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dark emotional 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: No

Wtf, why? Iโ€™m tired of this pain. ๐Ÿ˜ญ
dark 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: No

4.5
So that all happened. This whole volume was insane and fighting the tensen and it was awesome. All of it. And the ending? Ahhhhhh Iโ€™m so excited. 
adventurous funny inspiring mysterious relaxing 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: Yes

Book 2 was even better how? This series has quickly ended up on my top 10 list of YA fantasy faves. โค๏ธ

Quick details:
๐Ÿฉธfirst person pov
๐Ÿฉธmostly single pov (a couple chapters in another's pov)
๐ŸฉธTwilight vibes with a dash of hunger games 
๐Ÿฉธlove triangle
๐Ÿฉธslow burn
๐Ÿฉธsuper angsty
๐Ÿฉธfound family
๐Ÿฉธfated mates
๐Ÿฉธunique magic
๐Ÿฉธmythical creatures

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.โ€

The first book was good, gave me those same fuzzy feelings Twilight did years ago. But this book? AMAZING! o m g. First off, the plot twists were insane, every time I thought I might have figured something out, I learned I am in fact wrong about everything. The character growth? Fantastic! The way Grace finally starts handling her own shit is inspiring fr. She don't need no man, back tf up. ๐Ÿ˜‚. Which is why I say this has Twilight "vibes", because Bella could never, she was too co-dependent. Where Grace is the complete opposite and I love her for it. I am team Hudson 100%, that man could have committed the atrocities Jaxon accused him of and it would not change my mind. Jaxon is all whiny and "alpha male" type. Where as Hudson is more "I want to protect you, but I know you got this boo ๐Ÿ˜˜". I adore him. That ending? Now, that I did kind of see coming but I still screeched like a whole eagle because I was so excited. So, this book was everything and you should read it or listen to it, or else. period. ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜˜

Happy reading besties ๐Ÿซถ
dark 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: No

Gabimaru whyyyyyy? This better be curable or Iโ€™m gonna rage. This volume was epic though, full of battle and a couple interesting back stories. 

Still shipping Gabimaru and Sagiri. Idc 
adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a re-read for me and I am changing my rating completely. I did not appreciate this enough the first time. But now? I appreciated it fully for the masterpiece it is. 

โ›“๏ธ1st person pov
โ›“๏ธmultiple pov 
โ›“๏ธdark fantasy
โ›“๏ธslow burn
โ›“๏ธself awakening
โ›“๏ธunique magic
โ›“๏ธfae
โ›“๏ธfuck the patriarchy

โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด,โ€ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.โ€

What are in these books? Seriously. Re-reading this series and tabbing them this time has been so much fun and has been my own little dose of therapy. The amount of pages I tabbed talking shit on men and talking about women overcoming obstacles on their own? LFG, fr. This story is filled with feminine power, feminine rage, a king with a tiny prick complex, a commander who empowers our FMC and challenges her, and a whole world being built every chapter page by page, brick by brick, that is so wondrous, you wish you could see it in person. And the characters? *chefs kiss*, every single one. Even the ones you should hate, but you understand them in ways you don't want to understand. Overall, 10000000โญ/5 and nobody will ever change my mind.

โ€œ๐˜•๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ,โ€ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€
- Daddy Rip speaking those truths. 

Happy reading babes ๐Ÿซถ
dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3.5 for this volume. Do not get me wrong. I am still loving the world building, the characters, the magic system (tao). I just felt like this one was reading a lot like an instruction manual on tao again. So I was a tad bit bored during a few chapters. I am still loving the manga as a whole though and I just know all these battle scenes are about to be epic. 
dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is one of the MOST beautiful and devastating stories I have ever read. ๐Ÿงก

"๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ."

This is a story about two childhood friends who are perfect for each other and compliment each other in the best ways, but for some reason the universe keeps pushing them a part in different ways.

I cried so many times during this book, I lost track, I would have tears streaming down my face and was still just continuing on like my entire world was not rocked by this story. Brisket, dude, brisket, who cries over brisket? I do, now, so that's a thing. I got a Dr. Pepper today, started crying. omg. Jennifer, what are you doing to me? This is only the second book SO FAR (because I will be reading them ALL) I have read from this author and she is now on my auto buy list. This book, man, I have no more words, just so many feelings. I am still crying over these characters and all of the events that took place and that ending, it was everything I could have hoped for. 

If you love romances, that will break your heart, but also make you smile like crazy, and has an HEA, this is the one dude, this one right here. 

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Main points:
๐Ÿงกfirst person pov
๐Ÿงกdual pov - Ella & Max
๐ŸงกYA/NA romance
๐Ÿงกfriends to lovers
๐Ÿงกslow burn
๐Ÿงกhe falls first
๐Ÿงกfound family

Happy reading babes <3

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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: No

Bruh, the whole sex to grow stronger? Yeah, thatโ€™s pretty cool honestly and Iโ€™m all for it. ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿ˜‚ 

The way I am shipping Gabimaru and Sagirin is unhealthy. I need them to be together. 

And Levi look a like who just got to the island? LFG ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So, this one is still just as cheesy with some cringe parts, but I still ate it up. Listen, I was a Twilight girl, a little bit of cringe can't run me off. 

And I am a Hudson stan so far I think, idk. There are so many parts of his story that seem off, I think he is innocent and I love his developing friendship with Grace. Jaxon constantly just going off about his brother but not actually offering much insight is becoming intolerable. On to part 2. 
adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I already knew something was up with Gabimaru, but that story near the end? Bruh, I am shook. This is as bad as JJK with character deaths to omg, do NOT get attached to any character, just donโ€™t.