#fbaa 5

[hawkefaery]

Kolis - A villain or just a name?

I am back rumbling and giving my unnecessary opinion on irrelevant topics.

I wrote this on the Facebook JLA group but it got rejected so it never saw the light (I don't know why lmao) but I remember more or less what I wanted to say and I still have those thoughts so I will share it here but adding a few new thought.

One of the keys writing that is known by majority of people, independently if they are in fact writers or not, is that a writer must show instead of tell. The readers must be shown what the characters have to go through and the characters must be shown pain, love, suffering, etc. Both characters and readers have to “live” the experience for any type of writing to be good.

We all (You and I!! <3) already know who Kolis is, but short and sweet he is the big very bad guy. It was already stated in the prequel of Blood and Ash, Flesh and Fire that Kolis is a strong enemy. He made the main characters go through hell and his name would even anger the gods themselves. But, what is Kolis in Blood and Ash universe? He is a name. Agree or disagree with me, but Kolis is someone the characters were warned about, they still do not know how far he would go, what he is capable of doing, or why they should be ready for him. Poppy, Cas, and the others have not "experienced themselves" how much of a villain Kolis could be.

Isbeth, The Blood Queen

Believe it or not, Isbeth is extremely important in this conversation. Why? Isbeth was a great villain. She was complex and had a background, she was completely unhinged that woman was capable of anything not give a fuck who she had to step on wherever were innocent people, her daughters, or even gods and primals she gave a shit and all because of the love she fell for a piece of shit (Malec) and the hate and resentment she had for Eloana, Atlantia and Nyktos. Isbeth was a nightmare to the characters in Blood and Ash. They were kidnaped, to torture (or beth), they had their entire families killed or the person that meant the most to them killed, they were kept away from the world and hidden away, or turned into a dead-alive thing, they had their people living in fear and hiding for centuries, etc etc. Isbeth? was an amazing villain, she served that role amazingly.

But why do I say that Isbeth is extremely important when it comes to talk about Kolis' role in Blood and Ash? Because Isbeth is the standar. Kolis is the final villan, the last step between the “good” characters and peace. Kolis was a threat to Primals, to Gods, to Drakens, etc, he manipulated, murdered, tortured, kidnapped, lied, etc, Kolis basically bend the world and everyone in it to his will and no one could stop him. When he comes into the Blood and Ash universe he can NOT cause less damage than Isbeth. The reader and the characters have to be given reasons to why say “oh fuck”, Kolis has to having the readers believing that Isbeth was not that bad, that we were not ready, otherwise, what is the point in even having him on the Flood and Ash serie?

Kolis can't just be a name thrown around without any real impact or significance in the story. He needs to be portrayed as a true villain who is capable of causing even more damage than Isbeth did.

Author note: Flesh and Fire might take place in the same universe but both are literally centuries apart and have whole different characters. I really hope Jen will not be lazy in this one and make Kolis the enemy of Blood and Ash too, to explore him and to also creat struggle for the other characters.

I personally believe and also hope that Kolis will be the one to blame for the death of a beloved character. THAT would be struggle for the other characters, that will be something Isbeth have not done, and that will be great to show how far Kolis will go as character, it shows that we should fear for the rest of the characters because kolis is a threat and that is a great villain. The inly question left to answer is who?

(I might make a post about who is most likely to die or something similar lmao I will probably do it)

Feel free to share your own theories with me <3

[separatist-apologist]

I'm not sure if you had answered this before but have you read zodiac acadamy?

Cuz I was fooled into believing it's a fantasy romance about the twins solving mystery at an acadamy and learning how to control certain elements and stuff. Going on cool af adventures and learning new creatures that are good or bad. Also I was told it had the tropes rivals to lovers/enemies to lovers.

Turns out to be about 2 pick me's getting harassed and bullied by a group of sex obsessed guys for the entirety of not only the first, but also the second and third book. 😀 I've never been so dissapointed.

The writing is jacka** as well.

I literally opened up my computer for this one. Fans of ZA, look away. I think my feelings on it are well known.

First of all. The writing is ATROCIOUS. I think the books themselves would probably be passable were it not for just the god awful writing. It's literally "this happened and then this happened and this happened and this happened" like damn bitch can I get a description or something? ALL telling, ZERO showing. Like if you're gonna tell me a character is smart, you better back that shit up. But they don't because Tory and Darcy are dumber than a box of rocks.

I was also told it was romance and apparently it is like, 4 books in, which circles me into my next complaint. I get why authors want to market their books as romance but it is LITERALLY not a romance for at least that first book. If I'm picking up romance, I expect romance. Not...sexual assault and bullying and then nothing else.

Tory and Darcy also don't have distinguishable voices and if I put the book down, I'd forget whose POV was who. The authors gave one of them blue hair and called it a day and I feel like there was so much she could have done with them and just...didn't want to.

I know a lot of people love it, and I think there is nothing wrong with liking trash. I've never once heard someone claim ZA is supposed to be elevated literature and I think to that end, it's almost mean making fun of it. The people who like it like it for what it is, I want to like it for what it is, but I can't get over the writing which bothers the fuck out of me.

I think it's definitely a brain off read. I definitely have read books where it's like, I am not reading for information, I am reading for vibes.

[fleyrie]

FBAA5 TEASER 🗡

[theaologies]

So confirmation that Flesh and Fire will be a trilogy

>book 5 likely in Poppy’s POV 😬

[juniperbooks]

From TikTok to Goodreads, no one can escape the immense popularity of 'spicy' Fantasy Romance series. In case you aren't familiar, 'spicy' books are ones with steamy romance, hot characters, and a varying degree of love scenes, and we just cannot get enough! Here are the top series on #BookTok ranked by the spice that brought this hidden genre to the forefront of pop culture literature:

Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab

Full of drama and tension with a touch of romance (including LGBTQ+!), Shades of Magic is firmly within the Young Adult genre and thus ranks 0/5 on the spicy scale. 

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Revenge, redemption, lies and secrets, a kick-ass female lead, and her morally grey love interests are what drive this Dark Fantasy romance series. But as the love scenes aren’t too descriptive and can easily be avoided, the series has a spicy score of 1/5 overall. 

All Souls - Deborah Harkness

Though teeming with forbidden romance tension, the steaminess is mostly just a little warm with one fiery scene for the series. The All Souls Trilogy has earned a 2/5 on the spicy scale, bridging the gap between YA and NA. 

Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

Firmly into New Adult territory and filled with kilt-dropping smut and allusions to BDSM, but generally hinted at more than described, giving this epic series a 3/5 for spice.

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

If handsome fae, medieval politics, and steamy love triangles are what get you going, or if you are just looking for a place to start in this new fantasy subgenre, this is the place. Dramatic, magical, and very sexy, ACOTAR gets a spice rating of 4/5. 

And now *drumroll* the award for the spiciest fantasy romance series at Juniper Books goes to…

From Blood and Ash - Jennifer Armentrout

Dripping with detailed love scenes and reimaginings of classic fantasy tropes, FBAA takes spicy to the next level with a maxed-out score of 5/5. Phew...its getting hot in here...

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Yeah so read Fourth Wing. At the core and the way the plot moves it kinda reminded me of FBAA. I don't know who compares it to acotar that's far off. The structure of it is more like FBAA. The fmc, Violet, is fiesty like Poppy and openly thirsts over the main love interest, Xaden. Speaking of Xaden I wouldn't say he's as hilarious or charming as Casteel. He's a bit more focused and stressed tf out cause of Violet lmao. In that sense maybe he's a tad more like Nyktos. Clearly I sensed fbaa while reading. I couldn't put this book down Sunday. If I could rate it over 5 stars on GR, I would. Check it out when you can.

OK I love this! Because I already kinda had a feeling that I would really like this book, even though it has mixed reviews, just based on intuition and it seeming like my kind of thing?? But now with you loving it, and it having FBAA vibes, I'm extra convinced I'll love it! I trust your opinion so this excites me. I'm just waiting for the second book to come out before I read it so I can read both at once. But I am definitely gonna read it! I've got the first book already and preordered the second so just waiting patiently now

[bookloveravenue]

Blood and Ash (book 5): A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Only his memories can save her…

A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come.

But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her.

And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himself that only Kieran knows in the process. But it’s anybody’s guess what she’ll wake to or exactly how much of the realm and Cas will have changed when she does.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel’s epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. But this time, Hawke gets to tell the tale.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63847274-a-soul-of-ash-and-blood

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June 11, 2023

My Review: 5/5 Stars

This book was everything you could have wanted in a Casteel point of view story. Taking place shortly after the previous book, Casteel and Poppy are about to fight a battle they never have before. Instead of fighting an enemy they can they, their enemy is simply time. Time for Poppy to complete the final steps as she becomes the Primal of Life and Death. But there may be a very small catch of possibility as she rests in stasis. Advice given to Casteel? Talk to her. And what better way to remind Poppy of their story than to start at the beginning? It's time to find out exactly what was going on with Casteel during From Blood and Ash.

We learn SO many things about him and others during this time. I loved going back and seeing how he was feeling, turns out Casteel had quite a lot of mixed feelings during this time. And not only that, he was (and honestly still is) dealing with his capture. We get to see how deep that runs. Casteel is complicated and your heart goes out to him more to realize just how far it goes. We get to see many scenes I'm sure everyone wanted to see in his point of view. And most importantly, we get to see how he fell in love with Poppy, even when he didn't know it himself. I also loved that we get to see things that made no sense to Casteel at the time but came together later. What I loved most about this story though was that we weren't completely in the past. If you read the sneak peek of the first 3 chapters, you know the story starts in present day. And that is sprinkled throughout. Which again explains why Jennifer said that this book is truly book 5 and makes sense to read at this point rather than right after FBAA. Those pieces were my favorite because we got a lot of new information (the end alone had me reeling!!) and we get to see some reflection from Casteel. Also some hints of information that we have yet to learn but are promised to come later!! (You'll know exactly what I'm talking about when you see it.) This was important to me because it kept the series going in an important way.

I really adored this story and it was just another great addition to this series. I can't wait for the next ones coming and this world has only gotten more interesting and complex as the series goes on. You definitely do not want to miss this book!!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[basilsreadingnook]

currently reading A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire and honestly i love this one way more than the first book in the FBAA series but i’m only a couple hundred pages in so we’ll see how that goes.. i gave the first book a 3.5/5 because i had a lot of issues with the writing but there’s a bit of an improvement in the second one

[katrinegrey]

Release Date Changes for Flesh & Fire #3

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L Armentrout : date changed to October 31st, 2023 (two months early!)

Visions of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L Armentrout: date changed to February 2024 from October 2023

A Soul of Ash and Blood (July 2023) and FBAA 5 (Spring 2024) are this far unaffected

[incorrectfbaaquotes]

I posted 150 times in 2022

That's 150 more posts than 2021!

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Naill: Nice rock.

Casteel: Thanks, Poppy gave it to me.

Poppy: I threw it at you!

Casteel: Isn't she the sweetest?

160 notes - Posted April 18, 2022

#4

Poppy: Why is Casteel so sad?

Kieran: He took one of those “Which 'Blood and Ash' Character Are You?” quizzes

Poppy: And...?

Kieran: He got Emil.

218 notes - Posted March 23, 2022

#3

Poppy: I have a problem.

Reaver: Kill it.

Poppy: Can you chill for, like, two seconds?

237 notes - Posted April 9, 2022

#2

Nyktos & Casteel: *sees two people doing something stupid*

Nyktos & Casteel: What idiots.

Nyktos & Casteel: *realizes it's Sera and Poppy*

Nyktos & Casteel: Wait, those are OUR idiots!

274 notes - Posted April 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Reaver: Arson? Oh, you mean "crime brûlée".

282 notes - Posted March 21, 2022

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I thought I'd share this in case any of you were interested.

As always, thank you to everyone who has interacted with the blog since March. You have made my days so much better and there is not enough gratitude in the world to express what that means to me. I'm hoping for another years of laughs in 2023 and hope to see you there!

Wishing you all much love, a safe holiday season, and happy reading!

[novella-lover]

I wish I loved From Blood and Ash by JLA, but it doesn’t hit for me. 

They marketed the book as a “fantasy bodyguard romance, forbidden love” etc. And I was sold! So I picked up fbaa and was thoroughly heartbroken the longer I read it. All the inconsistencies, goofy banter, filler (it needed a ton of editing, sorry), on top of the excessive info-dumping for the world building, AND I could NOT get behind the cringe MMC/LI, which made this book a 2/5 stars for me. And I felt that was a generous rating but then someone roasted me on goodreads for posting my review.

Recently, I started the 2nd book because my friend said it gets better but I stopped. Maybe this series just really isn’t my thing. 

Sigh.

[nikethestatue]

How do you think gwynriels on Tiktok/ tumblr will react to the news when it’s announced ACOTAR 5 is about Elain + Azriel? It’s insane how staunchly and how many people believe gwynriel will get a book, especially on TikTok every theory regarding Elain is either about her being evil, running away to spring court to be with Tamlin, or Elucien getting together. It’s like booktok for the most part doesn’t even acknowledge Elriel as plausible at all and all I can think of is how Elriel will literally break this fandom with this crazy shipwar. Thoughts????

I mean, not to get political, but it reminds me of Trump and his insanely staunch supporters who hear and see nothing except how amazing he is. Even the whole 'Gwynriel Supremacy' slogan has Trumpian overtones.

The entire Gwynriel movement reminds me of Trump's presidency--loud, obnoxious, intolerant, dismissive, completely unaccepting of what is plainly in front of them. It's like MAGA--they are right, everyone else is wrong.

Any argument results in a simple 'no, you are wrong', and how can you reason with people like that?

So yeah, there will be a lot of screaming about 'fan service', and I wouldn't put it past them to actually BURN the book and flood social media with 1 star reviews. It sucks for SJM, because as a writer and a creator, I wouldn't want my work to be treated like that. At the same time, it's also on her and BB to cool the tensions, which they haven't done.

The bottom line is that it changes nothing. The book will be Elriel's.

Now, perhaps, if HOSAB IS next, then if there is no mention of Gwyn AND there is a lot of Elriel, or even Elain, then people will start moving on from the series to something else.

I still don't understand why they haven't all jumped on the Poppy and Casteel bandwagon. It's basically the same story. And there, they get to fall in love and sex it up and have 3somes and whatnot. So you want Gwynriel's story--read FBAA and get your fix.

[lucienarcheron]

July Reads 📚

*The Score (Off Campus #3) by Elle Kennedy - 4/5

*The Goal (Off Campus #4) - 4/5

*ACOTAR (#1) by SJM - 4/5

*The War of Two Queens (FBAA #4) by JLA - 4/5

*The Chase (Briar U #1) by Elle Kennedy - 3/5

A Soul of Ash and Blood (FBAA#5) - 3/5

Witches Get Stuff Done (Starfall #1 - ARC) by Molly Harper - 2/5

*marked for rereads

I'm surprised I managed to read this much while the amount of stress I feel right now 😅 not too bad of a month! I think I'm still too burned out by fantasy to enjoy more than 1-2 reads in a while but I always love my romance. Planning to start August with Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries!

[peletiersdixon]

I posted 1,864 times in 2022

That's 1,864 more posts than 2021!

38 posts created (2%)

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

If there’s one thing I want to see from the next books in the fbaa series it’s Reaver and Nektas burning shit down to get to Jadis. Please just give me this 🔥🔥

32 notes - Posted November 19, 2022

#4

“I also didn’t want to do anything unendurably horrible like talk about my feelings.”

-Galeldriel Higgins, The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

38 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

#3

Honestly, every time El is ragey and angry

and talks about beating someone with a stick

or chewing their face off in a rage,

See the full post

44 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

#2

A series of tweets from a writer on TWD

See the full post

147 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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[moononastring]

132 books! Holy moly. I know it would be asking A LOT but do you think you could post a list of all books? If you don’t want to it’s ok. But wow….

HAHA I know it's nuts but I always have a book on me so I reread in between any free moment. It also turns out that it's 130 books since I double-checked on GoodReads!

I initially had a reading goal of 75 books then bumped it to 100. Throughout this year I've realized, I pick and choose between hobbies so if I'm reading, I don't do any other things. So I sacrifice time to play on my switch/watch tv/write because reading takes first place. Also, GoodReads does count epilogues and webtoons as books so I do as well lol. Which is how I'm currently on the 131st book 😂 But sure! I love talking about books so I will list them under the read more!

Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers #4) by Lisa Kleypas- 5/5

Mafia Bride (The Dilustro Arrangement) by C.D. Reiss - 2/5

Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras - 3/5

By Any Other Name (ARC) by Lauren Kate - 4/5

#FollowMe for Murder (Trending Topics Mysteries #1) ARC by Sarah E. Burr - 3/5

Storm of Chaos and Shadows (SCAS #1) ARC by C.L. Briar - 3/5

You Had Me at Hola (Primas of Power #1) by Alexis Daria - 3.5/5

Great of Nothing by Joy McCullough - 2/5

How to Fake It in Hollywood (ARC) by Ava Wilder - 3/5

The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander - 2/5

A Rouge by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels #1) by Sarah MacLean - 3.5/5 | Reread

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (TROS #2) by Sarah MacLean - 5/5 | Reread

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - 5/5 | Reread

Dream On (ARC) by Angie Hockman - 3.5/5

House of Earth and Blood (CC#1) by SJM- 4/5 | Reread

Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay #1) by Elle Kennedy - 3/5

House of Sky and Breath (CC#2) by SJM - 4/5

The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) by Julia Quinn - 4/5

The Viscount Who Loved Me Epilogue by Julia Quinn - 4/5

Just Like Magic (ARC) by Sarah Hogle - 4/5

FBAA #1 by JLA - 4/5 | Reread

From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata - 5/5 | Reread

The Un-Arranged Marriage (ARC) by Laura Brown - 2/5

KOFAF (FBAA #2) by JLA - 4/5 | Reread

TCOGB (FBAA#3) by JLA - 4.5/5 | Reread

TWOTQ (FBAA#4) by JLA - 4.5/5 | Reread

An Offer from a Gentleman (Bridgerton #3) by Julia Quinn - 5/5

An Offer from a Gentleman Epilogue by Julia Quinn - 4/5

Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (Bridgerton #4) - 3.5/5

Romancing Mr. Bridgerton Epilogue - 3.5/5

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson - 4/5

An Encore of Roses by S.T. Gibson - 4/5

Bravely (ARC) by Maggie Stiefvater - 3/5

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair - 2.5-3/5

No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (TROS #3) by Sarah MacLean - 3/5

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover (TROS#4) - 4/5

To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgerton #5) - 3.5/5

To Sir Phillip, With Love Epilogue - 3.5/5

The Bodyguard (ARC) by Katherine Center

ACOTAR #1 by SJM - 4/5 | Reread

The Italian Job (ARC) by Kathryn Freeman - 2/5

For Butter or Worse (ARC) by Erin La Rosa - 3/5

A Sign of Affection Vol. 6 - 3/5

A Sign of Affection Vol. 7 - 4/5

ACOMAF (ACOTAR #2) by SJM - 5/5 | Reread

When He Was Wicked (Bridgerton #6) - 5/5

When He Was Wicked Epilogue - 4/5

Book Lovers by Emily Henry - 5/5

ACOWAR (ACOTAR #3) by SJM - 4.5/5 | Reread

Booked on a Feeling (ARC) by Jayci Lee - 2/5

Something Wilder by Christian Lauren - 1.5-2/5

The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon #1) by Katee Robert - 3/5

The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires #1) by Lauren Asher - 4/5

Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires #2) - 2.5-3/5

ACOFAS (ACOTAR 3.5) by SJM - 3.5-4/5 | Reread

It's in His Kiss (Bridgerton #7) - 3.5/5

It's in His Kiss Epilogue - 3/5

Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay #2) ARC by Elle Kennedy - 2/5

Gild (The Plated Prisoner #1) by Raven Kennedy - 3.5/5 | Reread

Glint (TPP #2) - 4/5 | Reread

Gleam (TPP#3) - 5/5 | Reread

Glow (TPP#4) - 5/5 | Reread

My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey - 5/5

Spy x Family Vol. 1 - 4/4

Spy x Family Vol. 2 - 4/5

On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgerton #8) - 3/5

On the Way to the Wedding Epilogue - 2/5

Violet in Bloom (Bridgerton 8.5) - 3/5

The Spanish Love Deception (#1) by Elena Armas - 4/5

The American Roommate Experiment (#2) - 4/5

ACOFS (ACOTAR #4) by SJM - 5/5 | Reread

Spy x Family Vol. 3 - 4/5

Spy x Family Vol. 4 - 4/5

By A Thread by Lucy Score - 3.5/5

Twisted Love (Twisted #1) by Ana Huang - 3.5/5

Twisted Games (Twisted #2) - 4/5

Twisted Hate (Twisted #3) - 4.5/5

Twisted Lies (Twisted #4) - 5/5

Thank You for Listening (ARC) by Julia Whelan - 3/5

The Fixer Upper (ARC) by Lauren Forsythe - 2/5

Spy x Family Vol. 5 - 4/5

Spy x Family Vol. 6 - 4/5

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - 3/5

Belladonna (#1) ARC by Adalyn Grace - 4.5/5

The Risk (Mindf*ck #1) by S.T. Abby - 4.5

Sidetracked (Mindf*ck #2) - 3.5/5

Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck #3) - 4/5

All the Lies (Mindf*ck #4) - 4/5

Paint it All Red (Mindf*ck #5) - 5/5

Spy x Family Vol. 7 - 4/5

Spy x Family Vol. 8 - 4/5

Flowers for the Devil by Vlad Kahany - 3.5/5

Blide Side by Kandi Steiner - 3/5

Fangirl Vol. 1: The Manga - 4/5

Fangirl Vol. 2: The Manga - 4/5

Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout #1) by Lucy Score - 5/5

The Enemy (It Happened in Charleston #2) by Sarah Adams - 2/5

Hat Trick Heart (Thunderclap #1) ARC by Ella Market - 3/5

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne - 1/5

Brutal Prince (Brutal Birthright #1) by Sophie Lark - 3.5/5

Stolen Heir (Brutal Birthright #2) - 3.5/5

Savage Lover (Brutal Birthright #3) - 3.5/5

Blood Heart (Brutal Birthright #4) - 2/5

Broken Vow (Brutal Birthright #5) - 4/5

Heavy Crown (Brutal Birthright #6) - 2/5

Edith, Season 3 (Webtoon) - 3/5

Reunion (Webtoon) - 5/5

Kingdom of the Wicked (KOTW#1) by Kerri Maniscalco - 4/5 | Reread

Kingdom of the Cursed (KOTW #2) - 4/5 | Reread

Kingdom of the Feared (KOTW #3) - 4.5/5

The Maiden & the Unseen (ARC) by Jeanette Rose - 3/5

The Naughty or Nice Clause (ARC) by Kate Callaghan - 1/5

In A Jam by Kate Canterbary - 3.5/5

King of Wrath (Kings of Sin #1) by Ana Huang - 4/5

Spy x Family Vol. 9 - 5/5

Spy x Family Vol. 10 - 5/5

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne - 5/5 | Reread

The Bromance Book Club (#1) by Lyssa Kay Adams - 5/5 | Reread

Undercover Bromance (#2) - 4/5 | Reread x2

Crazy Stupid Bromance (#3) - 5/5 | Reread x2

Isn't It Bromantic? (#4) - 4/5 | Reread x2

A Very Merry Bromance (#5) - 4.5/5

Happenstance by Tessa Bailey - 3/5

Dating Dr. Dill (#1) by Nisha Sharma - 2/5

All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata - 3/5

Tis the Season for Revenge by Morgan Elizabeth - 5/5

It ends up rounding out to 130 because I reread the Bromance books 1-4 twice this year lolol. Currently on my 131st read which is Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare!

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Book series I have read since June:

A Court of Thorns and Roses (5 books including the companion book)

Crescent City (2 books)

From Blood and Ash (4 books)

Flesh and Fire (2 books)

I LOVE reading, but I really haven’t read many new books since Deathly Hollows came out (the hunger games was the last series I read)… I’m not sure why, but nothing really grabbed my attention (aside from fanfics!) but I started seeing posts about these characters named Cassian, Azriel, and Nesta probably about a year and a half ago. They just randomly popped up on my feed. I was intrigued, but not enough to pick up the books and read at that point. Then a character named Gwyneth Berdara started popping up and posts about her and that Azriel character and I started getting more invested into this fandom that I had only ever heard of through random posts on Tumblr. So, I picked up the first book and was crazy confused as none of those characters were really in it (aside from Nesta in a minor way) but after the initial few pages, I was hooked! I didn’t go out of my way to look for any hidden meanings in the storylines, I just read it. My obsession with it quickly grew and before I knew it, I had ordered the last three books in the series (and the adult coloring book which was baffling because I’m not a fan of the adult coloring books) before I was even half way through book 2! From Prythian, I headed the Crescent City. While looking on Etsy for art work and stickers from these two series, I stumbled upon From Blood and Ash. BOOOOOOM. Here we go again. I am hooked. Sped through FBAA and then right into the Flesh and Fire prequel series to FBAA. Only problem is…none of these series were finished and now I have to wait what seems like FOREVER for the next books to come out 😱😭. Anyways, I’m very thankful to the users on Tumblr who posted all the fan arts and content surrounding ACOTAR! Without you guys, I probably never would have heard about it!