Emaan

3.5 stars. I guess I've grown out of these books, I'm glad I have because although they were a good pastime when I was 11 I think my taste is more refined. Onto a new book!

Re-read #2: I would read this book forever if I just knew that the pain would bring something good in the 3rd book. Just knowing I have to wait a whole 24 hours for my copy of ACFTL to be redelivered is a pain but I guess I'm going to have to deal with it.

Edit:
It's been almost an hour and all I feel is pain. It was definitely a beautiful book. I had an idea of what would happen, again, it wasn't all that hard to guess. I just wish it never happened how it did.

You could tell when Jacks began feeling more for her, I felt it exactly when Evangeline did. Probably even before. Don't get me started on his need to go back into the past to win Donatella, that stuff annoyed the life out of me. I don't know how it didn't happen, like why did she not die when he kissed her? Was it because he finally believed his curse as a fate was dying out or was it because he thought with complete genuity that she was his one true love? I am under the belief that it was the latter, I think in order for him to not kill the person he kisses he needs to believe they are his one true love.

That brings me onto my next point, even Evangeline noticed that his “love” for Donatella was more of an obsession to get back what he previously had just for the purpose of gaining back his ‘humanity' in some form or another. She mentions this to him and he turns it down.

Now it brings me onto a question I've been thinking about sinces Jacks' heartbeat was recognised in the first book, did he ever have a heartbeat at the start? Or was it reinduced when he met Evangeline? Like come on, I need concrete details because I'm going to suffer until I can get my hands on the third book.

All in all, the Valor queen was right, time took back something in return for Jacks changing it. It was frequently foreshadowed that Evangeline would lose her memories of Jacks and he never thought of that possibility when it came to sending her off after travelling back in time. He said that nothing was equal to bringing Evangeline back to life, I believed it until it hit me that deep down Jacks wouldn't have wanted her to lose all her memories of him. I don't even want to know how badly it will affect him to know that Apollo wiped her clean of her memories. It does make me wonder how they will find their way back to each other though.

Re-read #3: I love this book so much and I'm pretty sure I could read it thousands of more times, have it written into my brain, and still not tire of it. I think it's genuinely my comfort book.

EDIT: Re-read #2 done and this book never fails to amaze me. Onto tbona rr#2 and then, hopefully, acftl.

EDIT: Reread 1, 11th September
Impromptu read done, I can confirm that this book will continue to be 5 stars. It's just so beautiful.
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Original: Never thought I'd finish this today. I was on the verge of falling into a reading slump after finding some not-so-interesting books. This one was full of fluffy scenes, a bit of action and a puzzle that wasn't hard to figure out. It was a light hearted book that got me out of whatever I was dealing with and I'm so disappointed to find out that I have to wait until September/October just to read the final book when I'll likely finish the 2nd tomorrow.

Do I regret reading the book? Not quite. It actually gives me so much hope for the Caraval series as this one was frequently suggested to be worse.

I have to admit that this book got to me for the first 200 pages, the last 200 reeled me in though. I can safely say that this has brought my rating up to a 3.5 stars.

I loved Celia and Marco's relationship, after knowing each other for 16 years they were both willing to die for one another. Their ending was a little disappointing though, as wholesome as it was for them to end up together roaming the circus without being seen by anyone else ever again, I would have hoped to know they were dead instead. A little mean, I know, I can't help it though.

Aside from the many POVs I found pointless and the pain of not being able to give up, this book did interest me and I couldn't wait to get it over with (again, it sounds mean but I'm not embellishing the god honest truth). I wanted to know what was happening but I also wanted it to end so I'm glad that happened today. I don't think I would've lasted tomorrow.

I just love any formula one book. Especially ones that are unbiased. This one was purely stats based, technically speaking. One thing I found interesting was how it said that James Allison was technical director when he only just came back from making boats(?) Not that I don't mind the addition, it was just quite unexpected.

This book was a joy to read after dealing with the gruelling part/side of Escaping From Houdini. Having Thomas' pov is a good way of learning more about him, especially with having Audrey Rose's pov for the first 3 books. This book was refreshing and preferable as a secondary joint of the series. I definitely recommend reading this alongside the main series.

Success!!! I finished my second read over 9 months faster than I did my first. The book is 4 stars just because I understand my past self and my mood reader tendencies. They are what made me read consistently starting from last year

I'm no longer the child I was when I first read this a while ago so the rating will go down to 4.5 stars, that doesn't mean it was worse this time but just means I was a little more critical of my own tastes. I hope I enjoy the wicked king a bit more than I did last year

Now, after 3 and a half years, I have to give this book 3 stars. There is something distinctly discomforting about Warners character and I doubt there are any redeemable actions from future books that can change that. He is the only person I have a problem with as of now, I know that I'll have a problem with Juliette soon enough as well so I'm questioning if it would be right to read on further. Right now, I'm taking a break from the book.

This book was worth my time after the first, usually the 2nd book in any series/duology is nothing compared to the first but this one was amazing. It lacked nothing, it was nothing short of amazing. It wasn't intensely one of my favourites or else I would have given it a rare 5 stars but it was definitely one of the best I've read in the last few months

3.5 stars!

The amount I can read sometimes truly startles me. When there are no distractions, I can get through books quite quickly and it's truly a blessing in disguise

Rating has gone from 4 stars to 4.5 stars!!

¤ Reading Goal: 110 books

I will not deny it, when I first started reading this I was about to stop reading. The first many pages bored me a lot, precisely until it got to a more action filled part at the beginning. Aside from the first part, this book was amazing and I recommend to anyone who will be willing to spare themselves 40 pages, give or take, of intense boredom. I'm telling you, it's truly worth every minute.

I will not be continuing to read this book. I reached page 44 before having enough. Upon realising there was a zionist inspired character in this I decided to read more into the controversies in the book. There was so much more to this author such as being in conversation with the Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organisation of America. As well as not crediting the work of a game programmer and completely disregarding them. This book within the first 44 pages completely glorified everything that was wrong in the world and all the reviews I have seen do not bring any of this up and I wish these looked past the words they see on a page. It's so much bigger than a game inspired by WW2 where people can be labeled as Nazi's, a guy wanting American born Jews to know about the true history of Israel. These are the authors opinions in written form, this is a projection of what she believes and I will not have any part in deluding myself into thinking that they are just words on a page.

°••☆••°2024 Years in Books°••☆••°

Reading Goal: 104
Books Read so far: 26

》Goals《
• Read 104 books
• Continue being active on goodreads
• Attempt to review every book I read
• Read 100 pages/day
• Read books of different genres
• Read books based on mood, don't feel compelled to read something when I don't want to
• Don't try to read series all in one go, more likely to fall into a reading slump
• Do not fall into a reading slump at all

☆2024 new releases☆
■ The Atlas of Us (09/01)
■ The Ever Queen (26/01)
■ If Only I Had Told Her (06/02)
■ The Prisoner's Throne (05/03)
■ The Primal of Blood and Bone (Spring 2024)
■ Born of Blood and Ash (07/05)
□ Reckless (02/07)
□ The Darkness Within Us (09/07)
□A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (01/08)
□ Wisteria (20/08)


24 books in 2024
1. If Only I Had Told Her ✅
2. The Ever Queen 
3. The Prisoner's Throne ✅
4. Reckless
5. Wisteria
6. The Atlas of Us
7. Throne of Glass (and the rest but they take up too much room) ✅
8. The Burning God ✅
9. Babel
10. Family of Liars ✅
11. Ruthless Vows ✅
12. A Light in the Flame
13. A Soul of Ash and Blood
14. Portrait of a Scotsman
15. This Cursed Light ✅
16. A Duet with the Siren Duke
17. Children of Fallen Gods
18. The Darkness Within Us
19. Spark of the Everflame
20. The Book of Azrael ✅
21. Serpent & Dove ✅
22. Empire of the Vampire
23. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the sea
24. The Library of Shadows ✅

Series I want to finish/get up to date with
> The Last Finestra (2/2) ✅
> The Ever Seas (2/3)
> The Stolen Heir (2/2) ✅
> The Powerless Trilogy (2/3)
> Belladonna (2/3)
> The Poppy War (3/3) ✅
> We Were Liars (2/2) ✅
> Letters of Enchantment (2/2) ✅
> Blood and Ash (4/6)
> Flesh and Fire (1/4)
> Red Queen (2/6)
> A League of Extraordinary Women (2/4)
> Married to Magic (3/5)
> The War of Lost Hearts (1/4)
> The Shadows Between Us (1/2)
> Dangerous Damsels (1/3)
> Entangled with Fae (2/5)


Series I want to read
> Throne of Glass (4/8) [Going to treat it as if it's new]
> Kindred's Curse (0/4)
> Gods and Monsters (1/2)
> Serpent & Dove (1/3)
> The Scarlet Veil (1/2)
> Empire of the Vampire (0/2)
> The Library Trilogy (0/3)
> Crescent City (0/3)
> The Atlas Six (0/3)
> Sisters of the Salt (0/2)
> All the Stars and Teeth (1/2)
> Lightlark (1/2)

Books I want to re-read:
♡ If He Had Been With Me
♡ The Stolen Heir
♡ A Study in Drowning
♡ Letters to the Lost
♡ Throne of Glass ✅
♡ Red Queen & Glass Sword
♡ Powerless ✅️
♡ The Shadows Between Us

Total pages read in 2024: 7,375

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January
Total Books: 8
Average Rating: 4.0
Favourite Book(s): The Unmaking of June Farrow
Least Favourite Book(s): Lightlark
DNF's: 0

■ This Cursed light ⭐⭐⭐⭐
■ The Book of Azrael ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ Ruthless Vows ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ Lightlark ⭐⭐⭐
■ All the Stars and Teeth ⭐⭐⭐.5
■ The Unmaking of June Farrow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
■ Sorcery of Thorns ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ Throne of Glass (rr)

Total Pages: 3,696


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February
Total Books: 8
Average Rating: 4.19
Favourite Book(s): If You Could See the Sun
Least Favourite Book(s): The Library of Shadows, If Only I Had Told Her
DNF's: 0

■ The Scarlet Veil ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ Family of Liars ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ If You Could See the Sun ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
■ The Library of Shadows ⭐⭐⭐.5
■ The Drowning Faith ⭐⭐⭐⭐
■ The Burning God ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
■ If Only I Had Told Her ⭐⭐⭐.5
■ Serpent & Dove ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Total Pages: 3,223


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March
Total Books:
Average Rating:
Favourite Book(s):
Least Favourite Book(s):
DNF's:

■ The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
■ Crown of Midnight
■ This Time It's Real
■ I Hope This Doesn't Find You
■ The Prisoner's Throne
■ These Violent Delights
■ The Dead Romantics

It was a nice, easy read but Cardan is heavily right about Taryn being wicked. Holly Black could never make me like her and I'm pretty glad for it

Help, this was so good. I cannot believe that I just read this and found it to be so beautiful. Going from the first part all the way to this, Maas stepped up with her writing.

All I have to say is damn. I remembered this book being good but the last 70 pages probably tore something in me. I don't remembering shedding tears at any point previously, but I did this time.
It always brings me back to one thought though, how do people love Maven? He is a red flag, the biggest red flag to exist. Normal people like Cal aren't even given a second look and it surprises me so much. People hold completely different expectations in book characters.

My original rating was 5 stars but I'm now shoving it down to 4 because the book is no equal of ouabh and tbona, unfortunately

This was so difficult to get into, maybe its because I've not read TOG at all until this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC.

I usually go for YA when I read, so when I came across the blurb for this regency historical fiction I was instantly intrigued. I was under the impression that this would be as good as other historical romances I have read in the past. However, the author didn't do it justice.

While the author wrote about the main social constructs of the time perfectly, I thought her romance craft and tone in the writing to be more on the juvenile side.

I read this as a standalone from the first book, An Improbable Season, and all opinions are my own.

This was beautiful. This story was everything and had all the positivity needed. It shows Celaena, yet again, in a brilliant light. No matter her profession, she continues to have humanity.

—”For wherever you need to go – and then some. The world needs more healers.”

I genuinely love how Celaena gave Yrene her ruby necklace as well as a full pouch of gold. She taught her self-defense and saved her life. Now, it comes to a point where you wonder, Celaena gave her so much and will that lead them into crossing paths again.