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Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

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

5.0

There goes my 5th time reading this book.

By now I know pretty much all of what's in that book, but it was nice to revisit it as an audiobook !
My one critic about it is that Jax's narrator sometimes felt a bit flat to me? I think he lacked emotions a bit.

The story in itself was really great! A perk of having read it 5 times in 13 months is that now I notice everything,

like how obvious Alek's manipulations are

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For me, Tycho and Jax are the best part of the book, their relationship is just so... perfect? It's rare to see such healthy and awsome relationships in romantasy

Tycho having the same narrator as Harristan in Destroy the Day is insane but also so good.
Giving Alek Tycho's narrator for the epilogue is vile 💀😂

An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld by Cassandra Clare

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informative

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

4.0

Idk how to rate this book 😅
It has nice fun facts, but it's mostly a pretty book (so having read it digitally, it looses some of its appeal)

Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer

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adventurous emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH
I'd read it once before, but in print, and I loved the audiobook !

I hadn't listened to an audiobook since *checks stats* 2022, so it's been a while, and I loved that format !
Unlike for Star Wars audiobooks, there wasn't any sound effects like explosions or rain which is a bit disappointing, but I guess it's the SW audiobook that are the exception here.
I loved the narrators, they where amazing, the only tiny moment that bugged me was Tessa and Quint's voice in Carrick's monologue. That was... different.

As for the story, well, I still love it just as much one year later. There's less political intrigue in this one than the other two, but that's fine because the best part is the characters (as in all of Brigid Kemmerer's books)
Harristan and Quint kind of stole the story, but really, each of the 3 POVs where sooooo good and interesting!

The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 8 by Cassandra Clare

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced