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⚔️☠️"Curse this world for what it does to the mothers, for what it does to the daughters. Curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. Curse it for forcing us to endure." - A Reaper at the Gates, 448, @sabaatahir • Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲/5 • 📚A of JAF's (insta)Review: A Reaper at the Gates is the third in the Ember Quartet. It continues the stories of Elias Veturius, Lia of Serra, and Helene Aquilla as their diverged paths lead them to face battles far beyond their wildest dreams/nightmares and threats both human and inhuman in nature. Tahir drops your right back into the action, inclduing chapters from the Nightbringer's perspective and let me tell you, despite the build in death and destruction and darkness and 'oh shit what else could possibly happen'...it was awesome. • I don’t know how to properly review this book without offering you a review of the two that came before, I don’t know if I can do it objectively, to be honest. • All I can say is that the little teenaged brown girl that I used to be, the one that resides within me still, was looking for this kind of representation all my life. • I’m fangirling without actually talking about the plot/characters/writing. I know. I don’t care. This is the kind of book I wish I had growing up, with all the love and respect for those that came before that I did manage to get my hands on and that might have influenced the wonderful Sabaa Tahir. • This is the kind of series I can’t wait to let my future children read. May they grow up to be as awesome as Laia of Serra and as empathetic as Helene Aquilla. [Full review on website!] •-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-• #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookworm #abudhabireads #dubaireads #uaereads #bookstagramuae #unitedbookstagram #bookishabudhabi #bookishdubai #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookoholic #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #minibackdrops #bookstagramchallenge #bookreview #jafinkreads #jafinkreviews (at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Two gorgeous looking books that were insta-buys in 2017 that I *still* haven’t read. Tower of Dawn I’m afraid to read because Chaol was one of my faves and I absolutely hated what SJM did in terms of his character development (or regression) in book 4 and his disappearance in book 5. I’ve also been severely disappointed with the strong similarities/redundancies in terms of plot/twists/romance in both her series so am very afraid of another unnecessarily complicated/fraught Ship/pairing that retcons previous declarations of love and loyalty. *unresolved issues alert* • ⁉️#qotd: Who are your fave/insta buy authors? Do you still give them a chance after they’ve let you down? • Bookmark from the awesome @dustandpages • Bookstagram Challenge: #rfabjanuary18 - day 29: didn’t read in 2017 @reviews_from_a_bookworm #spicynovelsjan18 - day 27: #bookishmerch @spicypages & @novelscript #janbookstagram18 - day 28: ship from different books (im cheating, but Caelena and Chaol forever) @pagewithaview, @book_junkee, & @reverieandink #lilthisorthat - day 30: dragons or fantastic beasts (dragons. Have you met Abraxos? #love) @lifeinlit & @beccasbookishlife • #qotd #bookstagramchallenge #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookworm #abudhabireads #dubaireads #uaereads #bookstagramuae #unitedbookstagram #jafinkreads #jafinkreviews #bookishabudhabi #bookishdubai #minibackdrops #bookreview #socksunday #tbr #tardispillow #comfycozy @bloomsburypublishing #towerofdawn #sarahjmaas #chaolwestfall @preview.app

🐍 “For that is the way of the world, Guma’s voice echoed. Some are given a rope to the moon, and others claw up the sky.” - Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by @juliecdao • Rating: 🐲🐲🐲.5/5 • ⁉️#qotd: Do you write reviews for all the books you read? • 📚A of JAF’s (insta)review: I had a review set up for this, and then it got deleted so that’s fun. 😑 Where was I? Oh yes, basically, if you’re looking for a diverse retelling/origin story of the Evil Queen set in a fantasy world inspired by Ancient China, look no further. Despite its slow start, and in-spite of the fact that we all know the outcome, you can’t help but root for and sympathize with Xifeng (or titular Empress who shall be rising). Even as she makes choices that push her closer to the dark point of no return, you want her to succeed. There are multiple points where you want to shake sense into her, but that doesn’t make your heart hurt any less when you see the future Evil Empress get manipulated, abused, or otherwise mistreated. There’s a good mix of vivid scenery/description, character development (especially when it comes to Xifeng’s mental deterioration/madness), and magic. Some characters seemed to exist purely to act as obstacles in Xifeng’s way, and others’ purposes are unclear (I assume this is because they’ll play a larger role later in the series), but overall, if you can get over the slightly dragging set up of the story you’ll love the mixture of magic and court intrigue in this Snow White-inspired first book. • Bookstagram Challenges: #lilthisorthat: days 26 - YA or NA (YA all the way) @lifeinlit & @beccasbookishlife #fanaticalbirdjan: day 26 - least fave trope (insta-love or Love triangles) @fanatical.fantasy & @littleliterarybird • #qotd #bookstagramchallenge #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookworm #abudhabireads #dubaireads #uaereads #bookstagramuae #unitedbookstagram #jafinkreads #jafinkreviews #bookishabudhabi #bookishdubai #qotd #minibackdrops #bookreview #ipreview @preview.app #riseoftheempress #forestofathousandlanterns #juliecdao @philomelbooks #philomelbooks (at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)