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Loved this book! The third installment in the broken kingdom series and the finale of the fight for the Northern Kingdom was everything I hoped for. We had new and old friends join the story, lots of action, and of course a bit of spice. Can‘t wait to go to the next novel and begin a new fight for the next broken kingdom!

This is a low pick for me and that‘s disappointing. I love this series and I‘ve loved all of the other books so far - some of my favorite reads of the past year. This one took forever for the story to gain traction. Most of the first half was a slog. It finally picked up and became more engaging but it‘s all a little too late. I wanted more and I wanted a little less predictability.

I woke up to a scary email about changes to my train back to Paris. I rushed over to the station at 10:00 to resolve it, but the office didn‘t open until 10:30 so I killed time in this nice little park.

The staff tell me there‘s no issue with my seat, no matter what the email says, but I‘m still gonna worry until I‘m actually on the TGV.

In other news, THE SHABTI is great! Interesting characters, strong horror elements, solid conflict.

So, it turns out the restaurants of Tours mostly don‘t open until 18:00 or 18:30. I NEEDED food, so I had another half a baguette and some salmon salad someone left in the cupboard.

I also have language fatigue. My written comprehension is great, but my aural stinks, and I‘m tired of always being embarrassed and ashamed because I can‘t understand people. I‘m just gonna hole up inside and be kinda hungry with this historical mystery.

4.25/5 ?????

"Amma, I would sooner be cleaved in two than allow anyone to take you from me."

#fantasy #romance

Nyaxia story book 2.5 (I think I‘ve heard). While there were great moments, it didn‘t blow me away. The end twist definitely had me going though. These characters fell flat; mainly, I think, because I wanted more understanding in their shared trauma. it was There. There just wasn‘t any amount of time for them to talk, just feel it out and/or ignore it. Same with closing discussion; should have talked after all “that” occurred. Needed bit more

4.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

“You are my captive, after all. No one‘s touching you but me.”

#fantasy #romance #slowburn

4.25/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘

“She would either continue to be obedient or give him a reason to threaten and manhandle her again, and he wasn‘t entirely sure which one he preferred.”

#fantasy #romance #villain

It's the first day of my "weekend" after working the last 7 days. I'm looking forward to some major couch and book time. Starting with this fantasy.

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I ran through those two books at the weekend and wanted shelf trophies. The next book in the series is expected late 2025.

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