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adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

This was fantastic and I think it'll be hard for book 3 to top it.

Dominick and Jeremiah are still my favourite characters.

VAMPIRE PUPPER!!

Can I just say I really enjoy a character catching a fired arrow and throwing it back at the person who fired it? If I could keep reading books where that happened I'd be very happy.

Demi and Hamilton had weird foreplay at the end with killing Julius and it was amazing.

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The Tale of Two Killers by Asiah Bosier

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adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a really enjoyable read. Easy to digest with a lot packed into 400 pages.
I think I would've enjoyed a bit more time for Hamilton and Demiesius to fall for each other, but that's because I'm a sucker for slow burns.
Dominick was my favourite character so I'm really excited for book 2 where he should get a lot of focus.

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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 3 by priest

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Chang Geng's pupils contracted. He reached into the heavy armor to pull Gu Yun down by the neck and, throwing all caution to the wind, pressed a kiss to those wind-chapped lips.
(page 31)

This time was different from the farewell kiss they shared at the capital ramparts; it lacked the intensity of desperation. Gu Yun felt as though a corner of his heart had collapsed, offering up the softest spot in his chest. From now on, this person is mine.
(page 157)

"Zixi, just now, I...I honestly thought I was dreaming."
"In all my life, I've never had such a wonderful dream, " he said with a hint of self-mockery. His mouth crooked up in a stiff smile. "If only I never woke up. "
(page 256)

Catching sight of Chang Geng in the distance, Gu Yun waved him over. "Chang Geng, come here, I'll play a little something for you".
An earnest attempt to play was what Chang Geng most feared. He strode over and wrapped his arms around Gu Yun, pulling him off his perch atop the railing. He leaned close to his ear and murmured, "Save your mouth for other things."
(page 319)

While everyone was screaming themselves hoarse fighting with the great condor, Chang Geng had stealthy licked Gu Yun's neck.
Beneath the din, Chang Geng breathed into his ear, "Dying for love right here wouldn't be so bad, would it?"
(page 342)

Their rizz is unparalleled and I love that they take turns. This volume has so much character development for both of them. I also love a good third-wheel and Shen Yi is a perfect example.

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泾渭情殇 [Clear and Muddy Loss of Love] by 请君莫笑

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I never found either character to be particularly likeable or compelling, but I was still very surprised that it ended up being a story about two miserable people who were terrible together.
I've never seen someone cry as much as Nangong Jingnu.
Qi Yan also spent most of her time

murdering perfectly innocent people and barely got any revenge at all.

I enjoy how easy the politics were to follow, it made it very easy to tell that Nangong Jingnu

should not have become emperor, wow she was so bad at it and did not grow as a character at all.

I'm hoping this isn't the peak of baihe.

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杀破狼 Sha Po Lang by priest

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dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I read the translation by Northwest Flower, and it's very good, but I do highly recommend getting the Seven Seas officially licensed translation to support the author.

I think when the series is fully released in English by Seven Seas then I will likely rate nearly every book 5 stars. The story and characters are absolutely phenomenal, but I did struggle to understand some of the different political factions. I'm really looking forward to a reread.

There were times I threw my head back and laughed, and there were times when I was so emotionally devastated that I needed to stop reading to sob into my hands.

The extras were also top-tier, exactly what I wanted. The truth or dare: steampunk edition extras were hilarious.

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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 2 by priest

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adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Chang Geng shot Gu Yun a glance. "I have to prepare a dowry so I can marry a general."
page 372

Chang Geng rizz in this novel goes pretty hard. I'm not sure how Gu Yun hasn't completely fallen yet.

This book was very plot dense and slowed down a lot, but it was all still quite interesting. I really enjoy the dialogue between our main leads.

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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 1 by priest

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I didn't want to put this down.

Violet gold was said so many times, I'm beginning to think it would've been a better name for this book.

Most of the time I forget about the "steampunk" elements since they just exist so we can have airships and "heavy infantry"

(except they're actually in mecha suits performing frighteningly accurate martial prowess)

The book starts off with a bang, we get into a

mecha

battle, people get

turned to paste

, there's a guy

cannibalizing

folks in the streets.

Naturally there's a reveal

of secret identity's with Chang Geng being the fourth prince, and Shen Shiliu being Marshal Gu Yun of the Black Iron Army.

Gu Shiliu being actually "blind" (he needs glasses) and deaf was as surprising as the magical medicine that allows him to temporarily rid himself of these disabilities.

Chang Geng is giving "Mo Ran" from 2ha at times and I am here for it. The darkness is in that boy. I'm still not confident that Chang Geng was ever

poisoned

, he kind of seems like he just has anxiety/ptsd.

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江东双璧 Twin Jades of Jiangdong by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

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adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

4.0 because

they got married to women.

Yes I know it's historically accurate, but I'm still upset.

Okay this was really good and I cried a lot. It was both funny and heartbreaking. I would of course prefer they were more open with their relationship and not referred to as "Sworn brothers", but we got a lot of clearly gay moments. For it not being

a happy ending, I thought it was very sweet they ended up buried together.

The extras was

a modern AU where they're surfer bros

and I hated that so I skipped through them.

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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

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emotional funny tense slow-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

4.0

Key moments for me:

Shallan and Adolin

solving the mystery of who murdered Sadeas (Adolin killed him the end of book 2)

Shallan going absolutely crazy

and manifesting two better personalities (Veil & Radiant)

Dalinar's backstory was sufficiently emotionally devastating

(shshsh being Evi, the fire, the alcoholism etc)

Kaladin getting emotional when

Elhokar died

was what made me stop reading for 15 months. I just didn't want to deal with the whining, but it actually wasn't that bad. He just focused on the next task.

Adolin and Pattern talking was funny af.

*Kaladin, glowing on the boat with Shallan staring in awe*

Adolin sighed and made his way up onto the high deck. Seemed they weren't forbidden here any longer. He joined Pattern, who had come up another set of steps, and was humming happily to himself.
"Kind of hard to compete with that, " Adolin noted.
"Mmm," Pattern said.
"You know, I've never really felt like this before? It's not just Kaladin, it's all of this. And what's happening to us. " He shook his head. "We are certainly an odd bunch. "
"Yes. Seven people. Odd." page 1070

"We'll be fine. " Adolin glanced at Pattern, Syl, and the spren of his sword
(Maya)
. "Right, guys?"
"Mmmm," Pattern said. "I do not like being stabbed."
"Wise words, friend. Wise words. " page 1156

Szeth and Nightblood (sword-nimi) were the funniest dynamic right up until Lift, Szeth and Nightblood had multiple conversations. Szeth deciding to be a Knight Radiant and follow Dalinar was comical.

"No," Szeth said. "I am not good at being a person. It is... a failing of mine. " page 1207

Teft becoming a knight Radiant was nice, I would've liked that to be more of a focus. Lopen at the very end saying the words casually was funny af, but also why did we nearly end the book with a joke? I'll miss seeing Moash since I'm not continuing the series.

Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.

I can't deal with a love triangle where one of the guys is her brother.

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keddy4306's reviews 179 reviews

keddy4306's reviews
179 reviews