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The Book of Azrael

Amber V. Nicole

World Ender meets Ender of Worlds... A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Eoria to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her. A King thought long dead and long forgotten. In the old world his name was Samkiel. In the new world it is Liam, but one title remains true throughout time. He is the World Ender, a myth to his enemies, a savior and King to those loyal to him. After the Gods War, he locked himself away, hiding from the world. He denied his crown and responsibilities, leaving the very ones who needed him most to deal with the fallout of the death of their homeworld. Now an attack on those he holds dear sends him back to the one realm he never wished to visit again and into the sights of an enemy he thought imprisoned eons ago. Now enemies older than time must put aside their differences and work together in hopes of saving both their world and every realm in between.

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Even the Darkest Stars (Even the Darkest Stars, #1)

2.0

Enjoyment: 1.0Quality: 2.0Characters: 1.0Plot: 1.5

I really should've known how I'd feel about this entire book when the adorable tiny baby-sized dragons were used as lamps. You heard me.

I was honestly just bored from tip to tail. Now this could have been due to the absolute monotone of the narrator I listened to, but it certainly wasn't helped by the flatness of the characters, the total lack of a plot for the first 60-ish%, and the lack of action of any kind. I'm not one who needs constant action or arguments or intrigue to keep me satisfied in a book, but you have to give me something. I just felt like I got absolute scraps from this.

That's not to say it's entirely bad. The writing is fine, the setting fantastic. But that's about the only good thing I can say. I just finished and I already remember next to nothing about any of the characters because there was nothing memorable about them or their plights. They climbed a mountain. That's about it.

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I devoured half of Fourth Wing, a 550 page book, in a single afternoon. By contrast, I've been reading this book every day for ten days and I've made it 263 pages in. This pacing in this book is slow to the point of being glacial, which is so disappointing because it had so much potential.

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This is starting to drag a bit, TBH. I'm appreciating the level of detail in the world building, but I'm sick of being stuck in Kamzin's head. I can only hear her whine about either River or wanting to be an explorer so many times.

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I've been really enjoying this so far. It reminds me a lot of a book I really liked as a kid called Banner in the Sky, only a fantasy version. I also appreciate that the geographical/cultural background borrowed for the book's world-building seems to be Western China/Mongolia. It's interesting and a nice change of pace from the standard medieval Europe.

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Even the Darkest Stars (Even the Darkest Stars, #1)

Heather Fawcett

Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the emperor’s royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance. But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin—not her older sister, Lusha, as everyone had expected—for his next expedition. This is Kamzin’s chance to prove herself—even though River’s mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means cimbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas. Then, Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival explorer, and Kamzin must decide what’s most important to her: protecting her sister from the countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit. The challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin expected—or prepared for—with avalanches, ice chasms, ghosts, and other dangers at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed, Kamzin must unravel the truth about their mission and her companions—while surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.

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The Bone Season

Samantha Shannon

Welcome to Scion. No safer place. The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal – and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.

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Okay, this is the level of enemies to lovers I want in a romance. This is what I wanted in TIUTFFYE and did not at all get. They LOATHE each other and it SHOWS.

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