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House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
3.0

I truly cannot explain the hold SJM books have on me. The world building is so shaky and yet so horny. Every single character has been engineered to have the most tragic backstory and yet also the most special abilities, which have to be constantly recontextualized when other characters' special abilities are unlocked. There are so many characters that I cannot keep track of any of them from chapter to chapter, let alone from book to book.

This Crescent City series is so bonkers because it's some kind of urban fantasy and I simply do not believe that SJM understand how technology works in real life. In this world the internet is unironically called "the interweb." In this world mermaids have underwater glass domes to protect their computers from getting wet. In this world mermaids also use otters to send mail.

I read all 800 pages of this in like a week, no notes.

SpoilerI AM OBSESSED WITH THE ENDING WHERE BRYCE TELEPORTS INTO THE WORLD OF ACOTAR!! SJM BUILDING HER OWN MULTIVERSE!!! MAAS-IVERSE!!! WHAT THE HELL