritingHusband and Wife team. Good writing works well and does its job hints at moreI appreciated the Pre prologue to get a hint as to how things work without spoiling anything. A good amount of sexy time stuff, but still there. Plot“Detective”/PI Nevada Baylor contracted to find Adam Pierce by Her “owners” House Montegomery . Ploy to say we did best, but nothing came of it. Finds Adam, he flirts and leaves. Rogan kidnaps her. Rogan and Nevada team up to stop Adam from piecing amplification artifact back together and destroying Houston, Nevada stops Rogan from also destroying the Town. Turns out Sister in Law was in on it the whole time. Which I didn't see coming. InvestmentHard not to get invested in a Girl trying to protect her family from the world. I'm a Classic Enemies to Lovers fanboy. LogicThings made sense as explained in the novel. The only thing I was iffy about was sending the artifact back to India if its existence as an amplication tool vs amplification circle was so unique/ startlingEnjoymentRomance is better done because of husband and wife pair. Not sure how romantic some parts are meant to be, depends on who is thinking about it Rogan or NevadaMiscIs Rogen a good guy? How scary is his EpilogueBug and Equzol. Visiting BugQuit Kicking Pierce. Now I kick Pierce so hilariousRogan's Attitude about a lot of things Is Nevada a Prime Truthseeker? She was able to truthseek on RoganNevada thinks he doesn't care about his family, but he tried and they refused. Cause the Mom in prologue/epilogue is crazy
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 01/22/2022
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-7
W-8
P-7
I-8
L-9
E-10
TOTAL-8.14/10
CAWPILECharactersMorden and his character retiring. Is Alex going to far? Kills levistus.. Landis showing his support going too far. Finally an alliance with the council. Anne taking prisoners finally realizing her mistakes. Book12 is taking Anne down. Who will surviveRachel Dead. No redemption. Wasn't expected on my endTeam up with Richard at the end?CALDERA you messed up SONDER as wellAnne likes you because your stronger than herAtmosphereWritingPlotAlex needs to take care of the Council and tries to rescue Anne InvestmentLogicMade sense how Levistus kept going up with failed opsEnjoymentMiscMorden RetirementThe Synthetic IntelligenceAnne trying to recruit 4 jinn Wants ETERNAL WARThe BLINK an infinite amount of time between regular body and new body“trapping” Talised in Shadow realmKilling Symmaris—too far?
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 08/28/2022
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-8
P-7
I-9
L-9
E-10
TOTAL-8.43/10
Just friggin wow. This is a Year later. Anne outed thanks to STUPID CALDERA!! But thanks to her Alex is back in business CAWPILECharactersAlex—Bonding with the Fateweaver. Can't play both sides. Embraces his “dark” side. Totally ruthless. Absolutely destroys Onyx, Pyre. Who are all gangster thugs for some reason. Really fell off.. Alex being controlled by Crystal. Can he stop using the fateweaver enough to be able to let anne heal him. Alex “cut” off a part of himself as well the decisive and accept consequences Shireen's “lie” Rachel has to be redeemed. No Rachel has to “turn”Cinder and Alex very similarOnyx—regressing. Not forward thinking only revengeAnne—Dark Anne in control again, but now Alex can't get to regular Anne. Anne should've known that wasn't Verus. Totally out of character for him. Totally destroys Sal SarqueRichard—he totally is a diviner!! But he has a Jinn.. he can shutdown Jinn with his dreamstone. His black magic is a JinnRachel—Super unstable, Alex drives more crazy with Meredith. She disintegrates his dreamstone. Has an Unstable Jinn AtmosphereAlex's desperation leaps of the page, but his shift in mentality, calm cool collected almost eerie after wardWritingA few nitpicks, Alex realizing something and we don't learn it till later. Phrases like I knew Richards magic. End chapter. A shorter book by about 50 pagesPlotAlex running from Council has to get stronger. Takes the Fateweaver. Joins with it in ELSEWHERE. Free's Anne from Richards control, but Anne is still dark Anne.—Forced Merge in the future I think. InvestmentChap 12 scary cool.LogicThe Growth of Alex was expected and yet totally unexpected. His ruthlessness has always been there, but subdued a little bit. Not any more.EnjoymentMiscIts that “easy?” you're powers are basically built for each other. But the more he uses it the more he TransformsLoss of Arachne. Council comes for her. The DRAGON freaking rescues her. Anne's family treat her like a servant.Caldera treats his life like a game now. Poor CalderaAlex's Final refusal of Richard Arachne's Letter.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 08/21/22
CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-5
W-6
P-8
I-8
L-6
E-8
TOTAL-6.86/10
Fun, good progression fantasy.
i feel weird about this book I feel like this book would've fared better with some better stakes. Also its weirdly disjointed, being that the whole book leads up to Rei being selected for a team but i was expecting his goal to be something a little higher up/more dire. Looking forward to see what happens next
CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-7
W-7
P-7
I-6
L-6
E-7
TOTAL-6.71/10
CAWPILECharactersDifferent characters every chapter, with a few repeats. Like that styleAtmosphereHaving lived through a plague, yes that's sometimes how it feelsWritingGood writing, good style choices.PlotIt's a plague with a plot to stop it. Works wellInvestmentLogicHaving lived through a plague, yes that's how people act. EnjoymentI enjoyed it. Its nice now that we are where we are. Reading this during the pandemic of 2020 would've been a little weird.MiscThe list of diseases at the end of book was great
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-6
W-8
P-8
I-9
L-9
E-9
TOTAL-8.14/10
CAWPILECharactersGrace Ryland is a fantastic character. Usually Amnesia plots are met with sadness because of obvious inconsistency or foolishness, but this was done masterfully where we continue to learn with the character his own backstory and our opinion and his own opinion change everytime we learn something new about him.Rocky: great fun. Little bit op can build anything. Loved his characterization though.Stratt: everything for Humanity.AtmosphereLots of time spent in a spaceship with a couple walks, easy to picture whats going on in ship. Nice place Ryland ends up.WritingThe writing was good, but there were a couple of spots where Present tense/Past tense were mixed up or at least it felt off to me. Loved that Weir chose xenon to make a metal for. Not directly relatable to us, easier to believe.Lots of Good lines. He buried his face in his hands and cried ( Climatologist)PlotAstrophage's are draining the sun. Ryland is on a spaceship to figure out why Tau Ceti isn't suffering the same way.InvestmentVery very exciting and fast paced. An incredibly strong connection to the MC. LogicEverything makes since to a layperson. I'm sure someone who is very in the know about things could probably point out some problems, but its SCI-FI, so those are ok but Andy Weir has clearly thought out a lot of things. The Eridians don't have eyes so they can't see, so of course they wouldn't have figured out radiation. We see light radiate, but without that we might not know either. I loved that the science was dumb enough that I could understand it but still smart enough to be correct.The learning of languages on both sides. Musical notes and sightEnjoymentMiscPoor Climatologist. Ordering nuclear bombing of Antartica. How do I want to die in space. (nitrogen, Heroin, Gun shot)At least only 1 awkward sex sceneRealistic Mechanic talk, can't be tight if a liquid. Hit it a couple of times.Coma MachineRyland going back to save Rocky because astrophages ate his fuel, sacrificing his chance to go home.Rocky nearly dying to save Ryland on shipStratt doesn't care. Only about saving humanity.Everything Every Created is on the Spaceship! I would love itAm I a guinea pig. I am a guinea pig.
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Burned
Benedict Jacka
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-7
P-8
I-9
L-9
E-10
TOTAL-8.43/10
Book 7 and boy is it heating upStarts with a Call BTW your death is scheduledCAWPILECharactersALEX LEVISTUS LANDIS Symmaris, CHALICEArachne you need to align or become a GREAT power. Helakion—I wish he had better advice than just cut and run. Don't care about peopleSenior Council are bunch of losers.Alex's Shop Morden SONDER and CALDERA better figure some things outLuna and Variam together.. Alex and Anne togetherAtmosphereDeath of the Shop and his MistcloakWritingThe countdown of everyday making it feel .Resign from Assignment. And face death sentence or stay and face assassination. How about don't pressure death.PlotI know Levistus has a hard on for killing Alex, but surely the other senior council members can think for themselves. Hey we don't want him to work with Richard. Lets alienate him even more from us. What can we do to help ourselves prevent him from turning. Kill him. Of course. Its not like anybody has tried that before. The only way they get him is through Luna which isn't a very light mage thing to do.InvestmentHard time putting the book downLogicCharacters make choices consistent with their character even if the logic for doing it, isn't the smartestEnjoymentLike for Like. Come to beat. Get beat. Come to kill get killed.. Teaching new Adepts/Sensitives/Mages about how things work. Why so scared of him.MiscWhy Does RICHARD want Alex so badly. Drives Rachel crazy. Deleo Redemption arc dragon prophecy.Alex Tricking anne awayAlex and Anne on the runTalk with the "SPD basically” whats that sword. Super strength speed, but murder rampage. What do you use it for. I don't. Why have it then. So nobody else goes on a murderous rampage of course. The Assassin's getting mad Alex won't just give up and die. Grenade throw back
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 07/31/2022
