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My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand
2.0
This is technically a DNF because I'm accepting that I'm not finishing the audiobook, but I did listen to all but the last hour.
I don't think this one is a great audiobook. I found the narrator annoying. But every character in the book was also so whiny. Edward was whining because he lost his throne. Jane was whining because she wanted to read (WHCIH SHE DID ANYWAY ALL THE TIME). And Gifford whined about being a horse and misunderstood.
Overall, I didn't care about Edward's chapters at all. I wanted to skip them tbh.
Gifford and Jane could have easily solved all of their problems if they just tried or communicated. And like people were trying to help and they just refused all the time????
AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS FUNNY AND IT WASNT FUNNY. I THINK I LAUGHED LIKE 4 TIMES. I FEEL SO BETRAYED.
I don't think this one is a great audiobook. I found the narrator annoying. But every character in the book was also so whiny. Edward was whining because he lost his throne. Jane was whining because she wanted to read (WHCIH SHE DID ANYWAY ALL THE TIME). And Gifford whined about being a horse and misunderstood.
Overall, I didn't care about Edward's chapters at all. I wanted to skip them tbh.
Gifford and Jane could have easily solved all of their problems if they just tried or communicated. And like people were trying to help and they just refused all the time????
AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS FUNNY AND IT WASNT FUNNY. I THINK I LAUGHED LIKE 4 TIMES. I FEEL SO BETRAYED.
The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
5.0
This didn't make me sob the way I wanted it to but it still hurt me.
tw: graphic rape, drug use
This was a fantastic depiction of how some people react to trauma. I saw so much of myself in Eden. Which was a bit rough, tbh.
I saw a lot of reviews mention Eden's drug abuse but she literally smoked weed twice. I was probably worse in high school than Eden was in every way except surrounding sex.
But this was a good story. It was a necessary one, as much as it hurts to say.
tw: graphic rape, drug use
This was a fantastic depiction of how some people react to trauma. I saw so much of myself in Eden. Which was a bit rough, tbh.
I saw a lot of reviews mention Eden's drug abuse but she literally smoked weed twice. I was probably worse in high school than Eden was in every way except surrounding sex.
But this was a good story. It was a necessary one, as much as it hurts to say.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
5.0
I REALLY enjoyed this.
I absolutely love Jude. I loved the way she didn't let her fear rule her even though she knew it was there. But also how cunning and intelligent she was. I really really love that she found a way to make the world hers.
I'm really hype for the Wicked King. I have HOPES FOR STEAMY STUFF OK. I get the feeling that this series is going to be something epic.
I absolutely love Jude. I loved the way she didn't let her fear rule her even though she knew it was there. But also how cunning and intelligent she was. I really really love that she found a way to make the world hers.
I'm really hype for the Wicked King. I have HOPES FOR STEAMY STUFF OK. I get the feeling that this series is going to be something epic.
Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat
2.0
ngl, I skimmed through a lot of this.
I read the first one last year and found it to be a very uncomfortable experience but I didn't hate it.
So I bought the second one and put off reading it for about a year. Aannnddd I'm underwhelmed. But I will say its likely because I don't remember a lot of the end of the first book. I dont understand how Damen went from getting whipped to lusting after Laurent.
This one was definitely a lot less disturbing than the first. There was a whole lot more political intrigue. That was fun.
The battle scenes were confusingly written. And some scenes seemed to jump around or repeat themselves and have different outcomes-- at one point Damen and Laurent go to meet with some mountain clanswomen and Damen has sex with a few of them (which is totally normal and realistic ya know?) and then the next time they meet the head clanswoman and she's like "ayy Damen join in on our orgy" Laurent freaks out like he didn't give Damen permission to sex up a bunch of women a few pages before??? idk
Overall I didnt hate it and I'm even intrigued enough to buy the third so
I read the first one last year and found it to be a very uncomfortable experience but I didn't hate it.
So I bought the second one and put off reading it for about a year. Aannnddd I'm underwhelmed. But I will say its likely because I don't remember a lot of the end of the first book. I dont understand how Damen went from getting whipped to lusting after Laurent.
This one was definitely a lot less disturbing than the first. There was a whole lot more political intrigue. That was fun.
The battle scenes were confusingly written. And some scenes seemed to jump around or repeat themselves and have different outcomes-- at one point Damen and Laurent go to meet with some mountain clanswomen and Damen has sex with a few of them (which is totally normal and realistic ya know?) and then the next time they meet the head clanswoman and she's like "ayy Damen join in on our orgy" Laurent freaks out like he didn't give Damen permission to sex up a bunch of women a few pages before??? idk
Overall I didnt hate it and I'm even intrigued enough to buy the third so
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
5.0
I forgot how much I loved this book. its been a good 4 years since I've read it and I'd forgotten so much. I absolutely devoured it and I'm going to start Torch immediately.
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World by Stephen Castles, Hein de Haas, Mark J. Miller
I'm counting this too because I had to read more than 100 pages of it