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This was so good. Nina LaCour's writing has not dissapointed me thus far, I'm excited to read more of her work!

I've read We Are Okay and this is similar to that but different too. In short words, it's about the aftermath of a girl who's best friend had committed suicide. I think I might put this as my favorite book by Nina for now, I liked how the journal entries gave us insights about how Caitlin's best friend, Ingrid thinks. There were a few parts that absolutely broke me. The teacher, Mrs Delani is a great addition to the plot and when she explained why she's been acting all cold to Caitlin and told her about the pictures Ingrid had been taking of Caitlin, my tears were streaming down my face before I knew it. The ending was so wonderful, I was really satisfied with it.

If you enjoyed We Are Okay, you're most likely going to like this too!

2nd read 2022: I think this series REQUIRES rereads. The amount of clues and foreshadowing that I never gave a tinge of attention to the first time around is so fun to encounter in this second reading. This is a series that brings fans together theorizing every single possibility and beyond, and I think it's only going to go further with the release of Nona this coming September. Will definitely revisit HtN because that is a whole other level of satisfying-confusing material right there.

Orginal review:

This was a deadly good read! In all seriousness though, I went into the book with some spoilers for the ending but still got so many surprises out of this. I didn't expect it to be so whack? The best way I could describe the overall vibes of this book is the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie but combine that with NECROMANCY. This is my first necromancy-themed fantasy book that I've read so I don't have much to compare to but I found the world building incredibly interesting. The author is very clever to never reveal too much at once and leaves you wanting to know more about something but only to get that answer you want much further in the book.

The characters in this were top-notch too. I'll have to say that Gideon Nav is definitely one of my favorite protagonists of the year. Her humor is relatable and I loved her interactions with everyone too. Her relationship with Harrowhark was also stellarly done and I can't wait to see how they will affect each other in the sequels.

Gideon, here's a bed of writhing babes. It's the cloisterites, though, so they're ninety percent osteoporosis.

Finally, I think overall I really enjoyed this. There were moments where I got lost in the story but most of them were explained(loosely sometimes) but I have high hopes for the sequels and I hope they live up to this incredible debut! It's a book with humor, action, friendships and MOVING BONES/SKELETONS. Also, there are hints of romance between the two protagonists but we'll have to see how that plays out in the series.

This book is just okay for my taste and I did enjoy it but it wasn't that enticing as the first one. I will be reading the 3rd book but only just because I want to know what happens at the end.

The end got me hard. The quick and short chapters were great and it got more interesting the more I read. Love the Liars, my heart aches for all of them.

This 19hour audiobook has taken me about 3 months to get through but it is definitely an interesting listen.

I tried to read the ebook version of it but couldn't get through it quickly so decided to listen to it instead. I'm not American or in any way extremely interested in politics but this wasn't an issue for me. The book is narrated by Michelle Obama herself and let me tell you this, although I have not listened to many audiobooks, her voice is very soothing to the ears. She talks about her life from when she was a little girl all the way up to her experiences as the First Lady of the United States. I found the most interesting parts of the books to be when she talks about her life in the White House and how she deals with all of the pressure being the First Lady.

Overall a good listen, though it took me a long time to go through it was worth it!