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The Unwilling
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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A penetrating tale of magic, faith and pride The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elbans vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survivaland possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle walls. Elbana lord as mighty as he is cruelhas his own plans for her, for all of them. She is a mere pawn to him, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. But outside the walls, in the starving, desperate city, a magus, a healer with his own secret power unlike anything Highfall has seen in years, is newly arrived from the provinces. He, too, has plans for the empire, and at the heart of those plans lies Judah The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon uncover more to her story than she ever imagined. An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, this deeply immersive novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down.
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Bookfan1414
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Mehso-so

This book. Has made me so damned angry, uncomfortable and outraged that I‘m not entirely sure I want to read the next book. It was well written and the story was good but I think I HATE IT!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😤😤

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Kimberlone
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Mehso-so

I was pretty underwhelmed by this book. The writing was not bad, but I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters or understanding any of their motivations. Judah, the main character, is a “chosen one” who does almost nothing the entire book; Elban, the mustache twirling villain, disappears halfway through the book and never had an identifiable reason for his machinations. The much too long book ends basically with a shrug 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Kimberlone
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Week Two totals for #LittenListen Audioathon. So far I have only finished one audiobook, but it was long, and I am hoping to stack up on some shorter ones for the rest of the month. Bonus points for finishing a square on my #BookspinBingo and Name Your Poison Day. @aperfectmjk

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Kimberlone
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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My first week of audiobook listen for #LittenListen was a lot less than I had intended. We had amazing weather this past week, which meant a lot more time spent outdoors with my bf and a lot less time inside reading/listening. My goal is to finish the tagged book (it is 20 hours long!) this week and hopefully start something else new.

Week 1 Total: 20 points

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Kimberlone
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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First audiobook started for the #LittenListen Audioathon hosted by @aperfectmjk

Also fits for the #DareDay prompt since the plot definitely sounds like there will be some action/adventure.

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Foragingfantasy
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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I keep starting books and nothing is sticking. I think this one has sticking power. I saw it on Erin Morgensterns Instagram, author of The Night Circus. She loved it, so I added it to my tbr.

Soubhiville Great cover! 4y
Jas16 Sounds interesting. I will be interested in what you think 4y
Foragingfantasy @Jas16 I‘ll keep ya posted! 4y
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Foragingfantasy @Soubhiville isn‘t it pretty! 4y
Foragingfantasy @Jas16 soooo I think I‘m gonna bail, or skip to the last two chapters do I can see how it ends. It‘s very violent, and descriptive. Example, slow, brutal death of animals and humans for sport, by the kings hunting dogs... yuck. There‘s a lot of people being hurt. I don‘t care for it. 4y
Jas16 Yeah that doesn‘t sound like something I would care for either. Thank you so much for keeping me posted. 4y
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Brittybuhh
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Pickpick

I don‘t think I could easily summarize my feelings for this book so here‘s my full thoughts 😅

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JSW
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet

I don't know what to make of this dark fantasy. I was immersed in the story, characters, and world. The writing was really good. The machinations, politics, and avarice was truthful. But it was dreadfully dark and violent, with some really dysfunctional relationships (definitely CW for mysogyny, for assault, for child abuse, for gaslighting, for suicide, and for manipulation). Read with caution and let me know what you think!

Brittybuhh The literal only thing that I found I disliked about this book was the anti climactic death of the king. I understand that that triggered the whole rest of the book to fall in place but I don‘t understand how you build up such a vicious character and then have him end like that. It‘s the only thing that seemed rushed and strange to me. 5y
JSW @Brittybuhh i see what you mean! That didn't bother me so much, because it was an interesting twist. But the ending of the book did. The whole book built up Judah's power, which she didn't figure out till the end. Is this going to be a trilogy? Unclear. And for me, the story is in the discovery of power and the imperfect practicing and getting used to it, and reclaiming it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5y
Brittybuhh The ending was so weird 😂 at first I was really confused because I was just like “....that‘s it?” Obviously there has to be another book coming, because if not that ending was awful, but I don‘t like how there‘s no mention of the next book on goodreads and the book itself isn‘t listed as #1 in a series. 5y
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Brittybuhh I don‘t exactly think it‘s fair that Judah seemed to know so much more about how her power worked at the end than we did when we waited the entire book for her to come into the power we knew she already had. 5y
JSW @Brittybuhh YES that's exactly it. And I really wanted more of the backstory of Nate, too. His world intrigued me as much as Judah's. His mom, the history of the Work, the generational breeding leading up to Judah - why? I just have questions!!! 5y
Brittybuhh Not gonna lie I was heartbroken by the person Nate was in the end!! I was so rooting for him to at least not die (I expected him to by the end) but I think the person I see him as now may be worse than his death would have been. I feel the next book will have a lot of him atoning for things he‘s done. 5y
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Branwen
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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1) Absolutely! 🙊 I repurchased the whole Wheel of Time series when they rereleased them with new covers because the original covers were so awful! 😂🤣

2) The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet! It's a fantasy that looks amazing!

3) Book news? Mostly Tor, Book Riot, and Lit Hub.

4) I pound on that snooze button as many times as I can! 😁

5) Whoever wants to play! 💕📚

Thanks for the tag @Brittybuhh ! #friyayintro @4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads

Meaw_catlady I was just talking to someone about the wheel of time! Was it you? I‘ll have to check it out!! Happy Friday! 5y
Branwen @Meaw_catlady Happy Friday to you, my friend! 😀💕 It probably was me, I can't seem to stop talking about this series since I started rereading it! 🤣😂 It's really good! I know its length puts some people off, but that's one of the things I like most about it! You really feel like the characters are your friends by the end of it! 5y
DaveGreen7777 BAH-HA-HA!!! I so agree about the awfulness of those early covers! 😂🤣 I‘ll be getting new editions myself! 😁 5y
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Branwen @DaveGreen7777 RIGHT?! THEY'RE SO BAD! I still can't get over it...especially the awfulness of The Shadow Rising cover! 😒 The new covers are just monumentally better! 5y
RainyDayReading Haha I seem to be in the minority when it comes to the Wheel of Time covers. I like the original covers compared to the new ones coming out 😅 the new ones to me are really bland and the originals were more interesting and colorful. Plus I love how awful some original covers are 🤣 5y
Branwen @RainyDayReading Which one do you think is the worst? My vote is a tie between The Shadow Rising and Lord of Chaos! 😂🤣 5y
RainyDayReading @Branwen Oh definitely Lord of Chaos! 🤣 5y
Branwen @RainyDayReading 😂🤣👍 5y
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DrJAdMerricksson
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Pickpick

Intriguing fantasy tale!
Read my review: https://wp.me/p6C2DX-2Nh

#bibliophile #bookishlove #bookworm #YA #fantasy

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BookladyOnTheMove
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Going to settle in and get started. I just might stay up all night!

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AmyM43
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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Mehso-so

The Unwilling is a sprawling, winding story. Kelly Braffet‘s writing is engrossing. The careful planning of each little detail can be deftly felt. The magic, what is known in this fictitious world as the Work, is intriguing in the way it connects those with the talent. But The Unwilling is also not an easy read, but somehow I kept finding my way back to it again and again. For that, it wove some kind of spell over me. vampirebookclub.net

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StellarDoc
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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No reading, Mom. Love me. #TomKittleston, #CatsofLitsy

JanuarieTimewalker13 So sweet😘 5y
StellarDoc @JanuarieTimewalker13 He is! But he's also very serious about getting snuggles! 5y
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KelliJo
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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IT CAME! Can't wait to start it! ❤

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Liberty
The Unwilling | Kelly Braffet
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My most anticipated novel of 2020 now has a GORGEOUS cover! KELLY BRAFFET RULES. It‘s a 672-page fantasy novel. I cannot wait to get my hands on this book! 🍃🗝🚪

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