I feel as if I have loved and lost. I feel as if I personally witnessed the deaths of my friends in war. Truthfully, I have not read the HP books since I was in 4th grade and, so, all of my marauder knowledge consisted of whatever crumbs we get in the films. I have spoiled myself. This was peak Marauders and now I'm going to have to find other things to fill the void.

One of my favorite aspects of this was the strength of friendship between Harry and Hermione, and that at no point does the author even hint at the possibility of it ever going romantic. I also really liked that Ron was not villainized and instead was given a different role in helping Dramione happen that still honored his character.

THE PAST MONTH IN BOOKS:

Reading logs for these will be posted in the coming weeks. Honestly, All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89 took up most of my time. I was absolutely enthralled by the story. Prior to reading it, I had very little knowledge of the Marauders. I am currently reading Sirius' POV for ATYD and it is hitting almost as much as the original story.

PRESENTLY:

I am currently on a self-imposed book buying ban. I went through all my books and I currently have: 110 unready e-books, 45 unread physical books, and 12 un-listened to audiobooks. Thus, later in the month of June, I will be using a wheel to pick my next read.

Currently, I am finishing up the Cinder by Marissa Meyer audiobook and will be continuing the series; and I am reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang in my book club. And as soon as I finished ATYD - Sirius ' Perspective, then I'll be moving on to finishing Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan.

Rating: ☆☆☆ ; 6 of 10 scale | Recommend: Nah | Genre: Historical Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Greek Mythology retelling | Format Read In: Audiobook | Status: First-Time Read | Favorite Aspect: i got my sister to rant with me | Content Warning: SA, Violence (warfare), Manipulation

I read most of this on my 17+ hour flights to and from Japan. Truthfully, I don't remember most of it. I do know that I devoured it, so much so, that I sacrificed my sleep and comfort on the plane to read this instead. I was hooked from the get-go.

I found the premise fascinating; to try and figure out how the canon divergence would play out for H and D's secret relationship during their Hogwarts days, while keeping true to the canon plot points up until Voldy's death. It sucks to need Ron to be a villain in this kind of scenario. He truly was such a vile character here. This is definitely not a fic for Ron stans.

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This fic started off with so much promise. I understand why it would become one that is so highly recommended. However, I felt like the author lost the plot on many occasions, and it would take me out every single time.

This past month in books:

I had posted and pinned that I would be entering a semi-hiatus for the month of April due to my scheduling and international traveling. I did not expect to be so busy that I did not post at all for the entire month. However, I was reading (somewhat)! Most of my reading happened on the plane, so I was only able to finish two fanfictions and the audiobook was listened to during my commutes to and from work. I have been trying to get into any Leigh Bardugo novel, but I just can't seem to be intrigued by any of them. None have hooked me and so, I believe their writing is just not for me.

After being so immersed in Star Wars celebrations all month long, my love for the franchise was reinvigorated and my drive to re-read the novels I already own. With Lost Stars by Claudia Gray (a book I will ALWAYS recommend), I will be reading the manga for the first time, but I have read the novel already. Dark Disciple by Christie Golden is on my slate for reread due to its connection to Tales of the Underworld. My current Dramione fic read is Love at a Time of the Zombie Apocalypse by Rizzle. Reading logs for the ones I finished in April are being worked on in the mean time.

In retrospect, this would be more of a 5 or 5.5, but I'll keep it as a rounded up 6/10 because I dont feel like editing the graphic. I was entertained by parts of this book, specifically whenever we would get moments before the God's War and the closure of the realms. I found the world of the Gods to be intriguing. I have quite a visual imagination and I was picturing some incredibly beautiful sceneries for it. However, everything else about this book was unnecessary, underdeveloped, or unintriguing. It was way too long and could have benefited greatly from more editing.

My past week in books:

This month has been so unexpectedly busy for me that I have not made as much time for reading as I did at the start of the year. My April schedule is also already ridiculously packed and, so, I will be posting very little next month. That being said, this will be a short recap.

First things first, I finally finished The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole! I will only be continuing this series because I had bought the second book before I even started reading this one. Reading log will be posted tomorrow.

Secondly, I already made two posts ranting about my frustrations with Scarlett St. Clair's Hades x Persephone series. Needless to say, I will not be continuing this series. Although I will be making a reading log post for A Game of Retribution, I did not finish the book because I ran out of audiobook hours on Spotify (which I'm taking as a blessing as I was so close to yelling at the book while at work).

Thirdly, since I had ran out of audiobook hours and used my last borrow credit on Hoopla, I started listening to Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo on Audible (which I had bought before I quit all Amazon owned services). I've seen only praises about Bardugo's writing. I'm hoping to enjoy their books as well. I DNF'd Six of Crows after 5 attempts at reading it two years ago. But I have The Familiar on my TBR. A bit worried that her books will just not be for me.

She refuses to marry him because she's not ready and yet expects him to tell her absolutely everything and do shit that she wants that is completely selfish (like keeping her friend from dying, WHICH HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER). She's so fucking entitled and selfish and stupid. I'm so over this series. I'm going to DNF it. I haven't been so aggravated and infuriated by a FMC in quite some time.