Crystal

This book gives a great deal of backstory and makes you look at Haymitch in a different light than we all likely did back when the OG Hungar Games books/movies came out. l'd say it's a great addition to the series and ties the most recent book and the 0G series together nicely.

Since the movie is going to be coming out and I wanted to listen to the audiobook first. It's definitely suspenseful and pretty dark. If you have any triggers surrounding pregnancy this will not be the book for you. It's certainly a mind bender though and you really hate the main antagonist pretty early in the book.

This book is spicy, with witches and political alliances. It started a little slow but picked up about two chapters in and did not stop. Fair warning it's a bit of a cliffhanger ending so I'm anxiously awaiting the next book now. I listened to this one on audible and had to speed it up to 1.2 because of how slowly she spoke for effect.

This book is actually based on a real person, although not everything in the book actually happened it was a fantastic book that takes you back to the 1700's to follow a woman who was ahead of her time. Truly phenomenal book, I listened to the audio version but enjoyed it so much I bought a physical version to have on my shelf. Which I don't normally do for books that aren't in a series.

This series keeps you on your toes, I'm usually quick to figure out exactly what's going to happen so it's rare when a book surprises me. A lot of the threads that began in the first book come together towards the end of this one beautifully. It will be a long while until we get another book in this series, but I'll be here be impatiently waiting.

As always, I really enjoy stepping into worlds created by Sarah J. Maas. I was left heartbroken by the Assassins Blade and now in Throne of Glass there is a whole new world to consider with Characters that dance upon the line of friend or foe right up until the very end. I'm excited to learn more about all of them and hopefully soon, delve deeper into Celesna's past and how it will effect not only her future but everyone else's as well.

This book was such a treat. As the book spans across many, many, years it alternates chapters between the present and the past. My one regret is that listened to this on audible rather than reading the physical book. (Not because of the voice acting, she did a phenomenal job) just because think it would have been easier for me to keep up with what time we were in. The characters will make you reflect and think about what you might do in their shoes. And makes you question what it means to really live, and love, and be present in the moments. Perhaps my most favorite part though, brought about nostalgia from my love of Little Women, in the end you find out one of the characters was writing the book all along.

Fantastic book! Not only fun, but the mystery keeps you guessing through the entire book. I truly enjoyed imagining these ladies traipsing around solving a murder that all the men around them seemed set to sweep under the rug. You will come to love each character and their personalities, they are in some ways the most unlikely of friends and yet they turn into the absolute best of friends.

What an incredible book.

Historical fiction based on real people are becoming one of my favorites. This book follows several women during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Majority of the women in this book were real people, including Mildred Fish-Harnack who was an American woman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she became a key figure in the German resistance against the Nazi regime. She was executed by the Nazis in 1943 on direct orders from Hitler, making her the only American woman to be executed by his direct command during World War I.

This book will make you question yourself, what would you have done in their shoes, it may even make you question yourself now in present times. It's not all war and secret resistance either, they had lives, families, and in the beginning you can see how different they were and yet how they came to know one another and band together to the very end.

I don't want to spoil it, but I'm so glad Rowan was introduced. Definitely funny to hear myself say that now, because I hated him at first. She really needed the growth he ushered in, and I just love all the new characters you end up meeting throughout this book. I can't wait to start reading the next one to see her really own what she is capable of!!

#1. If you want to read this book, and you enjoy audiobooks. You MUST get the audio version of this one. It's seriously one of the best I've listened to narrator wise, and the added sounds really put you in the book.

#2. If you've read the Martian you likely don't need a review to tell you that Andy Weir is a fantastic writer.

#3. The story is phenomenal and makes you feel for the situations and characters. I did cry multiple times, and also actually shouted "NOOO0" out load when things were going arry.

#4. I didn't know when I first began listening that they are turning it into a movie. I really hope they do it justice, bc if they do it, will be a phenomenal movie. (As was The Martian.)

I have to say that Rowan shows back up right at the point where you're just like ok, how much longer till he gets to be part of this story again?! Lol just love the banter, and mutual respect they have for one another. I can't wait to see their love story continue to blossom. Definitely a slow-burner.

There were a lot of twists and turns that didn't necessarily see coming which isn't that surprising because Sarah J. Maas does that really well in her writing.

But......

You know when you are just reading and in your mind, you're like, oh yeah totally know how all these different strands of the story are going to link up, and then....all of the sudden in a briliantly crafted series of paragraphs, everything you thought you understood is flipped on its head?! That is how the entire storyline with Manon, Elide, Kaltain was for me! I'm so intrigued by how the thirteen and Elide are going to play into the rest of the story now!

Great book, a little slower in the beginning I felt. But once they actually get overseas it starts to really pick up. It's incredible to think of what women like them went though during the war and how much their service impacted women for generations to come! I recommend this read if only to hear their stores. I am fond of this author and how she brings real life stories into her fiction.

After reading Hail Mary recently, I was craving Andy Weirs work so decided to listen to the audiobook for The Martian. I'd seen the movie before but had not read the book. As always it did not disappoint! If you've been living under a rock and have never seen the movie or heard of the book. Please go check it out. It's an incredible story of one mans fight for survival on Mars. He is clever, whitty, and wicked smart. That's all i'll say, just go read the book! You won't regret it!