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I just started reading The Atlas Six and I have to say...

It is such a breath of fresh air reading a good story with good writing. The kind of writing that soothes you, calms you. It has an unstoppable flow.

I had finished Onyx Storm just this week, and it has a great story, but it's hard to read. The writing is bad. Sometimes, I would have to read the same paragraph at least three times to truly understand what was happening. The writing also made me nervous, it's very fast-paced.

I am in The Atlas Six third chapter, but I am loving it.

Congratulations to the author, you made a very exceptional work here.

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for what it feels like the 100th time, I've reread the TOG series all over again.

but, kingdom of ash, damn. the entire book's filled with goosebumps and emotional moments, so I will share my favorite ones with you.

• "Her lip curled. “I would be inclined to believe that if I hadn’t seen you crawling after Maeve on the beach.”

Lorcan blinked at the words, the hatred in them, stunned enough that he let her walk past this time. Elide didn’t so much as look back.

Not until Lorcan said, “I didn’t crawl after Maeve.”

She halted, hair swaying. Slowly, she glanced over her shoulder. Imperious and cold as the stars overhead."

“I crawled …” His throat bobbed. “I crawled after Aelin.”

• The spider hissed, “I do not need a boy’s mercy—”

“It is a king’s mercy you receive,” Dorian said coldly, “and I’d suggest being quiet long enough to receive it.” Rarely, so rarely did Manon hear that voice from him, the tone that sent a thrill through her blood and bones. A king’s voice.

• Let it kill him, wreck him. He would not serve. Not another heartbeat. He would not obey.

He would not obey.

And slowly, Fenrys got to his feet.

honestly, this entire chapter...

• ““Please,” Aedion bellowed. The word was devoured by the screams of the dying. “Please!”

He’d make any bargain, he’d sell his soul to the dark god, if they spared her.

He hadn’t meant it. He took it back, all those words.

Useless. He’d called her useless. Had thrown her into the snow naked.

He took it back.

Aedion sobbed, flinging himself toward her as Lysandra tried again to rise, using her shield to balance her weight.

Men rallied behind her, waiting to see what the Fire-Bringer would do. How she’d burn the ilken.

There was nothing to see, nothing to witness. Nothing at all, but her death.

Yet Lysandra rose, Aelin’s golden hair falling in her face as she hefted her shield and pointed the sword between her and the ilken.

The queen has come; the queen fights alone.

Men ran back to the front line. Turned on their heels and raced for her.

Lysandra held her sword steady, kept it pointed at the ilken in defiance and rage.

Ready for the death soon to come.Please,” Aedion bellowed. The word was devoured by the screams of the dying. “Please!”

He’d make any bargain, he’d sell his soul to the dark god, if they spared her.

He hadn’t meant it. He took it back, all those words.

Useless. He’d called her useless. Had thrown her into the snow naked.

He took it back.

Aedion sobbed, flinging himself toward her as Lysandra tried again to rise, using her shield to balance her weight.

Men rallied behind her, waiting to see what the Fire-Bringer would do. How she’d burn the ilken.

There was nothing to see, nothing to witness. Nothing at all, but her death.

Yet Lysandra rose, Aelin’s golden hair falling in her face as she hefted her shield and pointed the sword between her and the ilken.

The queen has come; the queen fights alone.

Men ran back to the front line. Turned on their heels and raced for her.

Lysandra held her sword steady, kept it pointed at the ilken in defiance and rage.

Ready for the death soon to come.

• A moment later, Chaol was glad he was sitting down.

Nesryn breathed, “Holy gods.”

Chaol was inclined to agree as Aelin Galathynius, Rowan Whitethorn, and several others entered the tent.

• Aelin. Aelin was—

Arcas neared the earth, talons splaying. Aelin hit the ground, rolling, rolling, until she uncoiled to her feet.

Right in the path of that wave.

“Oh gods,” Fenrys breathed, seeing her, too.

They all saw her.

The queen on the plain.

The endless wall of water surging for her.

• “I shall answer Terrasen’s call,” Manon said.

Asterin stepped to her side, fearless as she surveyed the assembled camp. “As shall I.”

Sorrel flanked Manon’s right. “So shall the Thirteen.”

Manon waited, hardly daring to acknowledge the thing that began burning in her chest.

Then Bronwen stepped up, her dark hair blowing in the chill wind. “The Vanora hearth shall fly north.”

Another witch squared her shoulders. “So shall the Silian.”

And so it went.

Until the leaders of all seven of the Great Hearths stood gathered there.

• But he still said, The king I wish to be is the opposite of what you are. He gave Maeve a smile. And there is only one witch who will be my queen.

• “We came,” Manon said, loud enough that all on the city walls could hear, “to honor a promise made to Aelin Galathynius. To fight for what she promised us.”

Darrow said quietly, “And what was that?”

Manon smiled then. “A better world.”

• Her Second, her cousin, her friend, smiled, eyes bright as stars. “Live, Manon.”

Manon blinked.

Asterin smiled wider, kissed Manon’s brow, and whispered again, “Live.”

• A horn cleaved through the air, through the battle, through the world.

Aedion went still.

Whirled toward the direction of that horn, to the south. Beyond Morath’s teeming ranks. Beyond the sea of blackness, to the foothills that bordered the edge of Theralis’s sprawling plain.

Again, that horn blared, a roar of defiance.

“That’s no horn of Morath,” Lysandra breathed.

And then they appeared. Along the edge of the foothills. A line of golden-armored warriors, foot soldiers and cavalry alike. More and more and more, a great line spreading across the crest of the final hill.

Filling the skies, stretching into the horizon, flew mighty, armored birds with riders. Ruks.

And before them all, sword raised to the sky as that horn blew one last time, the ruby in the blade’s pommel smoldering like a small sun …

Before them all, riding on the Lord of the North, was Aelin.

• Maeve extended a hand before her, darkness swirling in her cupped palm. “There are no gods left to watch, I’m afraid. And there are no gods left to help you now, Aelin Galathynius.”

• “Terrasen is my home,” Aelin said. It was the only answer in her heart.

Darrow smiled—just a bit. “So it is.” He bowed his head. Then his body. “Welcome,” he said, then added as he rose, “Your Majesty.”

But Aelin looked to Evangeline, the girl still beaming.

Win me back my kingdom, Evangeline.

• She beckoned her court forward.

Then smiled at Dorian and Chaol, at Yrene and Nesryn and Sartaq and their companions. And beckoned them forward, too.

Brows rising, they approached.

But Aelin, crowned and glowing, only said, “Walk with me.” She gestured to the gates behind her. “All of you.”

This day did not belong to her alone. Not at all.

And when they all balked, Aelin walked forward. Took Yrene Westfall by the hand to guide her to the front. Then Manon Blackbeak. Elide Lochan. Lysandra. Evangeline. Nesryn Faliq. Borte and Hasar and Ansel of Briarcliff.

All the women who had fought by her side, or from afar. Who had bled and sacrificed and never given up hope that this day might come.

“Walk with me,” Aelin said to them, the men and males falling into step behind. “My friends.”

The bells still ringing, Aelin nodded to the guards at the castle gates.

They opened at last, and the roar from the gathered crowds was loud enough to rattle the stars.

As one, they walked out. Into the cheering city.

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I just finished House of Flame and Shadow, and this, this is the only time I cried.

Ember really looked like she might cry now, especially as she turned back to Nesta and said, “This time with you was a gift, Nesta. It truly was.”

With that, she pulled Nesta to her in a tight embrace, and Bryce could have sworn something like pain and longing crossed Nesta’s expression. Like she hadn’t experienced a mom-hug for a long, long time.

We've been robbed of more moments like this, with the Night Court

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I've been away from tumblr for a really long time - like a year - and I've also been in a reading slump since acosf, but the thing is...

I'm reading again (yay), and I've read Icebreaker, Haunting Adeline, Say You Swear, Purity and Torn.

loved icebreaker

got the hots for haunting adeline

balled my eyes out for say you swear

HATED purity and torn

i NEED new book recs (mostly dark romance), and I have no idea where to start.

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You know the talon on the top of Illyrian’s wings?

In actual bats (which these wings are based off of) that talon is actually their thumb

Therefore: Cassian, Azriel and Rhys are always giving a thumbs up no matter the circumstance

I didn’t know what to do with this information but believe it is very vital to know so you’re welcome

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To all the Tumblr users who tend to use tags very liberally:

Let’s play a game. Type the following words into your tags box, then post the first automatic tag that comes up. you, also, what, when, why, how, look, because, never

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true, which btw, i need some book recs with lesbian or bi MC's

I'm sorry to all sjm fans around the world, but no MC she can ever write can top aelin ashryver galathynius

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i need book recs where the main character has aelin vibes

i know, it's A LOT to ask for, but if anyone has any idea of a book like that, please send it my way

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am I the only one that thinks that Sarah ran out of creativity when giving our MC's nicknames? cause honestly, I think that umbra mortis is kinda cringe

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BAXIAN LADIES AND GENTS. Please give the artist some love .

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we got some phone sex, that was fun

I'm back, and I'm back with house of sky and breath.

do you know what this means right? reading threeeead. (if i don't give up right i. the middle of it, which if i do, I'll give you some highlights of the book)

so be careful, cause there'll be A LOT of spoilers.

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we got some phone sex, that was fun

I'm back, and I'm back with house of sky and breath.

do you know what this means right? reading threeeead. (if i don't give up right i. the middle of it, which if i do, I'll give you some highlights of the book)

so be careful, cause there'll be A LOT of spoilers.

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I'm sorry to all sjm fans around the world, but no MC she can ever write can top aelin ashryver galathynius

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oh yeah, i completely forgot

Bryce and hunt are now self declared mates

boringggggggggg

I'm back, and I'm back with house of sky and breath.

do you know what this means right? reading threeeead. (if i don't give up right i. the middle of it, which if i do, I'll give you some highlights of the book)

so be careful, cause there'll be A LOT of spoilers.

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alrighty, so, we finally get to meet daddy fendyr. jesus

I'm back, and I'm back with house of sky and breath.

do you know what this means right? reading threeeead. (if i don't give up right i. the middle of it, which if i do, I'll give you some highlights of the book)

so be careful, cause there'll be A LOT of spoilers.

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I saw some people saying that hosab's smut was terrible, compared to acosf's smut. it's not that it's terrible, it's just completely fucking different, and you know why?

it's because acosf's sex was "i hate you, but can't stay away from you, but I also won't admit what I'm feeling because I'm broken inside and trust no one" sex. the infamous enemies to lovers sex.

hosab's sex is "i love you and you know it and I also know that you love me too but we can't be together because of all the shit that's happening" sex. it's lovable sex. the otherwise boring, friends to lovers sex.

it isn't terrible and badly written, it's just different from what we are used to in SJM's books. To me, she went up a whole new level. it's not the kind of writing she's used to. sure, we have rowalin and feysand. but we never really got hot and heavy rowalin smut. and feysand's was THE best kind of smut of all: the make up sex

so I admire her for trying something she's never tried before. and she's KILLING it

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ugh, men

I'm back, and I'm back with house of sky and breath.

do you know what this means right? reading threeeead. (if i don't give up right i. the middle of it, which if i do, I'll give you some highlights of the book)

so be careful, cause there'll be A LOT of spoilers.