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*Rating 4.5 stars*

I'm really enjoying this series so far! Things definitely got VERY interesting in this one and I'm really excited to see how this all turns out.

7/1/18 - I think my feelings for this book has changed and will be unhauling it which is the reason I cleared my rating. Though I'm leaving my original review and thoughts up.


Okay I originally heard of this series when my friend recommended it to me when we were at Barns & Noble a couple years ago and when I read the synopsis I knew it was something I felt I would love! I finally got around to buying it a few months ago and after reading a few books I wanted to get out of the way, I finally started this. In that time I had heard a lot of good reviews but lately just people who didn't like it, because of a lot of negative reviews I was just nervous to dive into the story. Well to say the least I REALLY enjoyed this book! Any book that gives me any intense emotion whether that be sadness, happiness, etc. for the story is a good book in my opinion and I definitely got that intense emotion with this. This book brought me to tears multiple times and just overall broke my heart in the best possible way. I was really drawn into the story at first and wanted to read more, but at the same time I was still kind of iffy about it. When I read high fantasy it kind of throws me off when I see modern type things like light bulbs, elevators, and things like that. I much prefer fantasy books set in a sort of medieval type world, if that makes any sense? This felt quite a lot like a more dystopian world so I wasn't a huge fan of it at first but as I continued on it all blended together really nicely and it fit the story very well. I also was expecting the sort of love triangle going on to really bother me, but it really didn't at all and it all turned out a lot more different then I was expecting to my surprise. It was very much a case of me starting to ship one pair and then one of them does something and you're just like ABSOLUTELY not. I really started growing attached to these characters as well, even minor ones we didn't see that often. I was surrounded in this world and I really started to feel the pain and sorrow for what they were all going through, or even the little spot of hope they would feel when a certain thing would happen.

I'm not even sure if this review made sense but all you need to know is that I very much enjoyed this book. I'm still a little nervous to start the sequel, just because of more negative reviews I've heard but I'm still really excited to see where this story goes.

7/1/18 - I think my feelings for this book has changed and will be unhauling it which is the reason I cleared my rating. Though I'm leaving my original review and thoughts up.


Wow, okay I'm kind of pissed off at a certain character right now. 😂 Like not in a bad way, just in an "I'm emotionally invested in this story" way. I'm probably not making any sense! Anyway, I really enjoyed this! I definitely agree with others that it wasn't as exciting as the two books before but it was still great. It was a nice break since the first books kind of emotionally drained me. I thought it was really cool to see into a couple different characters heads and I enjoyed getting to know the world a little bit better. I'm really interested to see how this all plays out and how Victoria Aveyard ties this all together and how it ends. I can't wait for the fourth book!

7/1/18 - I think my feelings for this book has changed and will be unhauling it which is the reason I cleared my rating. Though I'm leaving my original review and thoughts up.

I'm screaming!! This series is making me so emotional. I absolutely loved this, and can't wait to finish the rest of the series. I definitely liked Red Queen a little better, but I still loved this one.

7/1/18 - I think my feelings for this book has changed and will be unhauling it which is the reason I cleared my rating. Though I'm leaving my original review and thoughts up.

I absolutely adored this book! Rick Riordan​ continues to blow my mind with every story that he writes, this one being no different. I haven't read or heard of many books at all involving Norse mythology so this was a very interesting book to read and really enjoyed that take on it.
Rick never fails to make me laugh in every single one of his books as well. I was absolutely living for Magnus' sarcasm and considering I use sarcasm like a second language I related to him a lot with that.

A great story line, great humor, and a lot of good action mixed in makes this an amazing book. I would 100% recommend this to anyone who loved Percy Jackson or loves any sort of action and mythology.

7/1/18 - I think my feelings for this book has changed and will be unhauling it which is the reason I cleared my rating. Though I'm leaving my original review and thoughts up.

Another amazing book from Rick Riordan!!

This was a very well written and beautiful collection of poetry by Portia Mabaso! If you love Rupi Kaur and Amanda Lovelace this is definitely the poetry collection for you!

I have a lot of tabs and highlights from all of the poems that I especially loved in this collection! I absolutely loved how this book was split into four different parts, all based on the seasons. I loved seeing the progression in each section from love, to heartbreak, to depression, to empowerment. If I had to pick a favorite section it would definitely be the first one, summer. I absolutely love romantic poetry and this little section was definitely filled with it. Spring was a very close second. So many powerful poems written there that hit you hard.

The only reason I'm taking off a star is because I personally didn't emotionally connect with many of the poems, especially in the middle two sections. I like to rate on enjoyment and emotion and that lacked a little there for me. Of course this is in no way saying that they were bad poems or that no one will connect with them. Quite the opposite actually, I know many people who would be impacted by them and love them and I myself thought they were beautiful. Despite that I still had so many poems and words that I absolutely loved, as you can guess from all the tabbing and highlighting. 😂

Overall a fantastic collection of poetry! I would 100% recommend to anyone who loves modern poetry that is powerful, impactful and beautiful.

7/8/18 - I just finished ny reread of this! I mainly listened to the audibook for the entirety of the book. She isn't my favorite narrator and I didn't like her at first but I got used to it. Rating and thoughts are more or less staying the same.

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After reading the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and falling in love with it I knew for sure that I had to pick up the Throne of Glass series. Overall I really enjoyed this book and I'm super excited to read the rest of this series. I will say this wasn't as exciting as I was hoping, but obviously it still kept my attention. I will say that I teared up a little at the end, and kind of low-key felt like screaming at this book (the good kind of screaming though. 😂) I can't wait to see what happens in the next books. 🎉🎉

Though this started out slow and I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it, I ended up absolutely loving it! This is definitely going on the list of my favorite classics. 😍

Shadow and Bone was great but I loved this SO much more then book one. 😍 I loved the new characters we get to meet, I loved getting to know the ones we already knew and I still adored the world of Ravka! I was originally going to give this a 4.5 but that ending made me raise it for sure. I felt this had everything that Shadow and Bone lacked for me, the action, the emotion, and intensity I love reading in books. I'm also basic and love Nikolai like everyone else. 😂