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IT'S FINE @KIERSTENWHITE 😡 COMPLETELY CAPTURE MY HEART THEN SET IT ON FIRE, STOMP ON IT, CACKLE EVILLY AND REPEAT 😭 The audacity of some authors 😆 seriously though it's taken so long for me to post these reviews because I've been grieving certain events in this book that left me emotionally devastated. 💔 When I finished Bright We Burn I just sat on my couch numb hugging the book to my chest crying silently. No. I'm not exaggerating. I fell in love with Lada and Radu and the things they go through in this book are devastating 😩 it's such a beautiful, bittersweet book that to this day, a week after finishing, I'm still mourning 😢 Lada becomes almost omnipotent in this book and seems to be more than human in many ways. Until we are thrown several reminders that she is in fact only human 😭 I'm being so careful to not give spoilers but FUCK. I choke up, my chest aches and I get teary thinking about the things she endured. 😭 In contrast, I'm so overwhelmed with joy. There are certain events that are just so heartwarming and surprising and lovely that as equally as your soul is broken you are given shreds of hope and love and humanity to hold onto ❤ Overall, huge kudos to Kiersten for ending the series the way she did. She has some serious temerity to end it the way she did but honestly there was no other way to end it and she executed it perfectly ❤ This is easily one of the most underrated series out there. THANKYOU to Kiersten White for writing this masterpiece and THANKYOU to @bellusoddities for being the reason I picked this series up in the first place 😘 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #nowirise #andidarken #brightweburn #conquererstrilogy #kierstenwhite #ladadracul #lada #darkfiction #historicalfiction #vladtheimpaler #feministfiction #books #bibliophile #bookreview #bookblogger #bookstagram #booknerd #bookaddict #bookishlove #bookgram #booksbooksbooks #booksofig #bookworm #bookwormlife #goodreads #welovebooks #readersofinstagram #cosplay #bookishcosplay #ladacosplay via @preview.app (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nwBB-AIyy/?igshid=1snr17s98clih

I have officially joined the cult of Lada Dracul and I am obsessed with this savage QUEEEEEEN😈 @kierstenwhite has written a phenomenal rendition of Vlad the impaler with a feminist twist 👌 whilst I thoroughly enjoyed the first book And I Darken, this book just added to the Lada love and it is so complex and beautiful ❤ Lada is easily one of my favorite female characters ever and I don't think I've found a character that I feel this deeply about in a LONG time 💪 Her brother Radu is so opposite to her in such a bittersweet way. His softness, his tact, his emotional intelligence, his willingness to love, his faith... He is just precious and I love him like a little brother ❤ Mehemed.... Exists. 😂 I'm not totally a fan but I do love the romantic tension between him and Lada and by that I love how Lada firmly asserts who she is and what she's about and he kinda gets blown away by her independence and mental fortitude 🔥 These books are very different to my usual fantasy reads but this dark, historical fiction is dangerous and twisted and feminist and beautiful and just WOW. FUCKING WOW. ❤ This series does not get enough love. I feel like because the action is historical and political and not fantastical and magical it gets overlooked which is truly unfair cause his is a breathtaking series 😩 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #nowirise #andidarken #brightweburn #conquererstrilogy #kierstenwhite #ladadracul #lada #darkfiction #historicalfiction #vladtheimpaler #feministfiction #books #bibliophile #bookreview #bookblogger #bookstagram #booknerd #bookaddict #bookishlove #bookgram #booksbooksbooks #booksofig #bookworm #bookwormlife #goodreads #welovebooks #readersofinstagram #cosplay #bookishcosplay #ladacosplay via @preview.app (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_idr-gAIg4/?igshid=yft2hnh9p8zm

So I've finally settled on my favorite reads of this year. Not in any particular order but these do have my highest ratings. #NowIRise & #BrightWeBurn by @authorkierstenwhite #StalkingJackTheRipper by @kerrimaniscalco #SweetBlackWaves by @kkperezbooks #BloodofWonderland by @colleenoakes #Fawkes & #Romanov by @nadinebrandes #Sadie by @summerscourtney #TheGetawayGod by @rkadrey #readyplayerone by @ernestcline There we have it. My favorite reads of the year. Have you picked yoour favorites yet? https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDvYe2nAaB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vhmlkkaznqae

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⛈November Haul⛈⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Extra shifts at work = Extra books for me!⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ So what did I buy????⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Bright We Burn, the last book in the Conqueror’s Saga, so I now have no excuse for not finishing the series!⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy because I need more of my fave ace gal and I’m looking forward to meeting her girl gang!⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ City of Ghosts because I am trash for anything Schwab writes!⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Far From You aka the book where I found the most (minority) rep for me in one character! Bi! Struggles with Addiction! Chronic Pain! So duh I had to buy it, obviously.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❔: What book have you treated yourself to recently?⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❕ : Clearly I have done a lot of treating myself. Oops.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 💻If you want to check out more of my whole Month in Review Post, you can find it on my blog. Link Tree in bio💻⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ —⠀ #bookhaul #brightweburn #conquerorssaga #kierstenwhite #theladysguide #theladysguidetopetticoatsandpiracy #mackenzilee #montaguesiblings #cityofghosts #cassidyblake #victoriaschwab #farfromyou #tesssharpe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8UoB_HlrI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wt932wlho87v

Ok so when I finished And I Darken I will admit that I didn’t really see Lada as an anti-hero. But by the end of Bright We Burn? I was so on-board with her anti-hero status. That girl is vicious, cutthroat, determined, and absolutely willing to sacrifice any and everything for what she sees as her destiny: to be the steward of the Wallachian land and people. I respect that, even though I can’t imagine ever making some of the decisions that Lada made. If you haven’t read this series, I highly recommend it! I thought it was pretty unique for YA, in the level of gore and darkness but also in the story structure itself. By book 2 it’s basically two separate stories(Lada’s and Radu’s) that occasionally affect each other but almost never overlap. It made for a pretty interesting reading experience. 🧐 • • • ❓Do you like books that are told from multiple points of view, or do you prefer a single narrator? Games of Thrones was one of the first series I read with the “each chapter is narrated by a single one of the MCs” types of stories. I thought it was absolutely brilliant, because it left you tearing through the book trying to get back to where you left off with each character. Now I’ve seen that style a lot more and maybe I’m kind of over it? I think one or two narrators is probably best for me! 🍄 • • • CHALLENGES! 📋📖 #novinbooks18 📚 “favorite anti-hero/heroine” ⚔️ #allthebooksnov18 “series that ends/ended this year” 🔚 • • #andidarken #nowirise #brightweburn #conquererssaga #kierstenwhite #book #bookstagram #bookish #bibliophile #booklover #booknerd #booklove #igreads #bookphotography #fantasy #ya #yafiction #yafantasy #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #ilovereading #bookreader #photooftheday #flatlay https://www.instagram.com/p/BqaP6MoH3Gr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yv9ulaqkrrtq

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⛈The Conqueror’s Saga⛈⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Oooohhhhh that feeling you get when you buy the last book in a series and now your collection is complete.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ I have only read the first book in this series but boy did I enjoy it!⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ I love the covers of this series! Both the US and UK ones are so fucking gorgeous that I’m glad I saw one first to take my decision of which one to buy away ahah.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ And I Darken⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Now I Rise⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Bright We Burn⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❔: What book/series has two amazing covers that you struggled to choose from??? Or did you just buy both?⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❕ : I almost always prefer UK covers for some reason! They always seem to be to my taste.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💻If you want to check out more of my whole Month in Review Post, you can find it on my blog. Link Tree in bio💻⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ —⠀ #theconqeurorssaga #kierstenwhite #andidarken #nowirise #brightweburn https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXD3XkH9BY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m1nhiu1ct4bw

I hate that so many anticipated reads have been coming out either the same day or the same month. Why couldn’t the publishers space it out over the year so (1) my wallet wouldn’t hate me and (2) I could actually read them in a timely manner. . . #kierstenwhite #thedarkdescentofelizabethfrankenstein #andidarken #nowirise #brightweburn #frankenstein #bookstagram #biblophile @authorkierstenwhite https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo4Wn_XFuNN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14pwn5zwqmv2g

Oct. 11th: I Have a Little Hell to Raise #getsupernaturalchallenge ⚔️ If anyone is raising hell it is Lada Dragwlya. She is one fierce female, and I’d definitely recommend reading this gender shaped Vlad the Impaler retelling by @authorkierstenwhite ⚔️ #andidarken #nowirise #brightweburn #kierstenwhite #raisinghell #fiercewomen #yaread #retelling #yalit #booknerd #bookstagram #bookstack https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0elvZFS_f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7skrpuc5vxwx