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1) The Cruel Prince - ★★★★★
2) The Wicked King - ★★★★.5
3) The Queen of Nothing - ★★★★★
3.5) How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories - ★★★★★
WARNING, THERE MAY BE SPOILERS, BECAUSE I PUT A LOT OF QUOTES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
This book was, the epitome of perfection. Was this book needed? Absolutely not. Did this book add anything to the original trilogy? No, not really. Was is it still one of the best books I’ve read this year? ABSOLUTELY.
I love this series with everything I am. This series is my escapism, it’s my pride and joy, it’s my everything. It’s helped me through so many hard times in my life, and I love these characters with my whole, blackened soul. Even though this book wasn’t needed, it was deeply appreciated by me.
First I want to talk about the art, on everything that this book holds. The cover, fucking beautiful, the in-pages, to die for, the naked cover, gives me life, but then we get into the art inside. The art inside this book cures my depression. Rowena Cal (the illustrator) has no right being such a good artist. This art has NO RIGHTS to make me cry over its perfection.
And then the writing. Holly Black’s writing is devastatingly beautiful. These quotes make me want to sob (I actually did shed a few tears during this, believe it or not). Holly Black, I swear I will read anything you write from now on, I’ll even read your middle grade series.
And even though we didn’t see the scene where Cardan wrote Jude’s name on paper a hundred times, or the scene in his perspective where he gets a knife to his throat, we get to see his repressed trauma, and his backstory. And it made me love one of my favorite characters even more than I already do.
Now it’s time for all the quotes i tabbed, because you guys need these quotes in your life.
”A prince of Faerie, nourished on cat milk and contempt, born into a family overburdened with heirs, with a nasty little prophecy hanging over his head—since the hour of Cardan’s birth, he has been alternately adored and despised. Perhaps it’s no surprise that he turned out the way he did; the only surprise is that he managed to become the High King of Elfhame anyway.
Some might think of him as a strong deauthorize, burning the back of one’s throat, but invigorating all the same.
You might beg to differ.
So long as you’re begging, he doesn’t mind a bit.”
pg. 1 “Thisis how you traveled? What if the enchantment ended while Vivi wasn’t with you?
I suppose I would have plummeted out of the air.”
pg. 17 ”Cardan had grown up in the palace, a wild thing to be cosseted by courtiers and scowled at by the High King. No one much liked him, and he told himself he cared little for anyone else. And if he sometimes thought about how he might do something to win his father’s favor, something to make the Court respect him and love him, he kept that to himself. He certainly asked no one to tell him stories, and yet he found it was nice to be told one. He kept that to himself, too.”
pg. 27 ”Cardan didn’t flinch, but for the first time, he understood that as terrible as things had been up to now, something worse might yet be ahead.”
pg. 37 ”You must be Prince Cardan.,” she said.
“And you’re the princess of fishes.” He sneered, making sure she knew he wasn’t impressed. “Over whom everyone is making an enormous fuss.”
pg. 40 ”Villains were wonderful. They got to be cruel and selfish, to preen in front of mirrors and poison apples, and trap girls on mountains of glass. They indulged all their worst impulses, revenged themselves for the least offense, and took every last thing they wanted.
And sure, they wound up in barrels studded with nails, or dancing in iron shoes heated by fire, not just dead, but disgraced and screaming.
But before they got what was coming to them, they got to be the fairest in the land.”
pg. 47 ”The sight of human servants unnerved him. Their empty eyes and chapped lips. Nothing like the twins from the palace school.
He thought of one of those girls frowning over a book, pushing a lock of brown hair back over one oddly curved ear.
He thought of the way she looked at him, brows narrowed in suspicion.
Scornful, and alert. Awake. Alive.
He imagined her as a mindless servant and felt a rush of something he couldn’t quite untangle—horror, and also a sort of terrible relief. No ensorcelled human could look at him as she did.”
pg. 55 }The odd curve of her ear was what he had noticed first. A roundness echoed in her cheeks and her mouth. Then it was the way her body looked solid, as though meant to take up space and weight in the world. When she moved, she left behind footprints in the forest floor.”
pg. 57 “Jude, Cardan thought, hating even the shape of her name.Jude.”
pg. 124 ”And all through that night and for many nights after, he couldn’t rid his thoughts of her. Not the hatred in her eyes. That he understood. That he didn’t mind. It warmed him.
But the contempt made him feel as though she saw beneath all his sharp and polished edges. It reminded him of how his father and all of the Court had seen him, before he had learned how to shield himself with villainy.
And doomed as she was, he envied her whatever conviction made her stand there and defy him.
She ought to be nothing. She ought to be insignificant. She out not to matter.
He had to make her not matter.
But every night, Jude haunted him. The coils of her hair. The calluses of her fingers. And absent bite of her lip. It was too much, but he couldn’t stop.
It disgusted him that he couldn’t stop.”
pg. 125 “Choose a future,Balekin had commanded him when he’d first brought Cardan to Hollow Hall. But no one choose a future. You choose a path without being certain where it leads.
Choose one way and a monster rends your flesh.
Choose another and your heart turns to stone, or fire, or glass.”
pg. 146 & 147 ”Your pardon, might you have some means by which I can navigate your land?”
pg. 166 ”And you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my Queen. Do you not hear her footfalls? She has never quite managed the trick of hiding them as well as one of the Folk. Surely you’ve heard of her, Jude Duarte, who defeated the redcap Grima Mog, who brought the Court of Teeth to their knees? She’s forever getting me out of scrapes. Truly, I don’t know what I would do without her.”
2) The Wicked King - ★★★★.5
3) The Queen of Nothing - ★★★★★
3.5) How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories - ★★★★★
WARNING, THERE MAY BE SPOILERS, BECAUSE I PUT A LOT OF QUOTES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
This book was, the epitome of perfection. Was this book needed? Absolutely not. Did this book add anything to the original trilogy? No, not really. Was is it still one of the best books I’ve read this year? ABSOLUTELY.
I love this series with everything I am. This series is my escapism, it’s my pride and joy, it’s my everything. It’s helped me through so many hard times in my life, and I love these characters with my whole, blackened soul. Even though this book wasn’t needed, it was deeply appreciated by me.
First I want to talk about the art, on everything that this book holds. The cover, fucking beautiful, the in-pages, to die for, the naked cover, gives me life, but then we get into the art inside. The art inside this book cures my depression. Rowena Cal (the illustrator) has no right being such a good artist. This art has NO RIGHTS to make me cry over its perfection.
And then the writing. Holly Black’s writing is devastatingly beautiful. These quotes make me want to sob (I actually did shed a few tears during this, believe it or not). Holly Black, I swear I will read anything you write from now on, I’ll even read your middle grade series.
And even though we didn’t see the scene where Cardan wrote Jude’s name on paper a hundred times, or the scene in his perspective where he gets a knife to his throat, we get to see his repressed trauma, and his backstory. And it made me love one of my favorite characters even more than I already do.
Now it’s time for all the quotes i tabbed, because you guys need these quotes in your life.
”A prince of Faerie, nourished on cat milk and contempt, born into a family overburdened with heirs, with a nasty little prophecy hanging over his head—since the hour of Cardan’s birth, he has been alternately adored and despised. Perhaps it’s no surprise that he turned out the way he did; the only surprise is that he managed to become the High King of Elfhame anyway.
Some might think of him as a strong deauthorize, burning the back of one’s throat, but invigorating all the same.
You might beg to differ.
So long as you’re begging, he doesn’t mind a bit.”
pg. 1 “Thisis how you traveled? What if the enchantment ended while Vivi wasn’t with you?
I suppose I would have plummeted out of the air.”
pg. 17 ”Cardan had grown up in the palace, a wild thing to be cosseted by courtiers and scowled at by the High King. No one much liked him, and he told himself he cared little for anyone else. And if he sometimes thought about how he might do something to win his father’s favor, something to make the Court respect him and love him, he kept that to himself. He certainly asked no one to tell him stories, and yet he found it was nice to be told one. He kept that to himself, too.”
pg. 27 ”Cardan didn’t flinch, but for the first time, he understood that as terrible as things had been up to now, something worse might yet be ahead.”
pg. 37 ”You must be Prince Cardan.,” she said.
“And you’re the princess of fishes.” He sneered, making sure she knew he wasn’t impressed. “Over whom everyone is making an enormous fuss.”
pg. 40 ”Villains were wonderful. They got to be cruel and selfish, to preen in front of mirrors and poison apples, and trap girls on mountains of glass. They indulged all their worst impulses, revenged themselves for the least offense, and took every last thing they wanted.
And sure, they wound up in barrels studded with nails, or dancing in iron shoes heated by fire, not just dead, but disgraced and screaming.
But before they got what was coming to them, they got to be the fairest in the land.”
pg. 47 ”The sight of human servants unnerved him. Their empty eyes and chapped lips. Nothing like the twins from the palace school.
He thought of one of those girls frowning over a book, pushing a lock of brown hair back over one oddly curved ear.
He thought of the way she looked at him, brows narrowed in suspicion.
Scornful, and alert. Awake. Alive.
He imagined her as a mindless servant and felt a rush of something he couldn’t quite untangle—horror, and also a sort of terrible relief. No ensorcelled human could look at him as she did.”
pg. 55 }The odd curve of her ear was what he had noticed first. A roundness echoed in her cheeks and her mouth. Then it was the way her body looked solid, as though meant to take up space and weight in the world. When she moved, she left behind footprints in the forest floor.”
pg. 57 “Jude, Cardan thought, hating even the shape of her name.Jude.”
pg. 124 ”And all through that night and for many nights after, he couldn’t rid his thoughts of her. Not the hatred in her eyes. That he understood. That he didn’t mind. It warmed him.
But the contempt made him feel as though she saw beneath all his sharp and polished edges. It reminded him of how his father and all of the Court had seen him, before he had learned how to shield himself with villainy.
And doomed as she was, he envied her whatever conviction made her stand there and defy him.
She ought to be nothing. She ought to be insignificant. She out not to matter.
He had to make her not matter.
But every night, Jude haunted him. The coils of her hair. The calluses of her fingers. And absent bite of her lip. It was too much, but he couldn’t stop.
It disgusted him that he couldn’t stop.”
pg. 125 “Choose a future,Balekin had commanded him when he’d first brought Cardan to Hollow Hall. But no one choose a future. You choose a path without being certain where it leads.
Choose one way and a monster rends your flesh.
Choose another and your heart turns to stone, or fire, or glass.”
pg. 146 & 147 ”Your pardon, might you have some means by which I can navigate your land?”
pg. 166 ”And you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my Queen. Do you not hear her footfalls? She has never quite managed the trick of hiding them as well as one of the Folk. Surely you’ve heard of her, Jude Duarte, who defeated the redcap Grima Mog, who brought the Court of Teeth to their knees? She’s forever getting me out of scrapes. Truly, I don’t know what I would do without her.”
DNF *sigh*
I really wanted to like this book. But, I felt bored. Originally I was reading this to read Crooked Kingdom and Six of Crows, but I felt uninterested.
Not to mention Alina annoyed me. I’m still gonna try and pick up Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, because I genuinely enjoyed Bardugo’s writing, but this just wasn’t for me. ):
I really wanted to like this book. But, I felt bored. Originally I was reading this to read Crooked Kingdom and Six of Crows, but I felt uninterested.
Not to mention Alina annoyed me. I’m still gonna try and pick up Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, because I genuinely enjoyed Bardugo’s writing, but this just wasn’t for me. ):
SEPTEMBER 16th 2019
⭐️4⭐️
REVIEW TO COME
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! MY MIND IS BLOWN!
Six of Crows is one of the best, (if not the best) YA fantasy I’ve ever fucking read. I can not tell you how much I enjoyed this book, nor can I tell you how much I appreciate it.
We follow our main character Kaz Brekker the criminal mastermind in the fantasy city of Ketterdam. It’s the number one city for trade, trouble, and tricks. (All T’s lmao). He had his group of people in his Crow gang (hence the title. And their is also six people in his little group), and they caused trouble around the city.
Kaz is offered like 30 million kertz (I think that was there currency. I wasn’t paying all to much attention for the first 100 pages of this book. I’ll get into that later), and Kaz being the villain he is (jk he’s my fucking husband and no one can hurt him), decides that he is going to seek out this mission for the money. He comes up with his crew of 6.
Inej (my child, and we Stan and ship her with Kaz for the rest of our mother fucking lives), Nina (my baby), Matthias (we don’t really Stan him that much), Wesley (WE FUCKING STAN HIM), and Jesper (who we also Stan). They all owe Kaz a sort of payment or debt in some way to Kaz or someone else, so Kaz is basically blackmailing most of them.
We learn some significant details about why we’re going on the adventure (which I won’t spoil for y’all), and the characters set off onto their heist to the Ice Court.
I’m just gonna say it right now, I FUCKING LOVED ‘SIX OF CROWS.’ And here is why. (I have way to many reasons but imma narrow it down to 3.)
The characters in this book were OUTSTANDING. I wish I could give Leigh Bardugo a standing FUCKING ovation. Her character descriptions, depth, and development (Look their all D’s lmao) is astonishing. I remember trying to read ‘Shadow and Bone’ (also Leigh Bardugo) And DNF’ed it for the same reason here. Except it was be opposite. I couldn’t get into her characters. In this book I think that the characters are so flawed out and written so well, and I just grew attached to them all. (Even though I still don’t love Matthias lmao)
While the world can be confusing at times, I thought the world building was still phenomenal. Since this duology is a spin-off of ‘The Grisha Trilogy’, the world wasn’t as thawed out as it was in their because you are usually expected to read that series first. But I didn’t. And again, I got confused but I think the world building was exquisite.
I LOVE THE 3RD PERSON IN THIS BOOK! It’s crazy to me. 1st person is usually my go to, and when I see or start reading a book in 3rd person I internally groan. But, IT WAS DONE OUTSTANDING. This book wouldn’t have been as good in 1st person. The way Leigh Bardugo switches from characters in 3RD PERSON IS SO INSANE! I just-I-I think I would have loved ‘Shadow in Bone’ if it was in 3rd person and I can’t believe I’m saying that. I loved the way Leigh Bardugo took 3rd person POV and twisted and turned it into her own and I absolutely loved it.
I’m gonna say something though. The first 100-150 pages are a bit hard to get into a bit confusing. But, I SWEAR TO GOD THEY GET BETTER.
Also, we have 2 badass female leads and 4 badass male leads and I LIVED for it.
And finally, I LOVED HEARING THE BAD GUYS STORIES! We always hear about the good characters in stories. We always hear about the princess that needs saving, or the badass GOOD female heroine, and we never read about THE BAD characters. And I loved doing something new with this book. It was refreshing and enjoyable reading about the villains and why the way they are. What possesses them to do these things. Why are they doing these things. HOW did they do these things. I think Leigh Bardugo also did an amazing job of telling us a short backstory within 10-15 pages. We got subtle glimpses into the characters pasts, but it was enough to make us UNDERSTAND why they do the things they do, and what their going through and I just loved learning these things. Reading about the ‘bad guys’ and villains was refreshing and new. Something I usually don’t read about.
*Favorite Characters*
Inej and Kaz or AKA the BIGGEST FUCKING SHIP OF ALL TIME
⭐️4⭐️
REVIEW TO COME
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! MY MIND IS BLOWN!
Six of Crows is one of the best, (if not the best) YA fantasy I’ve ever fucking read. I can not tell you how much I enjoyed this book, nor can I tell you how much I appreciate it.
We follow our main character Kaz Brekker the criminal mastermind in the fantasy city of Ketterdam. It’s the number one city for trade, trouble, and tricks. (All T’s lmao). He had his group of people in his Crow gang (hence the title. And their is also six people in his little group), and they caused trouble around the city.
Kaz is offered like 30 million kertz (I think that was there currency. I wasn’t paying all to much attention for the first 100 pages of this book. I’ll get into that later), and Kaz being the villain he is (jk he’s my fucking husband and no one can hurt him), decides that he is going to seek out this mission for the money. He comes up with his crew of 6.
Inej (my child, and we Stan and ship her with Kaz for the rest of our mother fucking lives), Nina (my baby), Matthias (we don’t really Stan him that much), Wesley (WE FUCKING STAN HIM), and Jesper (who we also Stan). They all owe Kaz a sort of payment or debt in some way to Kaz or someone else, so Kaz is basically blackmailing most of them.
We learn some significant details about why we’re going on the adventure (which I won’t spoil for y’all), and the characters set off onto their heist to the Ice Court.
I’m just gonna say it right now, I FUCKING LOVED ‘SIX OF CROWS.’ And here is why. (I have way to many reasons but imma narrow it down to 3.)
The characters in this book were OUTSTANDING. I wish I could give Leigh Bardugo a standing FUCKING ovation. Her character descriptions, depth, and development (Look their all D’s lmao) is astonishing. I remember trying to read ‘Shadow and Bone’ (also Leigh Bardugo) And DNF’ed it for the same reason here. Except it was be opposite. I couldn’t get into her characters. In this book I think that the characters are so flawed out and written so well, and I just grew attached to them all. (Even though I still don’t love Matthias lmao)
While the world can be confusing at times, I thought the world building was still phenomenal. Since this duology is a spin-off of ‘The Grisha Trilogy’, the world wasn’t as thawed out as it was in their because you are usually expected to read that series first. But I didn’t. And again, I got confused but I think the world building was exquisite.
I LOVE THE 3RD PERSON IN THIS BOOK! It’s crazy to me. 1st person is usually my go to, and when I see or start reading a book in 3rd person I internally groan. But, IT WAS DONE OUTSTANDING. This book wouldn’t have been as good in 1st person. The way Leigh Bardugo switches from characters in 3RD PERSON IS SO INSANE! I just-I-I think I would have loved ‘Shadow in Bone’ if it was in 3rd person and I can’t believe I’m saying that. I loved the way Leigh Bardugo took 3rd person POV and twisted and turned it into her own and I absolutely loved it.
I’m gonna say something though. The first 100-150 pages are a bit hard to get into a bit confusing. But, I SWEAR TO GOD THEY GET BETTER.
Also, we have 2 badass female leads and 4 badass male leads and I LIVED for it.
And finally, I LOVED HEARING THE BAD GUYS STORIES! We always hear about the good characters in stories. We always hear about the princess that needs saving, or the badass GOOD female heroine, and we never read about THE BAD characters. And I loved doing something new with this book. It was refreshing and enjoyable reading about the villains and why the way they are. What possesses them to do these things. Why are they doing these things. HOW did they do these things. I think Leigh Bardugo also did an amazing job of telling us a short backstory within 10-15 pages. We got subtle glimpses into the characters pasts, but it was enough to make us UNDERSTAND why they do the things they do, and what their going through and I just loved learning these things. Reading about the ‘bad guys’ and villains was refreshing and new. Something I usually don’t read about.
*Favorite Characters*
Inej and Kaz or AKA the BIGGEST FUCKING SHIP OF ALL TIME
I’m just gonna DNF this for now because I keep picking it up and putting it down. (Considering I’ve been reading it since September)
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TRIGGER WARNINGS AT THE END, SPOILERS
So I wake up this morning with a throat so sore, I can’t even swallow. That means I’m not going to school. So I open Goodreads and I scroll, and I see someone give this book a glowing review. My mind takes me back to April 2020 when I bought the audiobook of this, and DNF’ed shortly after. I open Audible, and scroll through my audiobooks to see this book, which I was about 30% maybe 40% into. My brain says, “yes, let’s listen.” So now, here I am about 6 hours later, my mind blown into a thousand pieces by this book.
This was amazing. One of the best books I’ve read all year in fact! This book almost reminded me of the feeling Truly Devious gave me, back when I read it last April. I was shocked by all the twists. The suspects always added and deduced, and the case change so frequently my guesses were always changing.
There was only one thing I was absolutely sure of in the end, and that was a pretty minor thing. Overall, this was so great. I loved Pippa, her friends, and of course Ravi (idk how to spell names as i listened to this on audio, sorry!) Who was like a human golden retriever.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Drugs, violence, murder, death, references to sexual assault/rape, references to suicide, addiction, drug dealing, death threats, and of course, men being trash.
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FIRST DNF MAY 20, 2019
Gonna DNF this until I feel in the mood for it again
So I wake up this morning with a throat so sore, I can’t even swallow. That means I’m not going to school. So I open Goodreads and I scroll, and I see someone give this book a glowing review. My mind takes me back to April 2020 when I bought the audiobook of this, and DNF’ed shortly after. I open Audible, and scroll through my audiobooks to see this book, which I was about 30% maybe 40% into. My brain says, “yes, let’s listen.” So now, here I am about 6 hours later, my mind blown into a thousand pieces by this book.
This was amazing. One of the best books I’ve read all year in fact! This book almost reminded me of the feeling Truly Devious gave me, back when I read it last April. I was shocked by all the twists. The suspects always added and deduced, and the case change so frequently my guesses were always changing.
There was only one thing I was absolutely sure of in the end, and that was a pretty minor thing. Overall, this was so great. I loved Pippa, her friends, and of course Ravi (idk how to spell names as i listened to this on audio, sorry!) Who was like a human golden retriever.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Drugs, violence, murder, death, references to sexual assault/rape, references to suicide, addiction, drug dealing, death threats, and of course, men being trash.
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FIRST DNF MAY 20, 2019
Gonna DNF this until I feel in the mood for it again
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BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME!
BEST RAVEN CYCLE BOOK YET. A great conclusion to The Raven Cycle. I can't really say much since it is a sequel, but I LOVE this book to death.
*SPOILERS* And my child has alas lived. I love Gansey so much, and when he died, I WAS SOBBING.
BEST RAVEN CYCLE BOOK YET. A great conclusion to The Raven Cycle. I can't really say much since it is a sequel, but I LOVE this book to death.
*SPOILERS* And my child has alas lived. I love Gansey so much, and when he died, I WAS SOBBING.
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*3.5
I read this book once when I was about 10 or 11. I remember loving it, but never got past this book, and I’ve decided to now read all of Cassandra Clare’s books.
I didn’t hate this book, but I didn’t love it as much as I remember. Clary is kind of annoying for how much she claims she’s not like other girls. Simon is kind of annoying too. I like Jace but damn he is very brooding. We didn’t see much of his personality until the end. I love Isabelle and I had 0 interest in Alec atm. He has nothing to do with the story in my opinion. If Alec was removed from the story, you wouldn’t even know he was gone. I love Magnus though!
*SPOILERS*
The incest plot line can leave too, because I gauged when I read it and I forgot all about it.
*END OF SPOILERS*
I will say, Cassandra Clare books are very funny and I found myself liking the characters senses of humor and sarcasm. The story was also pretty original for when the time this book was written, and I think the world is very interesting so props to Cassandra Clare for that.
Now I have to read City of Ashes and everyone says it sucks so
I read this book once when I was about 10 or 11. I remember loving it, but never got past this book, and I’ve decided to now read all of Cassandra Clare’s books.
I didn’t hate this book, but I didn’t love it as much as I remember. Clary is kind of annoying for how much she claims she’s not like other girls. Simon is kind of annoying too. I like Jace but damn he is very brooding. We didn’t see much of his personality until the end. I love Isabelle and I had 0 interest in Alec atm. He has nothing to do with the story in my opinion. If Alec was removed from the story, you wouldn’t even know he was gone. I love Magnus though!
*SPOILERS*
The incest plot line can leave too, because I gauged when I read it and I forgot all about it.
*END OF SPOILERS*
I will say, Cassandra Clare books are very funny and I found myself liking the characters senses of humor and sarcasm. The story was also pretty original for when the time this book was written, and I think the world is very interesting so props to Cassandra Clare for that.
Now I have to read City of Ashes and everyone says it sucks so
(1. City of Bones - ☆ ☆ ☆.5
(2. City of Ashes - ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
My read for City of Ashes was surprisingly good. I really didn’t think I’d like this book at all, based on other people’s opinions, but I really did like it.
Their really wasn’t much of a plot, I’ll agree with that common statement, but I still found myself engaged in the story and the characters.
Speaking of the characters, I really like these characters. Like, a lot. I feel like [a: Cassandra Clare|150038|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1270502031p2/150038.jpg]’s writing really improved even though the first and second books were written only a year apart.
Simon was a surprisingly enjoyable character to me, since I didn’t like him in book 1, and so was Alec. He had much more plot time, and so did Isabelle and and Magnus.
The only reason this book is 4.5 is because of the weird sub incest plot line that needs to LEAVE, but otherwise, this book was really solid. Excited to continue on with this world.
(2. City of Ashes - ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
My read for City of Ashes was surprisingly good. I really didn’t think I’d like this book at all, based on other people’s opinions, but I really did like it.
Their really wasn’t much of a plot, I’ll agree with that common statement, but I still found myself engaged in the story and the characters.
Speaking of the characters, I really like these characters. Like, a lot. I feel like [a: Cassandra Clare|150038|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1270502031p2/150038.jpg]’s writing really improved even though the first and second books were written only a year apart.
Simon was a surprisingly enjoyable character to me, since I didn’t like him in book 1, and so was Alec. He had much more plot time, and so did Isabelle and and Magnus.
The only reason this book is 4.5 is because of the weird sub incest plot line that needs to LEAVE, but otherwise, this book was really solid. Excited to continue on with this world.
DNF
I’ve been reading this since SEPTEMBER. That’s almost a whole fucking year. Let’s be honest here, am I probably ever going to finish this? The answer is no, no I’m probably not going to ever finish this series and I’m ok with that.
I’ve been reading this since SEPTEMBER. That’s almost a whole fucking year. Let’s be honest here, am I probably ever going to finish this? The answer is no, no I’m probably not going to ever finish this series and I’m ok with that.