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I saw so many people do this last year and I was sad I didn't participate, so I'm not missing out this year!! I had 3 five ⭐️ reads this month but I'm a sucker for fantasy so this was my favorite!

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5/5 ⭐️ If you like dark fantasy with magic read this! Loved the characters and world building! Great plot twists and that ending 🤯🤯🤯 Definitely excited to see where the series goes!

This is the FairyLoot edition 🧚🏻

Love a good map! This is one of the maps in The Prison Healer, that I just started for #roll100

Oh wow loved this first book, it has Hunger Games vibes with the pace and how the characters grab your attention instantly. Really enjoyed this book and I am straight onto the second book The Gilded Cage

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Well that twist was certainly a twist. Admittedly a bit of a slow starter but still. Well done

„I'm on my way to Vallenia.
It's time to reclaim our kingdom.“

Read first days of August-YA fantasy but so good. Not much to say because the story has many twits and that ending😱so good. Kiva has a complicated family and she is living in a world where you can go to prison for any kind of treason to the royal family. But why she was incarcerated during her childhood? Why nobody rescued her? How was her life in prison? Who are her family? Can she ever leave prison? Fast pace read. 3.8/4 ⭐️

Often, people view rereads as boring since they already know what‘s going to happen. I am not one of those people however because, oh my god, I love this book. The characters! The storyline! The quotes! And I have to say that this being a reread did not stop me from shedding tears. Also, the ending, never loses its impact!
5⭐️

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”

Hope was a drug, and Kiva an addict.

“Things happen in life that you don‘t expect, that you can‘t plan for and you‘re helpless to stop. Their story didn‘t end as it should have. But I know for a fact that they‘d live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning.”
- - -
But, Papa, the endings are the best part.
Sometimes, sweetheart. But other times, the beginnings are.

“So you‘re right, you don‘t need me fighting your battles.”
[…]
“But…if you‘ll let me, I‘d like to be standing beside you as you fight them.”

“And just so you know, I don‘t see you as some kind of damsel who needs rescuing. I‘ve never met anyone stronger than you—not just because you‘ve survived a decade in this gods-awful place, but because you‘ve sacrificed your own needs over and over again to serve those around you, even—and especially—those who don‘t want your help. So you‘re right, you don‘t need me fighting your battles.”

“I have a lot of dreams. A lot of nightmares, too. Only time will tell which path my life will take.”

“It might not be much yet, but the smallest spark can cause a flame.”

“What‘s your secret? To surviving, I mean?”
She considered her words carefully before answering, “It helps if you have something to live for. To fight for. It grounds you, gives you a reason to get up every morning. It gives you a reason to want to survive. And sometimes, it‘s the wanting that makes all the difference. Because once you give up in here”—she pointed to her heart—“then you‘re already as good as dead.”

“Pretty face or not, he‘s still a man, Tipp.”
“So?”
“So,” Kiva said, “most men are pigs.”

“You‘re not g-going to swoon, are you?”

Dreams were for fools. And Kiva was the biggest fool of them all.

She was a guard of Zalindov, a weapon in her own right, death incarnate.

Never forget, little mouse: no two people look the same, but we are each beautiful in our own ways.

He arrived like many of the others: covered in blood and looking like death.

Death arrived at twilight.

So excited for this reread before the release of the last book in the series! I can‘t wait!

Have some reading time with this one. I‘m not too far in but I like it so far. Got a little new BTS as background music while I enjoy some reading time!

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Let‘s find it Littens!

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What a fun book! Loved the setting. The surprise reveals were a bit cheap but they didn‘t detract from my overall enjoyment of the book. I‘m looking forward to reading the next in the series.

I finished this book 4-5 days ago, I‘ve just been procrastinating against writing this review but here I am. This was a really good book, but after reading so many books I practically predicted the last quarter of the book. Maybe if I hadn‘t investigated so much, I would have enjoyed it more. Nonetheless, I would recommend this to anyone! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

Never apologise for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.

Hope was a drug, and Kiva was an addict. She couldn‘t keep believing, couldn‘t keep trusting, couldn‘t keep hoping.

I only read this because it was sitting in the kindle, and I was in the mood for more YA fantasy after reading vespertine. It was AMAZING. Loved it. The lives of the characters are pretty grim, it is a prison, and an awful one. It gave me Ember in the ashes vibes, in that regard. Can‘t wait to read book 2.

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Yikes, not sure if I can say I "enjoyed" this one cause I found it a bit nerve wracking with the constant threat of danger. It was very good though and I pretty much have to read the next one ? ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book was SO FUN! I enjoyed trying to figure out what was really going on and it was fast paced to keep me hooked. Very light romance, YA appropriate. Glad I have book 2 ready because of THAT ENDING!

“For ten years, Kiva had followed her coded orders. But for the first time ever, she had no idea how to do what she was told. Because even if she could save Tilda from her Illness, there was no way to keep her from her fate.
Her death was coming, one way or another. And there was nothing Kiva could do about it”

Kiva is a likeable character almost because of her tendency to close herself off from others. It‘s clear that she cares about people, (she‘s the healer and takes that seriously + her relationship to Tipp) but she desperately tries to keep her emotions in check in order to survive. It‘s endearing in a way and makes her an interesting, atypical protagonist, especially because her role as the warden‘s spy blurs her morality. I need the next book ASAP

I truly enjoyed this book and could not put it down. Loved the plot twists and the relationships between characters. I think it was beautifully written and highly recommend it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”

This was amazing! The ending perfect. Book two can't come fast enough.

Zalindov‘s Bitch.The Heartless Carver.the Princess of Death. The Healer Whore. These are the names that Kiva must endure as a prison healer. For 10 years she‘s been imprisoned. But when the Rebel Queen is enters the prison, Kiva must do all she can to help the Queen survive. Even if it means taking on the Trials of Ordeals. A test that no person can survive. She‘s kept murderers alive, but can she stay alive.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book was so intriguing and amazing. I loved the friendships. The compassion of Kiva was amazing. The Ordeals were interesting. All the plot twists were oh my gosh. You all have to read this!
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Such a pretty copy of this new YA fantasy from Aussie author Lynette Noni in last months Fairyloot box. I really like the stencilled edges but it‘s the foiled cover that I absolutely love. Plus the art on the reversible cover. They‘ve been doing them a lot lately & they look beautiful on the shelf. If you get these boxes, do you turn the covers around?