pickBlood over Bright Haven, by M.L. Wang (2024)
Premise: An ambitious young woman has staked everyone on becoming her society‘s first female high mage, but soon discovers a horrific secret underlying everything she thought she knew.
Review: This is a chilling book, all the more for the way it is all too reminiscent of our own world and the comfortable lies we tell ourselves to hide from inconvenient truths.
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This maybe in your fantasy , dystopian sci fi section at your local bookstore but after a slow start it spookily rings true “ because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them,especially people whose culture of plenty had left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm “
so-soThis volume picks up from the last one as we were introduced to a new set and more characters.
The beginning was a bit of a rough start for me with the setup of being introduced to yet another character but the second half got my interest as the story goes back to the alchemy college and Chise with her new friends so I'm definitely going to pick up the next volume.
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#LittensLoveACOTAR #ACOTAR #ACOWAR Book 3: Ch.36-38: I get that Tarquin has many emotions after his city was attacked-and after their last visit, a thank you to the Night Court probably wasn‘t forthcoming. Once again, Feyre and Rhys don‘t get the respect they deserve. But they‘ve come to expect that. I feel for Tarquin. He‘s a leader in a tough position. ⬇️
I‘m having the worst time settling into a book. I start one and then…I just don‘t pick it up again…so going with Morrigan Crow since this one has been on the shelf way too long. I really enjoyed the first book in the series so I‘m hopeful this one will not only grab but also hold my attention. (In fairness to the other books I‘ve started and then sort of left languishing, I must admit I think it‘s me not them…😬😂)
pickI enjoyed the storyline, however, I did not enjoy how the ✨spice✨ was written. I was cringing A LOT and said “seriously” out loud multiple times. I did find the plot compelling, though. Pick for the story, but how the spice is written could drop it down to a so-so for me.
How cute is this book return at my library?
pickWell this was an interesting part fantasy, part maybe (with a little tweak) almost horror story. Anytime souls are integral to a story my creep factor rises and I start thinking HP death eaters.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2h