WHEN THE SKY FELL ON SPLENDOR By Emily Henry

May 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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WHEN THE SKY FELL ON SPLENDOR By Emily HenryWhen the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry
Published by Razorbill on 3/12/19
Genres: Contemporary, Fantasy & Magic, Mystery & Detective, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 350
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Almost everyone in the small town of Splendor, Ohio, was affected when the local steel mill exploded. If you weren't a casualty of the accident yourself, chances are a loved one was. That's the case for seventeen-year-old Franny, who, five years after the explosion, still has to stand by and do nothing as her brother lies in a coma.

In the wake of the tragedy, Franny found solace in a group of friends whose experiences mirrored her own. The group calls themselves The Ordinary, and they spend their free time investigating local ghost stories and legends, filming their exploits for their small following of YouTube fans. It's silly, it's fun, and it keeps them from dwelling on the sadness that surrounds them.

Until one evening, when the strange and dangerous thing they film isn't fiction--it's a bright light, something massive hurtling toward them from the sky. And when it crashes and the teens go to investigate...everything changes.

Short and Sweet Review

The small town of Splendor hasn’t been the same since the steel mill exploded. Granny is our main character and her brother is in a coma because of the accident. Granny is friends with a group of teens that call themselves The Ordinary, they spend their time going around town making YouTube videos about legends and ghost stories. Things change when something from the sky crashes down and the teens go to investigate.

I’m going to start this by saying I felt a need to read this book after watching the movie Nope, because I needed more UFO type vibes in my life. Unfortunately, this book was not satisfying at all and I don’t really know what happened. I think there were two many characters, we only get Franny’s POV but things get muddled when you have to remember five other characters too. A lot of this book just felt disjointed and I wish there was more about legends and ghost stories, but we get Franny and her flashbacks about what happened when the steel mill exploded. The teens get powers but don’t really use them and the pacing was off nothing really happened until we get towards the end of the book. I wish I could tell you guys more about this book but it really feels like there’s nothing to add.

I don’t think I went into this book with the highest hopes and I’m glad because I would be very disappointed. I wouldn’t recommend this book and if I do find a good book about strange things happening in a small town with more UFO type of elements I’ll be sure to let you guys know!

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THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE By Holly Jackson

May 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE By Holly JacksonThe Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Published by Delacorte Press on 4/2/24
Genres: Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 441
Format: Ebook
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Lights. Camera. Lies.

Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.

But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And—could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .

Short and Sweet Review

Bel’s mom disappeared sixteen years ago when she was two. Now Bel is being interviewed for a documentary about the disappearance of Rachel Price. Bel was the only witness but as a two year old she doesn’t really remember anything. Bel just wants filming to end and for life to go back to normal, but that’s not going to happen because Rachel Price reappears. Rachel comes back with an interesting story about what happened and Bel can’t bring herself to believe her so she decides to do some investigating of her own.

I love Holly Jackson’s books all of them have been pretty good so I was excited when this one was released. I will say this book started off slow and it does pick up but not when Rachel comes back but when someone else goes missing. Bel grew up with her dad for most of her life except when he was in jail because he was a suspect in her mom’s disappearance. Bel is also close to her cousin Carter and her grandfather and aunt and uncle. Bel doesn’t know much about Rachel except for what she’s heard from other people. When Rachel comes back Bel doesn’t immediately warm up to her, she thinks something is off about Rachel. Bel teams up with Ash one of the cameramen for the documentary. I think Bel and Ash are more so friends than anything especially because we know that Bel has a history of pushing people away if they get too close. Bel starts digging into Rachels past and its interesting because Bel doesn’t trust Rachel and I know Rachel can tell but she just pastes on a smile and you can really feel the tension. I did like that Bel went around interviewing people who could have seen Rachel before she disappeared and just try to put the puzzle pieces together. I will say that there’s a lot of secrets that are revealed and they were juicy secrets and you don’t know who to trust. The further we go in the book the more on the edge of your seat you’ll be. I was just trying to figure out what was going on and I was not disappointed when the reveal happened.

This book was so good! It’s one that makes you want more. This is the kind of plot you see in true crime docs and it was well written! I loved the mystery behind it all and even though it starts off slow it definitely picks up and you’ll want to be buckled in. Pick this book up and don’t miss out!

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WHAT IF IT’S US By Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

April 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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WHAT IF IT’S US By Becky Albertalli and Adam SilveraWhat If It's Us by Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli
Series: What If It's Us #1
Published by HarperTeen on 10/9/18
Genres: Contemporary, LGBT, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 439
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ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.

BEN thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things.

But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them . . . ?

Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated.

Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.

But what if they can’t nail a first date even after three do-overs?

What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work and Ben doesn’t try hard enough?

What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play?

But what if it is?

What if it’s us?

Short and Sweet Review

Arthur is in New York for the summer but isn’t really expecting anything exciting to happen, but as a fan of broadway musicals he believes anything can happen.

Ben is at the post office getting ready to send a box of stuff back to his ex and that’s when he runs into Arthur. Who would’ve thought that the universe would have brought these two together?

When Ben and Arthur initially meet. At the post office they don’t go through the proper channels to exchange information so after they meet they keep thinking about each other but have no way to contact each other. Arthur takes a chance and puts a post on Craigslist and also posters which is pretty bold and a little weird but it works. Ben and Arthur go on dates and learn more about each other but they’re not really sure how long this will last because Arthur is going back to Georgia after the summer. I thought this relationship was cute but both of them had a lot to learn. Arthur’s parents argue a lot and so when he looks at them he sees a dysfunctional relationship and Ben just didn’t have the best break up with his ex. The boys do end up having some conflict and although it sucks and it hurt my heart I understood its what needed to happen for both characters to grow. I did enjoy the fact that both of them had supportive families and I also loved their friends especially Dylan.

Overall, this book is just super cute! I loved Ben and Arthur and how different they were but it worked. The broadway references were amazing and I just love how it’s set in New York and the boys are basically on an adventure with each other. Albertalli and Silvera did amazing job bringing these characters to life and I’m excited to read the sequel!

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SECRET ADMIRER By R.L. Stine

April 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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SECRET ADMIRER By R.L. StineSecret Admirer by R.L. Stine
Series: Fear Street #36
Published by Simon Pulse on 6/30/08
Genres: Horror & Ghost Stories, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 164
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Selena has it all. She just scored the lead in her high school play, and everyone adores her. So when she starts receiving dead flowers from a secret “admirer” named The Sun, she just assumes it’s a harmless fan.

But Selena soon realizes that The Sun is serious...dead serious. First, her understudy is injured in a suspicious accident. Then, a speeding car almost kills her! Selena doesn’t know what this psycho wants. All she knows is that her number-one fan has become her number-one nightmare.

Short and Sweet Review

Selena is a great actress and she’s about to audition for the lead in the schools next play. When Selena gets dead flowers from a secret admirer she just brushes it off as a harmless prank until it becomes obvious that she’s in actual danger.

I will admit the Secret Admirer was a better read than the last Fear Street book I reviewed which is a few posts down. Selena comes across as someone who mainly cares about herself and not anyone around her. When Selena starts getting these threats from the secret admirer she tries to confide in people but they think she’s just looking for attention. Anyway there’s three guys vying for her attention and she has her eyes on Eddy a college student who is at the play rehearsals as a student consultant. So I think Stine did a good job making it seem like the culprit was obvious but in the end it was someone/ else. There’s not a lot of substance to these books we have a main character who is going through some issue that comes across as spooky and then we have the ending. Overall Secret Admirer got the bad taste out of my mouth that The Dare left and hopefully the other Fear Street books can hold up too. I just think these books are fun to read for nostalgias sake. Pick these books up for a short thriller but keep in mind some are hit or miss.

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MEMENTO NORA By Angie Smibert

April 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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MEMENTO NORA By Angie SmibertMemento Nora by Angie Smibert
Series: Memento Nora #1
Published by Skyscape on 1/6/12
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 195
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In Nora's world you don't have to put up with nightmares. Nora goes with her mother to TFC--a Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic. There, she can describe her horrible memory and take the pill that will erase it. But at TFC, a chance encounter with a mysterious guy changes Nora's life. She doesn't take the pill. And when Nora learns the memory her mother has chosen to forget, she realizes that someone needs to remember. With newfound friends Micah and Winter, Nora makes a comic book of their memories called Memento. It's an instant hit, but it sets off a dangerous chain of events. Will Nora, Micah, and Winter be forced to take the Big Pill that will erase their memories forever?

Short and Sweet Review

In Nora’s world if you have a memory you want to get rid of you can, you just have to go to the Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic or TFC. Nora recently had a nightmare she wants to forget so she accompanies her mother to the clinic. At the clinic Nora sees a boy spit out his pill and tells her to remember. That’s when Nora decides she doesn’t need the pill and spits it out as well. Now that Nora has chosen to keep her memories she now knows the memory her mother wants to forget and why she goes to the TFC so often. Nora befriends Micah and Winter and together they create a comic, Memento. The comic is a hit, but once it gets into the wrong hands the trio realizes they’re in danger.

The idea of this book is pretty cool I won’t lie, but also do you really want to forget certain things? Nora’s mother is dealing with domestic abuse and because she chooses to forget she continues to go back to the main who is abusing her so in that aspect forgetting isn’t such a great idea. I like that even though Nora didn’t even know Micah she was intrigued enough to follow his lead and spit out her pill. The problem with the comic that the trio makes is that it’s too similar to their lives so if someone knows them well enough they’ll know who made the comment even though their intentions were to be anonymous. Anyway the comic ruffles some feathers because certain people are making money off of the TCF and if people stop going that’s going to be a problem. I didn’t really connect to any of the characters and even though we get Nora and Micah’s POV they sounded the same.

Overall, this was an easy read and the story is interesting but not something that wowed me. It was just okay not bad and not great.

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THE DARE By R.L. Stine

April 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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THE DARE By R.L. StineThe Dare by R.L. Stine
Series: Fear Street #21
Published by Simon Pulse on 6/30/08
Genres: Horror & Ghost Stories, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 164
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Johanna Wise has always longed to be part of Dennis Arthur’s rich, popular crowd, and she can’t believe it when he finally asks her out. She thought she’d do anything to keep Dennis, but when he dares her to kill their teacher, she’s not so sure. Will she really kill for love?

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The Dare follows our main character Johanna on her quest to be apart of the popular crowd. Johanna sees an in when she overhears that Dennis wants their teacher dead and for some reason our dummy of a main character offers to off him. Johanna thinks her offer is just a joke but Dennis and his crew take her seriously. Dennis and his friends start to hangout at Johannas house and they dare each other to do stupid things and it’s just so convenient that Johanna happens to be neighbors with the teacher they’re targeting. Let me just say Dennis and his friends are rich so they’re not used to dealing with consequences which is why when the teacher won’t just let Dennis pass he becomes so enraged he thinks about murder. Anywho Johanna has violent fantasies throughout the book and she feels the pressure to do what Dennis says but she can’t because she’s not a killer just an idiot. I’m not sure why she thought that his was love because Dennis was just using her and he had a girlfriend. The real victim of the story was the teacher, who doesn’t get paid enough to deal with this nonsense. Johanna was a horrible main character and quite frankly very stupid. The decision making in this book was awful and it’s obvious that their frontal lobes aren’t fully developed. This book was originally published in the 90s and you can tell. The writing and gimmicks of this book just don’t work in the 2000s. I have a few more Fear Street novels to read and I’m not sure if those will also disappoint or be a pleasant surprise. I would say just skip this book, I don’t give out a lot of 1s as ratings but this book deserves it.

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AGAIN, BUT BETTER By Christine Riccio

April 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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AGAIN, BUT BETTER By Christine RiccioAgain, but Better by Christine Riccio
Published by Wednesday Books on 5/7/19
Genres: Contemporary, Fantasy & Magic, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 377
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Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that?

Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends, pursue boys, and find adventure!

Easier said than done. She is soon faced with the complicated realities of living outside her bubble, and when self-doubt sneaks in, her new life starts to fall apart.

Shane comes to find that, with the right amount of courage and determination one can conquer anything. Throw in some fate and a touch of magic - the possibilities are endless.

Short and Sweet Review

Shane is about to do a semester abroad in London. Shane is excited for a new start, back home she’s premed which makes her parents happy but here in London she’s about to pursue her passion for writing. Shane is about to do things she hasn’t before like make friends, go on adventures, and maybe find romance. But this new Shane in London is going to have to deal with everything she’s been trying to hide about what her life is really like back home. Things go awry but somehow Shane gets a second chance to try things again and make them better.

We first meet Shane in 2011 on her way to London. She basically lied to her parents about there being a premed track abroad but what’s really happening is Shane is going to take classes and get an internship at a magazine. We meet Shanes roommates and she spends the most time with Babe and Pilot. They go on a lot of trips together and are having the time of their lives. Pilot is Shanes romantic interest and we can tell that they like each other but Pilot actually has a girlfriend so that doesn’t work out. When Shanes parents find out she’s been lying she goes back to New York without the job she really wants, without the boy, and ultimately with unfinished business. We meet Shane again in 2017 and she realizes that she’s not happy and basically wants a do over. She finds Pilot and somehow they’re transported back to 2011 to try everything again. Although those two are happy Shane realizes that she’s been slacking with her internship and starts to rethink things again.

I did like the first half of the book and found myself connecting with Shane and the position she’s in because college is hard especially when you’re going for someone else’s dream instead of your own. When we meet Shane again she kind of forces Pilot to go on this endeavor with her and at first he’s pretty upset but they both realize this is a chance to see where things kind have gone. I think what annoyed me about this is when Shane realizes she’s not focusing enough on the internship she kind of ghosts Pilot. Anyway things do get better in a way, and we can see how things changed from the first time in London to the second. I will say Shanes parents were toxic and I just couldn’t stand them not understanding her position. So romance was good, adventures and roommates were also good. Shane did learn a lot about herself during this time and for that I was happy, but I do think she needed to think things out a bit better.

Overall, this book was good. I did prefer the first half to the second I do think the redeeming quality the second half had was the ending. I would recommend this book its a good representation of coming of age and truly living life for yourself and not those around you.

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FORGED By Erin Bowman

April 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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FORGED By Erin BowmanForged by Erin Bowman
Series: Taken #3
Published by HarperTeen on 4/14/15
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 384
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Gray Weathersby knows the truth about the Laicos Project, the Order, and the Forgeries—and he knows they must be stopped. But each generation of Forgeries is deadlier than the one before, and now even the most familiar faces—including the girl Gray loves—can't be trusted. To make a stand against the Order, Gray will have to risk it all.

Short and Sweet Review

It’s finally time for Gray and his group of rebels to stop Frank and his army of forgeries. Gray has to be on his A game because the forgeries are becoming harder to detect and they’re deadly.

In this final book of the Taken trilogy we follow Gray and his group as they plan on how they’re going to stop Frank. I feel like this book is a lot like the last book and maybe this trilogy should have just been a duology. Because this book is so similar to book two it felt like nothing was really going on, it was slow. The book picks up towards the end which is when the big confrontation occurs. There was a lot of focus on Gray and Bree’s relationship but at this point I thought that should have just gone their separate ways, I don’t think they were good for each other. I do think that Gray was annoying in this book, it’s like he progressively got worse each book. I really don’t have a lot to say about this book that I haven’t said about the first two books. I wish there was more that went on in this book but there wasn’t and because it was the last book we can predict what will happen.

Overall, the ending of the book was good and I liked it. The book as a whole not so great. I do think the series started off strong but it definitely hit a decline as the series went on.

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THE NATURALS By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

April 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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THE NATURALS By Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Series: The Naturals #1
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on 11/5/13
Genres: Mystery & Detective, Romance, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 321
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Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie.

What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides-especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.

Short and Sweet Review

Cassie has the ability to read people and piece together things she notices about them to form a full picture. She’s had this skill for a while but its not anything she’s taken seriously until the FBI comes knocking and offers her the chance to join the naturals, a group of young adults with skills similar to her. Cassie accepts the offer in hopes that she can solve her mom’s cold case. Cassie is sent to live with the other naturals and hone her skills and look over unsolved crimes. There’s a new killer and this one is closer than anyone thought, and the naturals have to come together to solve this new case.

Cassie has the skills of a profiler, think about the FBI agents on Criminal Minds. When Cassie is recruited to join the naturals she meets, Michael, Dean, Lia, and Sloane. Each of these teens has a certain ability that allows them to figure someone out. Dean is another profiler, while Michael can spot someone’s emotions, Sloane is into math and statistics, and I think Lia is able to tell if someone is lying. Anyway they all live in this house together and they have FBI agents who are their mentors Agent Locke and Agent Briggs. I think this is different from other mysteries because of the profiling aspect. We get to see Cassie train and learn how to use her skills to be better. I will say because Dean was another profiler they had a connection but there was a love triangle. I found the love triangle to be unnecessary and I’m glad that by the end of the book we reigned that whole situation in. My least favorite character in this book was Lia, she just seemed like she enjoyed starting problems and for that reason she can go. We see Cassie learn what it takes to be a profiler and also she’s put in danger when someone starts to recreate her mothers murder and it seems like they’re trying to lure Cassie to the same fate. The ending was good but I will say it was kind of predictable but that could just be because I read so many mystery books that not much can surprise me.

Overall, this was a solid first book. I do think if you like Criminal Minds you’ll enjoy this book. I’m looking forward to reading the next books in the series just to see more growth from these characters and also to see how well they’ll solve future crimes as a team.

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THE WINNER’S KISS By Marie Rutkoski

April 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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THE WINNER’S KISS By Marie RutkoskiThe Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
Series: The Winner's Trilogy #3
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on 3/29/16
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 498
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War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He's finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even if he can't quite forget her. Kestrel turned into someone he could no longer recognize: someone who cared more for the empire than for the lives of innocent people-and certainly more than she cared for him. At least, that's what he thinks.

But far north lies a work camp where Kestrel is a prisoner. Can she manage to escape before she loses herself? As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover unexpected roles in battle, terrible secrets, and a fragile hope. The world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and Kestrel and Arin are caught between. In a game like this, can anybody really win?

Sweet and Short Review

War has started between the Valorians and the Herrani and Arin is in the thick of it trying to strategize the best way to win. With everything that he’s dealing with he’s starting to forget Kestrel, someone he thinks he can no longer trust. Meanwhile Kestrel is taken as a prisoner and she wants to escape before she becomes like the other prisoners and forgets who she is. Kestrel and Arin are in between and at this point can anyone really win?

The time it took me to read this book after reading the second book was a good 7 years. Don’t ask me why but I’m not sure. I do think the time in-between reading book 2 and 3 may be the reason my rating for this book is lower than that of book 2. Let’s get into the review. We start off by seeing Arin as he’s one of the main people who is strategizing with the people from the east as his ally on how to go about this war. Kestrel on the other hand is taken to the prison where she is drugged everyday and there’s not much known except that she’s given drugs that have different effects and one of them is memory loss. When Arin realizes that Kestrel didn’t betray him but is alive and in prison he goes off to rescue her. Unfortunately she’s been in the prison so long that she has lost her memory and doesn’t know a lot. I will be honest I thought Arin was annoying he treated Kestrel like she was fragile and I didn’t like how he went from trying to forget her to doing a 180 and trying not to leave her side. I just have a problem when a man tries to tell a woman she can’t do something… Anyway slowly Kestrel regains her memory and understands what her father did. I thought that part of the story was the saddest because she couldn’t understand why he didn’t love her as much as he loved his job. Moving on we see the war go on and that’s about it. I feel like this book was very anti-climatic and the writing wasn’t good in the fact that it was choppy and repetitive with the war strategy and seeing Arin come and go.

Overall, I thought this book would be amazing because I loved the second one so much but I was wrong. I will say the trilogy is good and if you do plan on reading it don’t wait seven years like I did to finish it.

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