This is the second book (and series) I’ve read by Sarah J. Maas, and while I enjoyed the other more, I still plan on continuing with this series (mostly because the second book in her other series doesn’t come out for months BOO HISS). Celaena Sardothien is a world-renowned assassin who has been enslaved in a work camp for the past year, for…I just realized I have no idea why. I guess for being an assassin and because the king doesn’t like her (the feeling […]
In which Temeraire has a lot of sex.
Gotta say, this one disappointed me. It is a truth universally acknowledged, the length of a series is inversely proportional to the quality of writing. Maybe not universally acknowledged, but it should be? We know Naomi Novik has mastered pacing, and can write, and is good at creating well-fleshed characters. However, if you didn’t know this about her and read this book, no one would blame you for thinking she was still figuring out her voice. Temeraire loses Laurence to a storm off the coast of […]
I still don’t know what to do with this.
It’s been days since I finished this, and I still don’t know what I think about it. I don’t even know if I liked it or if I hated it or if it was a good ending or a bad ending, or if it was even an ending. Like, yes, OBVIOUSLY it was an ending literally because the series is over, but good endings FEEL like endings, you know? Does that answer my question as to whether this is good or not? I have no […]
Blood Will Divide and Conquer
Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: Mare is a poor girl is a red village. Reds are inferior to the Silvers, who have silver blood running through their veins and incredible abilities to go with them. Mare believes she has no talent so she steals for her family. One night she meets Cal who gets her a job as a servant in the palace. It turns out Cal is a prince and not only a prince, but The Crown Prince of Norta. On Mare’s first day, she […]