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  • The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)
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    Jul 10, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.0

    This was tough. Coming off the high of the first book (which I LOVED) this book suffered badly from middle child syndrome. The first half is incredibly slow. It has a LOT of necessary set up but it being directed and managed by other characters off page so we hear about it by proxy through Helena’s retelling rather than seeing the action for ourselves. Helena and Vonvalt were but tough to follow, I despise how their relationship develops although by the end I did like them again. Dubine was the standout character and he barely got half as much page time as in the first book. The second half was much more engaging and I didn’t want it to end! Dark and hopeless and with opponents ok both sides that you wish to both crash and burn. I am looking forward to the final book in this trilogy and hope it’s a return to the magic of the first book.

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  • Books you’ll re-read again and again?

    What’re those books/series which you love to read over and over? I’ve been re-reading A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and have loved every second of it! Others I love include: -The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater - The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Let me know so I can add more to my TBR šŸ˜Ž

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  • Blood Over Bright Haven
    Thoughts from 2% (page 7)
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  • The Hostile Hospital: Book the Eighth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
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  • The Hostile Hospital: Book the Eighth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
    Thoughts from 43% (end of Ch. 6)

    The fact I loved this book as a kid, which is entirely about administrative work and hospitals, truly says a lot about me and that I somehow, as an 8 year old, forsaw my future working in a field related to hospitals and administration 😭

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  • A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)
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  • Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
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    "monsters who wear the skins of men" If this isn't almost always true

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  • Magnolia Parks (Magnolia Parks Universe, #1)
    Thoughts from 33% (page 166)

    still quite an addictive read though i don’t know what makes it so addictive. some of the writing is still quite childlike which makes it hard to read sometimes. i’m also really starting to hate how easily magnolia gives back in to bj

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  • The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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  • A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)
    Thoughts from 90% (Chapter 45)

    Almost to the end of the second book in the series and I STILL forget that Keera has fangs? Like... This is not the first time it has been mentioned but I can't seem to remember. 🤔

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  • The Safekeep
    Favourite book of 2025 so far

    i adored this book. i flew through it in just one sitting. i adored following the MC and the paranoia she sits in and unravelling the many struggles she has within. i ADORED the romance and felt the characters just fit like a glove. initially there seemed to be a lot of characters, but by the end i felt they had all been fleshed out perfectly and i felt connected and as though i knew them. the ā€˜plot twist’ at the end actually got me and just got me all the more invested. i genuinely haven’t stopped thinking about this book since i read it, definitely a favourite of this year and maybe a new favourite of all time

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  • The Hostile Hospital: Book the Eighth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
    Thoughts from 1% (page 1)

    an iconic opening STOP to create a pun out of explaining telegrams and also advise the reader to not read the book STOP legendary behaviour STOP

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    The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

    The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

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  • Your Bookish Beige Flag?

    Was thinking to myself how I have this ridiculous habit of intentionally speeding through book blurbs trying not to learn too much, leaving a book on my TBR for ages, starting to read it going off the memory of the blurb, and then being completely thrown by what the book is actually about because I realize I didn't actually know. Case in point: started the castle knoll files series today, DEAD CERTAIN the MC was an old male detective. It is about a 25 year old girl and her kooky aunt. This is abundantly clear in the blurb and I have no idea how I misremembered that badly. I spent the first 20 pages going "oh? Oh?? Oh!" So anyway, that got me thinking, do any of y'all have reading quirks like this that are ultimately harmless but kind of weird? A beige flag, if you will?

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  • How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
    Thoughts from 6% (page 15, end of Ch1)

    Folks, I am locked šŸ‘ in šŸ‘. Considering I only have about two pieces of information my mind is already whirring with theories and possibilities, and I just have a great feeling about this superstitious paranoid rich aunt x skeptical young niece duo. Also, is it too much to hope that we'll actually get home reno content in this because yes I want to hear about them fixing up the place and live vicariously

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