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littlemissmichii, 6 months ago to books

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Assassin's Blade
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Throne of Glass (Book 6/8)
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Sarah J. Maas
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Young Adult, Fantasy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: October 23, 2023 @ 3:35 PM
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★★★☆

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sᴏ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪs ʙᴀsɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴏᴡᴄᴀsᴇs ᴄᴇʟᴇᴀɴᴀ's ʟɪғᴇ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ sᴇʀɪᴇs, ɪ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴇᴍᴘɪʀᴇ ᴏғ sᴛᴏʀᴍs ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ sᴏ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍɪɴᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴘ ɪs ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ sʜᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ sᴛᴏʀʏ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ.

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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Assassin and the Pirate Lord
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★★☆☆
This one is about 16 year old Celeana acting like the bratty teen that she is, her silly little antics come off as annoying rather than understandable because “she's young and this and that” though her actions did almost cost the lives of her and Sam. I didn't find much thrill reading this part of the book but it was still a fun short read because c'mon, assassins on a mission to find their fellow guild members in the territory of pirates? Great idea and could've been done in a very whimsical way but still better than the next one.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Assassin and the Healer
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★☆☆☆
This is just filler, there was nothing about this that intrigued me or gave me any worthy information for when I read the main series again. This felt more like a one shot fic that's tagged hurt and comfort, not to say that fanfiction is in any way shape or form a lesser media, there are tons of fanfiction out there that have the potential to be their own novels and some being better written than the series that they are a fanfic of. But this was like, a fanfic without the strong feeling of a fanfic. It wanted to evoke softness and compassion, but it couldn't reach it.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Assassin and the Desert
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★★★☆
Now this is the part of the book that is about Celeana's character development. She reaches the Silent Assassin's fortress and meets the Mute Master wherein her stay makes her slowly realize all the abuse that she had gone through in her life and how all of that suffering and pain was not normal nor okay. The side characters here were also more fun than the first two stories, they had a certain way of writing in them that made them sound more believable at least to me, more human than just characters. Or maybe it was because of the tone of the book, who knows? 🤪

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Assassin and the Underworld
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★★★☆
She's back at Rifthold and she's with Sam. Like, there is nothing more I could say that would explain the four stars. Celeana and Sam is my pre Celeana and Chaol. I don't understand why SJM chose to write her with someone like Rowan, there isn't a reason for them to be together. Also, fuck Arobynn.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Assassin and the Empire
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★★★☆
The start was very dry but the moment the feel rolled in, it steamed on without mercy. Sam and Celeana plan to leave from Rifthold and perhaps start a life somewhere else but they need money to do so, luckily they are offered a job that will make them both rich. Seems like a pretty sweet and simple plot about two teens trying to make it out of their shitty lives hoping for better in the future, UNTIL THE PLOT TWIST AND THE ENDING. This part of the novella alone can go against the entire main series and win istg. 𝘐𝘛 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘗𝘓𝘖𝘛 𝘛𝘞𝘐𝘚𝘛 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐𝘛 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘌𝘕𝘋𝘐𝘕𝘎

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littlemissmichii, 7 months ago to 13thFloor

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Queen of Shadows
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Throne of Glass (Book 5/8)
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Sarah J. Maas
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Young Adult, Fantasy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: October 19, 2023 @ 11:57 PM
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★☆☆☆

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ᴊᴜsᴛ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴜʀʏɪɴɢ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ ɪɴ sʜᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ɪ sᴀɪᴅ "ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ sᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀs ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴇs ʀɪɢʜᴛ" sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ɢᴇᴛs ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɢᴏᴏɢʟᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ ᴀᴅᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴇʀ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ. 𝙄 𝙈𝘼𝙔 𝘽𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝙐𝙋𝙄𝘿™ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴏɴᴇsᴛ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ɪ ɴᴇvᴇʀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴄᴏɴғᴜsᴇᴅ, ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀɴɢʀʏ. ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴀʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ? ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴅᴇғɪɴɪᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴀʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇssɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ? ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ sᴏ. A̶l̶s̶o̶ G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ a̶r̶r̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ b̶o̶o̶k̶ s̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶o̶r̶r̶e̶c̶t̶ s̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ I̶ c̶a̶n̶'t̶ a̶n̶y̶m̶o̶r̶e̶

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At first I thought that once I read this book, maybe it'll clear out what Empire of Storms was all about and maybe once I finish, it would make me less angry. It did not. The shift between this and Empire of the Storms hurts because this book was as close to the original story as it can get, there was the idea and there was character. There was a yearning for love and intimacy that was never present in the next book. There were emotions, despite being the emotions that you wouldn't understand why the character is feeling that way, you'd still go along with it because those parts are what makes them a character, the way they act and feel predictable and unpredictable at the same time makes them sound realistic and grounded with how we perceive parts of people and their own ways of feeling and living. There were parts of this book that was never present in Empire of Storms and it just cemented my anger.

Chaol is present in this book and this is the part where he and Aelin meet each other again, and oh boy, I love the way that their characters had this friction because of how Chaol is going through this arc of trying his best to find where he must stand in the conflict and Aelin heartbroken because the person that she once loved sees her as a threat and as monster. They never miss, when they're together it's always so personal and character driven and I love every bit of it. This is also the part where they break up and it kinda pisses me off on how it was only a single page long when the author can manage to write 17 pages long of unfiltered sex scenes. It's weird but okay, sure why not.

𝖳𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀: 𝖲𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁, Asterin Blackbeak, Manon's cousin reveals that she fell in love with a mortal man and got pregnant. She carried the baby full-term, which is rare for witches. But the baby was stillborn. Manon’s grandmother was furious and beat her, branded her with the words “unclean,” and cast her out of Blackbeak Keep. I did not expect such a thing to happen in a book like this, it is not that shocking at least to me because it is a story about war and all that, but something like this in a YA book caught me off guard. Not to say YA mustn't include topics like these but the way that it goes:

𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺. 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥:

𝘜𝘕𝘊𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘕

In the middle of it all, why must you add in the description of her breast? Not to say that you can't and you shouldn't, but it made it sound so weird especially when the scene is literally about the trauma that a woman went through in giving birth that also led to her family casting her away. That it was the moment that I realized, SJM would randomly describe boobs in random. Even with the way that Aelin wears a necklace, boobs would be shoved it there for no reason. I would understand it if it was for imagery, but the way that it's phrased and handled in context sounds more like the way that men write women more than anything.

There was also a part where Aelin flat out went:

𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

𝘈 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦—𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 … 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳—𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳—𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦?

Which is absolutely hilarious to me because in the following book, she exactly becomes that foolish and stupidly unaware because they had sex in the middle of a war on a beach. It altered my brain chemistry in a way that shouldn't be. And this is the first and last time that the book acknowledges the age difference between the two, hell, it ain't even an age difference at this point, it's a whole century gap. The Twilight era never disappeared, it only evolved. Dear heavens... This is one of the main reasons why I took out a star from my rating, it could've been an easy three stars but this had to be in the story.

One of the things that I adored about this book though was about Chaol and Dorian, their bond was solidified in this part. I don't want to get too detailed in case someone wishes to read the series P̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ d̶o̶n̶'t̶ h̶a̶v̶e̶ m̶e̶r̶c̶y̶ o̶n̶ y̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ but when one of them was severely hurt to the point of death, but they weren't actually dead, one of them thought that they were and they lose absolutely every bit of patience and sense of honor in their soul and they go absolute apeshit. Like YES! THE TROPE OF ALL TIME. I love them your honor, they deserve the world. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.

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littlemissmichii, 7 months ago to books

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas • Book 4: Empire of Storms • Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Octology, Young Adult

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littlemissmichii, 7 months ago to books

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Heir of Fire
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Throne of Glass (Book 3/8)
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Sarah J. Maas
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Young Adult, Fantasy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: October 3, 2023 @ 8:00 PM
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★☆☆☆

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ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ʀᴀɴᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ɪ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴇxᴀᴍ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ sᴇʀɪᴏᴜsʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ sʜᴀᴍʙʟᴇs. Gᴏᴏᴅ ɢᴏᴅ, ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ.

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ﾟ。𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙
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Let's start of by saying that this book didn't have to be 500 pages long. The amount of pages added to this compared to the first two book is absolutely wild and one of the main reasons as to why, in my opinion, is the constant repetition. It was present in the former books but it went nuts in this one, almost in every scene there'd be one. I understand that it's supposed to be an author's way to add emphasis but it only made the story such a slog. It even sounded weird at times, there was one part where the book is trying to describe the temperature of the water that Celeana was in and it goes “It was warm. Not boiling, but warm.” I could say it might have been funny if it weren't for the fact that it made the book unnecessarily lengthy. “The darkness was this and that, and that and this with like those and these.” “The hurt was this and that, and that and this with like those and these.” 😭

This would most likely come off as a personal thing but first part of this book did not need to exist. Celeana meeting Rowan, a fae with ice magic and training with him while they try to make the most out of their toxicity that they throw to each other back and forth could have easily saved this book a good 300 pages or so. Also there are a bunch of new characters which, I never really cared about because I never saw their appeal besides Manon Blackbeak, the last remaining witch. They even added in Sorscha a healer and Dorian's lover only to have her killed in the very end of the book because we got to give the men character development. Fridging of all time.

Chaol was thrown to the side by Celeana because even after their last scene from the second book, even after she told him that she would still choose him no matter what happens, the story keeps on giving these weird implications between her and Rowan. Like, I understand that the feelings we have for people change overtime but the way that Celeana suddenly thought about what she might actually feel about Chaol sounded more like the story will force her to be with Rowan; a man who did everything to break her. We can all have our asshole characters, that I agree with, but he never apologized for his actions. Never once did he try to talk to Celeana about their past b̶l̶o̶o̶d̶y̶ indifferences. Him taking care of her as she was healing doesn't immediately sweep his wrongdoings under a rug. I hope that the series never continues down the path where I fear it's taking, because Heaven forbid another white man releasing all his anger on a woman and then have those atrocities immediately redeemed because he has a sad backstory.

Meanwhile Chaol had one of the best developments so far b̶e̶h̶i̶n̶d̶ C̶e̶l̶e̶a̶n̶a̶ o̶f̶ c̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶ he started to question all of what surrounds him, the throne and the kingdom when everything that he had ever done was for it. He pretty much gives off golden retriever vibes, I will absolutely lose it if Celeana ends up with Rowan than Chaol. I also like the way that Celeana is written to have hardships regarding her emotional and mental baggage, it doesn't just go away or gets resolved in an instant where most of the time in Y/A fiction books, the trauma inflicted to a character never seems to have this effort to understand and confront it. At worst, they're just forgotten. So I appreciate Celeana having to deal with the struggles of hurt that she kept locked inside her and having to deal with them in a more natural way, in a way that shows process.

Hopefully, the fourth book won't hurt that much. 🙏🏼 See you then.
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littlemissmichii, 7 months ago to books

Sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴄᴛᴏʙᴇʀ ғɪɴɪsʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴛᴏʟᴏɢʏ, ɪ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɪғ ɪ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴏʀ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴs (I͟ s͟t͟i͟l͟l͟ l͟o͟v͟e͟ t͟h͟e͟m͟ d͟o͟n͟'t͟ w͟o͟r͟r͟y͟)

Aɴᴅ ʏᴇs, I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴍʏ ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ ɪs ғʟɪᴍsʏ, ɪ'ᴍ sᴛɪʟʟ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ i̶f̶ y̶o̶u̶ s̶e̶e̶ m̶e̶ u̶s̶e̶ E̶n̶g̶l̶i̶s̶h̶ i̶n̶c̶o̶r̶r̶e̶c̶t̶l̶y̶ d̶o̶n̶'t̶ c̶o̶r̶r̶e̶c̶t̶ m̶e̶, I̶ h̶a̶v̶e̶ n̶o̶ r̶e̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶ f̶o̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶ l̶a̶n̶g̶u̶a̶g̶e̶

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Crown of Midnight
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Throne of Glass (Book 2/8)
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Sarah J. Maas
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Young Adult, Fantasy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: October 1, 2023 @ 12:46 AM
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★✬☆☆

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ﾟ。𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙
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The book is separated to two parts, which I have no idea why to be honest. This is the first time I've encountered a book that is split this way (Don't you dare mention Twilight), at first I thought it was because the two parts showed two different plots or at least two different tones, which is true in some degree but to me it still stands as a single book.

So, the book starts of with Celeana a year later into being the King's champion and she is tasked to kill someone. It's the same formula with the first book, being there's this one goal but something happens (another mystery) that shakes the plot to make it seem more interesting I guess, there's a lot more pining and longing (big fan 😩) and a cliffhanger to promote the next book. There's another ball scene where they have to dance, and the pacing never changed from the first book. This one is just as slow.

I appreciate the part where Celeana is given a chance to get angry. Like full on, “I will make sure that your soul reaches hell” kind of angry and yes, I need more of women in fictional like that. More of that please. But the reason why felt such emotions was because of Nehemiah's death, it's actually the main reasons as to why it took me three days to finish the book. It shouldn't have been so surprising and yet I still find it hard to accept.

Before, I rooted for Nehemia and Celeana's friendship. I wanted to see more of them together and how their relationship affected one another, Nehemia had potential and she was killed off for a cheap plot twist and to benefit the progression of the main character which is so tiring to read because Nehemia was the only person of color in the series. Man, it's exhausting...

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littlemissmichii, 7 months ago to books

Sᴏ I ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴏɴ a̶ l̶o̶t̶ o̶f̶ PDF ʙᴏᴏᴋs, ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪғ I sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪᴛ'ʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴍᴇ ʀᴇɢᴀɪɴ ᴍʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ; ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴍʏ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋɪsʜ sᴇʟғ.

T̶h̶e̶ t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ w̶e̶ d̶o̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ n̶a̶m̶e̶ o̶f̶ r̶e̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ f̶l̶u̶e̶n̶c̶y̶.

I decided to start with Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas that is a fictional young adult book that is part of the series with the same name. The first of the eight books in the octology as well as the first book I've read that is written by her.

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I have to say, I like the way that the book starts off immediately with something going on, the characters are introduced in a scene that is relevant to the plot unlike in other books where most of the time there's this short chapter that explains the background of the characters and what they're going through and I appreciate that, it's been a while since I've read books that start off that way. It goes as Celeana Sardothien, the main character, is presented to the king of the kingdom of Adarlan in chains, where she simultaneously meets and develops a crush on Prince Dorian Havilliard. There's also this stoic, no nonsense Captain of the Guard and childhood friend of Dorian, named Chaol Westfall that often banters with Celeana. The main character is a well known assassin that was thrown into a salt mine as a slave and was given a chance of freedom if she would become the King's Champion.

After that quick start, the story started slowing down. The pace of the progression is not continuous, at least for me. The champion is chosen through a competition with different stages of elimination (killing will result to disqualification), but it doesn't start until 30% into the story. It took its time to write Celeana's passion for reading and training sessions that are basically random warm ups and common sparring, nothing new or magical or shows the progress of each warrior's fighting style, but it does give way to Celeana's internalized monologue that is mostly about her trying to solve the sudden mysterious deaths of the competitors during the entire competition. The other characters of the book don't seem to care as much as her about the deaths of those people which is just odd.

She also took on a different identity as Lilian Gordiana, a jewel thief from another city, to avoid unnecessary attention (a tactic used by Dorian while Celeana disliked it). In her time training and reading, she meets Princess Nehemia Ygter and they become close friends. The friendship between them is so adorable, they always have each other's backs, and they both care so much about their friendship. I love how the book kept them that way instead of going down the path where one betrays the other because heaven knows we need more female friendships and women solidarity in books.

The characterization meanwhile was a bit flimsy, Celeana is written as this badass warrior assassin when she's canonically 18 years old and is even commented by one of the characters to have undisciplined form of fighting. Dorian and Chaol are written as obvious love interests and potential love triangle when in every turn, Dorian has no chemistry with Celeana with their sparks of interest are only ever physical while Chaol is made as her evident real love; their banter are fun, goofy and their serious conversations have layers, they aren't confined to just “I care for you just because.” I also do not understand why and how Celeana became interested in reading, I understand the idea of “not everything is as it seem” but a character that was thrown into slavery to the mines since they were 8 years old having this intense fondness of reading is just weird, how did she manage to hold such likings when assuming that she had never had the opportunity to hold books as much as she held a knife or a pickaxe. And no, it isn't because she was deprived of education and she wishes to obtain more knowledge through reading, which is a far better explanation than nothing at all, she's literate but inconsistent.

The author also seems to like including balls and parties into her work because this book had one that is lowkey reminiscent of Disney's Cinderella, I assume that it was intentional considering that A Court of Thorns and Roses is based around a retelling of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

All in all, it's everything that the young adult genre is known for, light fantasy with a badass female main character that gets in a love triangle and all that shazz. Not that hooked with it, but thankful that it made me go back to reading. (It was a request from a friend)

I am not sure when I will pick up the next book of the series or if I would read a different book afterwards though.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: ★★★☆☆

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littlemissmichii, 8 months ago to mastodon

Cᴀɴ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏɢ ɪɴ ᴍᴀsᴛᴏᴅᴏɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ?

I tried logging in earlier and everytime I try to enter my account it kept saying that I entered the wrong email/password when I am most certain I didn't. I thought I needed to log out of my phone in order to get in yet it still did not work. I also searched for Youtube tutorials but none helped. Running different website launchers didn't help either.

ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ.

@Mastodon #sendhelp #Mastodon

littlemissmichii, 8 months ago to books

ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴛᴏᴋ, ʙᴏᴏᴋᴛᴜʙᴇ, ʙᴏᴏᴋᴛᴡᴛ, ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴛᴏᴅᴏɴ~!

It's almost my birthday :blobcatcheer: and I plan to ask for another book or book series as my present :catsip: :catsip: :catsip: I just think I deserve it lol

I am not sure which book I'd ask for though. Last year (before the total collapse of it all), I asked for the Harry Potter series. I had been dying to get the physical copies of them since I became a fan back in highschool. :blobcathug: :blobcathug: :blobcathug: But since the issue with 𝘚𝘩𝘦-𝘞𝘩𝘰-𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘕𝘰𝘵-𝘉𝘦-𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥, it became stale and I practically had the longest reading slump in my entire life so far.

(̶N̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶p̶e̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶a̶n̶f̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶ ̶l̶m̶a̶o̶)̶

I wish that whatever book or book series I pick relieves me from my slump. Then I'll finally rejoin reading spaces and (maybe) even join in ʙᴏᴏᴋᴛᴏᴅᴏɴ :blobcatcoffee: :blobcatcoffee: :blobcatcoffee:

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littlemissmichii, 8 months ago to random

In my humble opinion, this app would be better if the servers act the way that Discord servers act. It looks too much of an old computer, it feels that as a user it's designed like a program than a fully fledge app.

It deserves more color too and not the minimalist light and dark. I also think that the profile page could take some pointers from Tumblr, where you can change the fonts as well as have an option to make a list, enlarge texts etc.

Attaching photos on this app is also very limited, the moment I opened the option, it only showed three of my albums. This app has potential, it has a good enough start for it to be used for fandom and other random shitposting. May it get the update it deserves.

:blobcatgoogly: :blobcatgoogly: :blobcatgoogly: (hopefully it doesn't become Reddit Part 2: Electric Boogaloo) :blobcatgoogly: :blobcatgoogly: :blobcatgoogly: