Title: The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air #3) by Holly Black
Published: November 19, 2019
Read as: US standard hardcover
Average Goodreads rating (as of this date): 4.43
My rating: 2
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WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words and was formerly hosted by A Daily Rhythm. It is open for anyone to participate, even without a blog you can comment on Sam’s post with your own answers. It is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
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Title: Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: October 23, 2018
Read as: Audiobook from Audible
Average Goodreads rating: 4.7
My rating: 5
Aelin has risked everything to save her people―but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day…
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Welcome to First Impression Friday! This meme is created by Joe at JW Martin – Storeys of Stories. The rules are:
• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.
• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?
• Link back to Storeys of Stories so everyone can enjoy reading all the First Impression Fridays out there! Continue reading
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
Title: Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas
Published: September 6th, 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Average Goodreads rating: 4.58
My rating: 3.5
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don’t. Continue reading
Title: A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Published: May 1st, 2018
Average Goodreads rating: 4.24
My rating: 2.5
The Winter Solstice. In a week. I was still new enough to being High Lady that I had no idea what my formal role was to be. If we’d have a High Priestess do some odious ceremony, as lanthe had done the year before.
A year. Gods, nearly a year since Rhys had called in his bargain, desperate to get me away from the poison of the Spring Court to save me from my despair. Had he been only a minute later, the Mother knew what would have happened. Where I’d now be. Snow swirled and eddied in the garden, catching in the brown fibers of the burlap covering the shrubs My mate who had worked so hard and so selflessly, all without hope that I would ever be with him We had both fought for that love, bled for it. Rhys had died for it. Continue reading
Title: Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: September 2, 2014
Average Goodreads rating: 4.52
My rating: 3
Format read: Audio
Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak―but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life―and her future―forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed? Continue reading
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