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Dramatic battles, tense political intrigue, unique world building...and is that maybe some romance I'm sensing? These books are not Romantasy but focus primarily on the SFF elements. Romance is a subplot and may not appear until later in the series, but when it does, you won't be disappointed.
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RY does SUCH a good job of giving us context without it feeling like an info dump
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Rebecca Yarros
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Rebecca Yarros
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Should I continue til book two? bcs i've stopped reading this book twice... pls tell me it's worth my time
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Before starting this book, I think its helpful to keep in mind a few things: (1) Try not to draw parallels with the HP world (keyword is try, I struggled with this too in the beginning). (2) Do not mistake this for a light-hearted romance. The war setting is brutal and there are some very graphic scenes as well. (3) Yes, there should have been a glossary. Here is one specifically about the magic systems that I found useful
HP had very clear lines between good vs evil. I liked that the war in this book isn't framed in terms of good vs evil but rather, survival. Once I realised that both sides have skeletons in their closet, I wasn't rooting for any side to win the war. Instead I found myself rooting for the impossible romance that grows with the war as its backdrop.
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Soooo this may be the last book of the year and I am very much excited to see what it brings to this last straw, however, I find myself trying to judge it from every angle, every word just cause I have heard SO MANY negative comments about it I am entering the book with those thoughts!