Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - House of Sky and Breath

It had been a while since I'd read the first edition, so it took a moment to readjust myself into the world. But then I remembered how much I had missed it. Another very exciting edition with a lot of twists, although I was pleased to catch at least one before it was revealed. Although my shock at the final twist probably mitigated that.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The way I am ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING at SJM right now. And the way I could not stop laughing through the last chapter because I KNEW. This book was such a wild ride and I simply could not put it down.. when someone tells you to read this series, listen to them.

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

“Bryce smiled sweetly at Cormac. “I get that you want to play Broody Prince, but don’t ever fucking interrupt me again.”

I pretty much expected to love this book. But no, this landed in the okay category. I mean, this did not need to be 800 pages long, right? I cannot be the only one thinking that.
The majority of that 800+ pages gets very repetitive and I nearly lost all my interest to pick this book up anymore. It started strong! New archangels and triarii members, some surprising ones you definitely were not waiting to be working together with. And then all that is pushed in the back burner while everyone keeps on doing detective work in the same pattern, just different things to investigate.

I still very much love the characters. Hunt and Ruhn the most. Add Baxian to that list too! So Dear Sarah, please stop making me fall in love with your characters if you're only going to hurt me. I apparently haven't still learned anything from reading her books, do not get attached to anyone.
Kidding, I love the emotional rollercoasters that her books have. You never know if you can fully trust to anyone, or if anyone is even going to survive.

And from there we get to the book's surprise factories, where they good? Ruhn is working as a contact person to the Ophion rebels. He has a way to contact their informant, Agent Daybright. She is veiled in fire through the whole book, until the last chapters. But I guessed it immediately, I just knew it! No surprises there. I just hoped it would have ended with a different note, you know.
The whole book seemed to be full of secrets getting revealed, secrets that shouldn't have been secrets, considering whom kept them from whom. That got a little too much. There comes a point when you are just reading whilst your mind goes "oh, see. This shall reveal to be another one of certain someone's kept secrets." the point of all the detective work pretty much vanishes right there. Everything is just one big secret!

The ending. WHO ENDS THEIR BOOK LIKE THAT?! LIKE, NO SARAH. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE! I would have appeared into the other Queens world to get help but that is not the point. You just can not drop a bomb like that and then be like "oh well. See you all in two years!". Like what?! You think you can leave me with a huge cliffhanger and make me wait for two years?! Darn it.

All in all I do the characters. I do love the relationships they all have. The book was good but just too long. And I do not want to read anyone driving their cock anywhere in a while, or balls tightening, okay? I like smut in my books but this is just something else.

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