Millennial English Lit Teacher

Now that I feel more 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 in our 𝑛𝑒𝑤 normal, things like social media and sharing books again, are exciting instead of dreadful. Here’s my reading wrap up for ♡︎𝔽𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪♡︎! I made no #tbr and just read whatever struck my fancy! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • A Court of Silver Flames❤︎ • 99 Percent Mine ❤︎ • Fire Keeper’s Daughter ❤︎ • As Far As You’ll Take Me ❤︎ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • Scarlet • The Kiss Thief • Rhapsodic • A Strange Hymn • Then She Was Gone ⭐️⭐️⭐️ • Emperor of Evening Stars ⭐️⭐️ • Hush (I’m truly upset about this one! It was SO PROMISING!!!) 𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎ #acourtofsilverflames #acosf #99percentmine #bargainerseries #asfarasyoulltakeme #lunarchronicles #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #englishteacher #iteachhs #teachergram #readabook #ireadya #yalit https://www.instagram.com/p/CL33Yw_h0Lj/?igshid=11408ko6ks6ca

🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶: 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡-𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑒!!! Phil Stamper's second novel, As Far As You'll Take Me, defies every expectation and theory about a "sophomore slump." I don't know quite what I was expecting, but the cover projects a light-hearted, fun, wanderlust vibe, and while there is undoubtedly traveling incorporated into this novel, the very last word that I would use to describe it is lighthearted. AFAYTM brings you face to face with some of the more difficult and pressing issues facing LGBTQIA+ youth today. From stifling religion, unsupportive parents, toxic friendships, being outed, first relationships, moving to a new country, lying to your family, job hunting, and maybe most importantly: eating disorders and the quest to find yourself... this book has A LOT going on. At times both painful to read and too painful to put down, AFAYTM perches readers firmly in the mind of Marty as he leaves his entire world of rural Kentucky behind to forge a new path in London. With the help of his cousin and a ruse worthy of a heist novel, Marty is determined to be his own person. There are just a few problems: 1. He blew his audition into this prestigious music academy, and now he only has the summer to secure employment and lodgings, or it's back to the USA 2. Marty suffers intensely from debilitating anxiety; he cannot be in crowds without his anxiety triggering a full-blown panic attack 3. His parents refuse to accept his sexual identity and will not let him be out 4. He's been in London for 10 minutes and he's already falling for the mad cute and charismatic bad boy of the music scene For me, the most painful part of this novel was Marty's development of an eating disorder to make himself more attractive to his love interest and the painful dissolution of his friendships back home. I could not believe how realistic Stamper crafted the inner monologuing of our Marty and the dialogue between this myriad of kids all struggling in some ways. Clearly, there is much, much more in store from Stamper, and I, for one, cannot wait. https://www.instagram.com/p/CL23ThDBJQQ/?igshid=1ulm8yrrnriws

Taking a break from my regularly scheduled omg-it’s-Monday-and -they’ve-just-told-us-We’re-to-start-the-semester-virtually-and-I-am-not-prepared-death spiral to bring you a #bookreview for my (new) favorite broken boys in #norasakavic ‘s brilliant novel, #thefoxholecourt •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Five Senses Review: Looks Like: hideous bright orange and stadium lighting and dorm furniture Sounds Like: feet slapping pavement and bottles clinking and the thoughts you didn’t know anyone could read clear as day on your face Smells Like: every locker room, club bathroom or dormitory you’ve ever been in and stale cigarettes Tastes Like: fear and ice cream and sweat Feels Like: loneliness Simply put, this team of nearly-homicidal young people are broken beyond repair. The first novel in this trilogy is the meet-and-greet and subsequent “maybe let’s not kill him this weekend, eh?” I’m positively blown away by the tension, the subplotting, the secrets, and I’m certain I’ll start the next book this week. #thefoxholecourt is the extreme lacrosse misfits book I didn’t know I needed, but I’m so enamored with this story and these guys that it doesn’t even matter. #bookstagram #booknerd #teachersofinstagram #teachergram #yalit #yaliterature #bookish #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpM-wFMhqF/?igshid=1kcj9e7qdhxe1

In the words of the inimitable @mr.jeff.mann , “Traditions.” •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• New Year, same me. Still eating. Still wearing oversized sweaters and too-dark lipstick. Still reading incredible works with the sisters of my soul, @itsnikkieye and @yanzhenzhu . Still borrowing hair ties and bobby pins and all manners of trinkets from my Seester, @yvelazquez23 . Still breathing and learning to listen with my best guy, @lalov91 . And most of all, I’m getting better at being *still. And still *being. #newyearsday2021 #georgia #bookstagram #teachergram #noresolutions https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhiRFCsbFt/?igshid=d7pyq2x0cxyo

2020: the one where she read all the books ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• DISCLAIMER: this post is not about fishing for compliments or #goodreadschallenge2020 or expecting applause for reading a metric ton of novels this year • I’m simply reflecting on all the journeys I went on with characters that replaced the real life adventures I was supposed to have with my partner and children • this post is also where I’ll give a quick TED Talk about the inherent classism and elitism that exists in the bookish world • We all know the stringent history of the written word—words were owned by the ones that could afford schooling and publication • And through talking to other adults this last year about my reading habits, I found sufficient evidence to hypothesize that elitism is alive and well in the reading community • These conversations rankled. Why does it matter the content or genre or “age range” of a text? So long as a person is engaging their mind and hopefully, their soul, in the written word, what business is it of anyone’s to pass judgement? None. • All this to say, I’ve had a beautiful year of reading. My original goal was 2-4 books a month and while I surpassed that by far, it’s not likely a number I’ll ever achieve again. And I’m so, so grateful for the time I’ve been granted to immerse myself in a lifelong hobby. • So yes, you’ll see an exorbitant amount of #youngadultfiction , and more #yafantasy than I’ve ever read, you’ll see #sciencefiction for the first time ever, and oh, yes, you’ll see steamy, spicy BIG ROMANCE with big hot dummies (stealing from @heavingbosoms again ) • You’ll also note the first tile, the honorable mentions: these are the books that irrevocably moved me and shifted something in my composition as a human. I hope you’ll pick one up and give it a try. • In farewell, I’m amused I was able to document this year of reading with 476 of my closest friends, and if you’ve made it this far, let me know which books you’ve read from my list and what you thought of them. À bientôt, ATV #bookstagram #englishteacher #goodreads #teachergram #booknerd #2020reads #secondaryela #yalit #ireadya https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeIeHCMtRB/?igshid=e20w217vg91b

#quarantine #bookreview PART 1000 •The Hating Game• by Sally Thorne is the coworkers-to-enemies-to-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romance I didn’t know I needed. So glad I took a deep dive into the @heavingbosoms archive and found this steamy little gem. 5/⭐️ SUMMARY: Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude. Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job…But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached its boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game. WHAT I LOVED: - Lucy Hutton is the weirdest protagonist and I could listen inside her head for eternity (quick quote:“Josh watches ER and yawns, not at all suspecting I’m trying estimate how big his rib cage is like a meat-eating predator” 🤣🙌🏻🤤) - It truly speaks to Thorne’s ability to craft genuine *chortlesnort* moments throughout the novel - Because tbh, I don’t read strictly romance and I definitely do not seek out books labeled as romcom or humorous; I like my stories dark, depressing, with an extra side of dark - But the liquid hate flowing between these characters is tangible and at times, actually super dark - The snarky, quipping, lightning-quick banter between Lucy and Josh is delicious and their sincere hatred for another is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 - Thorne is an autobuy author for me and of NOW #bookstagram #thehatinggame #bookstagrammer #heavingbosoms #readersofinstagram #ireadromance https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_fi5kh_Rf/?igshid=8xnjef0ajjvy

__ive already forgotten what day it is__ #quarantine #bookreview for #acomaf : __lately, the interwebs are all abuzz about how #tamlin isn’t really a tool and #rhysand is toxic and I couldn’t be more enraged. So here’s a short thread of quotes straight from the text that prove once and for evermore that #tamlinthetool is the most accurate analysis of his character: ___ “The words became choked. I shook my head as if I could clear the remaining ones away. But I still spoke them. “I’m thinking that I was a lonely, hopeless person, and I might have fallen in love with the first thing that showed me a hint of kindness and safety. And I’m thinking maybe he knew that—maybe not actively, but maybe he wanted to be that person for someone. And maybe that worked for who I was before. Maybe it doesn’t work for who—what I am now.” __ “I’m thinking that I must have been a fool in love to allow myself to be shown so little of the Spring Court. I’m thinking there’s a great deal of that territory I was never allowed to see or hear about and maybe I would have lived in ignorance forever like some pet.” __ “He’d locked me in. He’d sealed me inside this house. I hurtled for the nearest window in the foyer and shoved it open. A cool spring breeze rushed in—and I shoved my hand through it—only for my fingers to bounce off an invisible wall. Smooth, hard air pushed against my skin. Breathing became difficult. I was trapped.” __ “That girl who had needed to be protected, who had craved stability and comfort … she had died Under the Mountain. I had died, and there had been no one to protect me from those horrors before my neck snapped. So I had done it myself. And I would not, could not, yield that part of me that had awoken and transformed Under the Mountain. Tamlin had gotten his powers back, had become whole again—become that protector and provider he wished to be.” #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf #sjmaas #feysand #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookishquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_Ex0GhELw/?igshid=1ryls3kxyhysg

#quarantine #bookreview #3 : #roshanichokshi ‘s chilling sequel to #thegildedwolves , #thesilveredserpents 4.5/5⭐️ Summary: picking up not long after the events of The Gilded Wolves, the crew is in shambles. This former found family is in ruin, and Severin, the head of this family is convinced the only way to protect the ones he loves is to become colder than ice and quite literally, become a god. - To achieve his ends, he must bring his family together one last time, even as each member is grappling with their shared trauma as well as old demons determined to shred what pieces of their sanity, and hearts, remain. - what I loved: •each ensemble member is a POC •each member is the product of colonialism and indigenous capture •there is SO MUCH commentary on 19th century imperialism and as Elizabeth Acevedo names it in her poem “Afro-Latina,” the unforeseen consequences: “I know I come from stolen gold. From cocoa, from sugarcane, the children of slaves and slave masters. A beautifully tragic mixture […] We are the unforeseen children.” #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #yafantasy #heist #booklover #booknerd #ireadyalit #bookdragon #bibliophile #bookaddict #readersofinstagram #teachersofinstagram #englishmajor #englishteacher #amreading #bookcommunity #booklover #igreads #readabook @wednesdaybooks @stmartinspress (at Forsyth Park Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0x9bQBqoV/?igshid=1ej4zlqc4c7f

PSA: if you don’t like book reviews, mute my page for the next ten days because this is alllll I’m going to be doing. • #bookreview for #sjmaas ‘s second series, and my second time reading this book this year (hello, #maastember @theglambookworm ) and since I didn’t post about it in April, here we are: •A Court of Thorns and Roses is absolutely a Beauty and the Beast retelling. The elements are there and obvious, however, what this bit of fantasy brings to the tale as old as time can be quickly summarized as follows: - Feyre, a human brutalized by unfortunate circumstances is the sole provider for her entire family (though she’s Legiterally the youngest alive *grumbles incoherently*) -Her sisters, Nesta and Elain are the wooooorst and I can’t believe #sjmaas is going to make me love Nesta in February when #acourtofsilverflames debuts. -Feyre is a huntress, and one winter when her family is starving, she murderlates a wolf to keep her family fed and coon in their pockets -Unbeknownst to our plagued heroine, that wolf was indeed a faerie, and a roaring, seething beast arrives to force her to pay the life debt she now owes to all Faedom (her family literally says “peace out, take her” and practically shoved her out the door! They’re truly the worst) -Enter Tamlin, the High Lord of the Spring Court and his emissary from the Autumn Court, Lucien -Feyre trusts no one but begins bantering with Lucien in a bid to make Tamlin release her from her life debt -Springtime shenanigans ensue and everything is all blossoms and sunlight until Feyre notices (as if the masquerade masks the entire Spring Court can NEVER TAKE OFF wasn’t clue enough) there’s a blight on the land and it might slip to human lands soon if Tam-Tam can’t fix it -Enter #rhysand , the High Lord of The Night Court (he’s our dastardly villain [wink, wink] come to rattle Tam about not even trying to save his people and lands) and it’s obvi that everyone hates Rhys for bowing to Amarantha (evil lady who’s taken over all the Fae lands because she can and why not?) #acotar #bookstagram #ireadyalit #feysand https://www.instagram.com/p/CIzaK_8B0Xd/?igshid=1t9pv6x844mfj

Day 1 of #covid_19 #quarantine means time to catch up on #bookreviews ! #1 is #jenniferlarmentrout ‘s blood-pumping sequel to the-spiciest-slow-burn-you’ve-ever-had #frombloodandash : A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire! • 5/5⭐️ and 5/5🌶 What I Loved: • these two big hot dummies (to quote the gals from @heavingbosoms ) are so dumb and so hot and SO. IN. LOVE. gah. It’s adorbs and so difficult to watch them both pretend otherwise (lying to a girl will have that effect) •the banter in this book between ALL characters is 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 i couldn’t get enough! I could read 50+ pages of Poppy and Kieran and Cas and never be bored! It’s smart writing!! •the romance in this fantasy just builds and builds and builds and...you get the gist 🌶🙌🏻💯 •pacing is where it’s at because originally, @itsnikkieye and I planned to read #frombloodandash through chapter 31...and we finished that one and devoured the entire sequel in that same time frame...whoops 🤷‍♀️ •love a lady that’s been horribly abused and is using her mind and heart to take time to figure herself out—she wants Cas but doesn’t NEED HIM. That’s a huge win to me for female fantasy leads 💯💯💯 •What I Didn’t Like - the third installment isn’t out until April! How am I supposed to liiiiive?! #poppyandhawke #akofaf #kingdomoffleshandfire #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #ireadyalit #ireadfantasy #frombloodandash #englishteacher #iteachhs https://www.instagram.com/p/CIzWGxBBiVU/?igshid=1f2457zo4evhv

•Double dipping for the sake of efficiency• / / D A Y S I X / / ❄️Winter Decor❄️ for @thatawkwardteacher and @smalltownela ‘s #teachergramcountdowntobreak , AKA, the thing I look forward to most each day in this floating dumpster fire that is 2020. •jk, I’ve been all about some fantastical books this year and #frombloodandash by @jennifer_l_armentrout has QUICKLY topped my 2020 Reads chart! Reasons Why I LOVE This Series and WILL Read It Again: 🌶did someone order a spicy forbidden romance set amongst a Handmaids Tale-esque society?!?! I. DID. 🖤holy smokes the slow burn in this one IS INTENSE. Poppy, The Maiden, The Chosen One, is forbidden by the Gods to *touch* any other living being. She lives under the “protection” of The Duke (we hate him) and The Duchess (we might hate her) after her parents are brutally slain in front of her eyes early in childhood. 🖤being The Maiden might not sound great so far and it’s totally not because not only is ANY PART of human contact EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, but Poppy must remain veiled (!!!) during all waking hours. Veiled as in the only parts of her you can see are her hands, chin, lips, and maybe a nose hair or two. IT IS INSANE. 🖤but Poppy is a fantastic protagonist because before we even begin to unpack the ridiculousness of this world, our girlfriend is out here breaking all the rules and sneaking into pleasure houses to “experience life” before her super-secretive “Ascension” that allows mortals to become...not. 🌶back to the spice, enter the mysterious new guard, Hawke, who rises the ranks to be Poppy’s personal guard ASAP. Shenanigans and longing stares and knuckle brushes are depicted with SUCH intensity (bc remember, she can’t TOUCH anyone!!) you’ll die of combustion before finishing this book 🖤super spooky craven creatures are just scary enough to control a population, super twisty plot devices keep the pace steady (after the first three chapters that have SO much needed world building) and enough feminism in there to make Poppy believable and true! 🙌🏻I’m 43% into the sequel and am (im)patiently waiting on @itsnikkieye to catch up! #bookstagram #ireadyalit #frombloodandash #poppyandhawke https://www.instagram.com/p/CIecNOUhYre/?igshid=2drz5pf0eubb

••DAY TWO•• “Lesson You’re Proud Of” for @thatawkwardteacher and @smalltownela ‘s #teachergramcountdowntobreak Quick Breakdown: Jenimah Young, Marquita Foster, and Dorothy Hines presented last year @nctegram and their session truly challenged me to be more than just an ally in name only. Their research and published work can be found in the NCTE Journal archives and I hightly recommend reading the seven pages and having your perceptions irrevocably altered as well. What I remember most vividly, is Mrs. Young looking into the audience, assessing the demogrpahics, and then making a bold and necessary statement about Black Girl representation in the classroom literature and standing arm-in-arm with her, as a Black Woman in Academia, to protect and uplift these wondrous young women and amplify their voices instead of insisting they “fix” themselves. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Which leads to this reframing of a classic narrative: Fairy Tales -In Georgia, one of our “Standards of Excellence” in 10th Grade World Literature includes The Hero’s Journey and Archetypes. Typically, I take a Miles Morales: Into the Spiderverse approach, but this year, I wanted to create an even more targeted, intetional, purposeful approach to widening the lens with which we view classic, or canonical, characters. In other words, when I am teaching The Hero’s Journey, I often ask my students, based on what we’ve read/viewed, ‘Who gets to be the hero?’ and that sparks lovely introspection and spirited discussion. This year, however, we went further by examining Fairy Tales from European authors and connected these archetypal characters to modern day Children’s Literature trends. The inspiration for the unit that follows is single-handedly a session that I was lucky enough to experience at NCTE 2019 in Baltimore. CONTINUED IN COMMENTS https://www.instagram.com/p/CISoK2JBCFB/?igshid=tfo09a72dpz5

Following @rambling_reader ‘s example, here’s my #novemberreads breakdown: Thanksgiving Break was fantastic for reading! I truly took a break from work (didn’t even open my school laptop until Saturday! That is a new record for me! #worklifebalance ) and dug into some much-anticipated sequels that have been eyeing me surreptitiously from my #tbrshelf 8 books/3 Adult/5 YA Genres: - #yacontemporary - #yafantasy - #thriller - #feministya - #yaparanormalromance #representationmatters - ALL ASIAN AMERICAN ENSEMBLE CAST! - 4/8 books with #bipoc protagonists - 8/8 books with #bipocrepresentation - 4/8 books with #lgbtqia representation This month I was super grateful for #theshadowsbetweenus because it jumpstarted me out of my prolonged reading slump. And like @rambling_reader said, I think I’m going to stop with the whole TBR thing because it’s like the unused pages of a planner—it just puts more pressure on me and becomes a source of shame. When I ignored my TBR this month and just read whatever captured my attention, I was able to read without worry. Isn’t that what it’s supposed to be about? #bookstagram #englishteacher #aplitteacher #secondaryenglish #iteachhighschool #bookish #bookishlove #readabook #ireadya #teachersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPO0nJBu7Y/?igshid=1u88gkaqal309

Oh, hey. One thing while I have your attention: let's take a moment to bask in the pure source of light and darkness that is @adamsilvera. -this week, like always, Adam had been vividly transparent with his ups as well as his downs -and in a true testament to how the interwebs CAN be a force for good, readers and fellow authors alike are rallying around Adam and expressing what he (and his works) meal to them. Here's my small contribution: 🖤History Is All You Left Me shattered me. Wholly. Thoroughly. My uncle had died two years previously, and while the losses weren’t completely parallel, what this text allowed me to do was feel my grief and be messy with it. To react poorly or not at all. To grieve how my heart saw fit, even if it was peak self-destructive behavior. Adam’s book walked with me through the darkness hand-in-hand. And that’s all I think any of us want to do for him right now—walk with him through this time. 🖤More Happy Than Not (@therealcindylloyd remembers my meltdown after reading this one): admittedly, I was PISSED when I closed this book. Aaron Soto deserved better, right? Because we all deserve better, RIGHT?!?! Happiness shouldn’t be this hard, RIGHT?! It all should turn out okay in the end, RIGHT?!?! (You get the drift of my downward spiral) -well, turns out the answer to all of those questions is no, it’s not always alright. Happiness isn’t a guaranteed outcome and sometimes it doesn’t matter what you deserve. Life just is what it is. It’s an immovable object and an unstoppable force and it does not care. -that’s what this book taught me. That it’s okay not to be happy. And I needed to hear that. In more ways than the internet will ever know. 🖤this could go on forever, but the point is, @adamsilvera is a cherished author and human; his contributions to our healing through putting his self, his pain, his healing into his works are the greatest gift, and I for one am so grateful for his existence. #whatdoesadamsilverameantoyou #adamsilveraappreciation https://www.instagram.com/p/CILk5W1B4T3/?igshid=1g9nxt4ltttve

5/5⭐️Mmmmmmmm burned my way through this novel in less than a day only to have my brain melted to a soupy slush. Much like with #addielarue , The Project will sit with me for quite some time. • • My honest review of The Project boils down to a few highlights (can’t spoil it just yet, gentlefriends): -whatever you think you know about cults or faith or god or what man says about god...try again. -whatever notions or opinions you had about cult leaders and their “obvious” depravity…chuck that out the window. -whatever judgement you cast on the followers for being blind sheep at best and willing villains at worst...check yourself. -humble yourself before the master of recalibrating my brain, Courtney Summers. -I knew I would like, love even, this novel because it’s Summers’s. -I didn’t anticipate the carnage and at times almost unbearable brutality of this narrative. -put it this way, I never fancied myself a person to sympathize with wrongdoers, disbelieve victims, or question my own moral fortitude (can I ever trust my mind again?!) but all that and more was traversed and revisited as I pummeled through. #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #courtneysummers #jointheproject @wednesdaybooks @netgalley @stmartinspress @macmillanreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CIKSiadBrR1/?igshid=zpssarih7f4a

#bookreview for @tricialevenseller ‘s positively dynamic and refreshing feminist fantasy piece, #theshadowsbetweenus ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• What I Loved: 🖤a cutthroat, sexually empowered female protagonist with enough cunning and brilliance to outmaneuver all her adversaries ✨a Darkling-esque Shadow King who cannot be touched lest he make himself vulnerable to attack. Kallias’s powers are seriously interesting and I need another book to explore them!!! 🖤a diabolical scheme that results in breakneck plot twists THAT ACTUALLY WORK AND SERVE A PURPOSE for the overarching theme!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 ✨a relationship of convenience that is nurtured into a true meeting of the minds and equal partnership 🖤again, with our leading lady, I’m loving unlikable femmes that would have been burned at the stake but now are earning a place in our minds and hearts through sheer will and courage of convictions 5/5⭐️ highly recommend this text to jerk you out of a reading slump! #bookstagram #bookish #ireadya #booksta #booklover #bookdragon #bibliophile #bookaddict #readersofinstagram #teachersofinstagram #englishmajor #englishteacher #amreading #bookcommunity #booklover #igreads #readabook #fantasy #alessandra #kallias #theshadowsbetweenus #tricialevenseller https://www.instagram.com/p/CIHzIV5BmK7/?igshid=105f1rsbwax8d