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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)

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The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure she plays her part–even if it breaks his heart. Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters—but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory—failed soldier, struggling scholar—falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives—and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una’s legend—if they want to tell a different story--they’ll have to rewrite history itself.

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If All the Stars Go Dark

S.G. Prince

When eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman is recruited into the Legion’s most prestigious galactic unit, it’s a dream come true. He's worked hard for this. He’s ready to prove himself. The problem? His new partner—the beautiful, no-nonsense pilot Lament Bringer—wants nothing to do with him. Forced to work together under Legion orders, Keller and Lament team up with a motley crew of specialists to investigate a mysterious visionary who can predict catastrophes. As they begin to peel back layers, however, they realize there's more to the story than meets the eye. With threats mounting and secrets unfolding, Keller and Lament will need to trust one another in order to stop the dangers at play. But with trust comes other feelings—ones neither of them is prepared for. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the only thing worse than failing their mission might just be losing each other.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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Whew, I’m having a hard time adjusting to the writing style. Maybe it’s because it’s been a while since I read any YA? These super short, staccato sentences are not my fave… And I suppose I don’t relate particularly strongly to a Mexican-American teen boy at this point in my life 😅

Did others (older readers) experience this while reading?

Curious to see where this’ll go. Dante is precious, I like him.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself. But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.

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So, I can’t be the only one who is bothered by the length of these books, right? Or am I missing something…?

Going on 800 pages is crazy stuff. It’s having us wade through mantid gore when we already have Juicer juice dripping down our necks and some unidentified tentacle stuck in our armpit. Maybe it’s my broken capacity for giving a f*ck - and I’m saying this as someone with an immense fondness for epilogues and hearing about how every single character ends up - but I can’t care about everyone. Kill, kill, kill your darlings!

Gideon? Every time he was mentioned I could not for the life of me remember him. Gwen? She seemed badass, but all we got of her was filtered through people talking about her, rather than her doing her own thing. Firas? I wanted it to hit more, but it didn’t.

Save us from these biblical proportions 😩

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