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TLK: Remember Them

"But captain, what'll we do with our fallen friends?

Remember them"

TLG: The First Mission

Discontent with the lack of action since she formed her rather ragtag Guard, Vitani sulked through the Pridelands as she wondered if any reason to shine would come anytime soon as she felt like she'd been wasting her friends' time dragging them into all of this. She especially began to wonder if this was her place in the Circle of Life... Vitani and her Guard end up in Ndefu Grove, an eerily quiet forest of acacias and fig trees. Thinking the place to be unoccupied, Vitani vents to her Guard and doubts their supportive reassurances, until...

Rating: 5

Recommended for: Everyone. This series is to die for.

Genre: angst, fantasy, paranormal, romance, young adult

"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two."

Days of Blood & Starlight picks up from Daughter of Smoke & Bone with Karou leaving Akiva upon discovering his blinded betrayal. She turns to the fallen Razgut to deliver her to her original world, where she joins forces with the family who had beheaded her in her previous life. Under Thiago's authority, she assumes Brimstone's role in resurrecting lost chimaera souls from Seraphim slayings, and for better or for worse, she encounters Akiva throughout her journey of national redemption. But twists and turns thorn her path, and she finds herself doing exactly what she swore she'd never do.

This book was everything. I was initially scared because I wasn't quite invested in the book as I would have liked, but towards the second half, I couldn't put it down and sobbed like a baby. Laini Taylor is a master manipulator of emotions and delivers her story exceptionally. As stated earlier, my only caveat was that I wasn't as invested in Days of Blood & Starlight as I was in its predecessor Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and so it took me over a month of mulling to finally finish it. In the first book, Karou and Akiva together were powerful characters, and I found myself drawn to them throughout the book. But with the second, I found that, separated, the characters were somewhat lacking in the same vigor presented in the first book. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good book, just not as captivating as the first, and I guess I was a little disappointed and found it more difficult to read than the first.

So it was time, creating new female Sims

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