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The Ruin of Kings
The Ruin of Kings | Jenn Lyons
There are the old stories. And then theres what actually happens. Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew upon storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised. Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe hes not the hero, for Kihrin isnt destined to save the empire. Hes destined to destroy it . . . Uniting the worldbuilding of a Brandon Sanderson with the storytelling verve of a Patrick Rothfuss, debut author Jenn Lyons delivers an entirely new and captivating fantasy epic. Prepare to meet the genres next star. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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majkia
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Okay, second time I tried to like this book. Finished it but I hated the split timeline which I found needlessly complicating. I'm done.

#Roll100
@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Might avoid this book then, its been recced loads but I've got no time for confusing books! 6mo
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jackilynn
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Finally starting to work my way through my book club book. I can see why reviews have said it is confusing but so far I am really enjoying it.

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EmMcKee
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“Except real evil isn‘t a demon or a rogue wizard. Real evil is an empire like Quur, a society that feeds on its poor and its oppressed like a mother eating her own children. Demons and monsters are obvious; we‘ll always band together to fight them off. But real evil, insidious evil, is what let‘s us just walk away from another person‘s pain and say, well that‘s none of my business.”

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EmMcKee
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“This was a tree to hold up the whole world, the sort of place where Galava must live, if any place were consecrated to her. It seemed ageless and immortal, a tree that had always and would always exist. Naturally, we were setting it on fire.”

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EmMcKee
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“Truth and evil are not opposed concepts.”
-pg 214

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Ddzmini
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Book mail 🤪

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Mitch
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Mehso-so

The world building is good it feels like you've dropped into a fully formed complicated world, where politics & family demand allegiances, create conflict & assume power. But the structure! Chapters form alternating time lines which break the reading flow pulling you reluctantly away from a plot line & create confusion. At times I was super lost, frustrated and close to giving up! Written in a different format and I think id be heading into bk 2.

Soubhiville I wondered how this was. Pretty sure I‘ve got the audio on my library TBR. Thanks for shining some light on it for me. 😊 2y
TheAromaofBooks I gave up on this one after about a hundred pages. It was really a struggle for me! 2y
Mitch @Soubhiville I was so disappointed- it got such great reviews from Kirkus and NPR - thought it was going to be amazing. I‘m wondering whether she‘s ditched the format for book 2 🤨 2y
Mitch @TheAromaofBooks I really wanted to do that too! 2y
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Mitch
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Even Woodford is struggling to keep up with this one 🤨

Soubhiville Looks like he thinks a nap would be better. 💕 2y
Mitch @Soubhiville im with him! I want to like the is book - but the disjointed, alternating timeline is preventing me getting really into it ☹️ 2y
squirrelbrain Beautiful Woodford! He‘s so shiny! ❤️ 2y
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Leftcoastzen 🐶so cute ! When in doubt, nap. 2y
DGRachel Good luck with this one. I did not enjoy it, but I couldn‘t decide if it was the fault of the storytelling or just that all the timeline and POV shifts were too hard to follow via audiobook. 2y
Mitch @DGRachel im not a quitter - but I‘m getting close to it! 2y
DGRachel There is no shame in bailing. The only reason I finished this one was because I originally had the excerpt on NetGalley and wanted to finish the whole book before leaving feedback. I left an unusually long review on Goodreads. 😂 2y
sarahbellum Aww Woodford looks like my Gus from this angle 🥰 2y
Mitch @DGRachel I so don‘t like the chopping around ! 2y
Mitch @sarahbellum 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
iread2much 😊 2y
Hooked_on_books Sweet baby! 💙🐶 2y
Mitch @Soubhiville He‘s a love bug! 2y
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Mitch
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I‘m about half way through this book and I‘m just not sure …… sophisticated snacks help though! And only the Japanese would ensure the box turns into a neat little snack holder - holding them at just the right grabbable angle! 👍🏼

TrishB I love that! 2y
wanderinglynn Yes! Isn‘t that fantastic! Love Japanese snacks. 2y
Sharpeipup Thoughtful packaging! 2y
LitStephanie Good snacks make everything better! 2y
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my.books.in.squares
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Just over halfway and loving this. It is a little bit hard to follow due to the amount of characters and the family histories but I think im starting to get to grips with it all. So good! 😍

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my.books.in.squares
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Laughterhp
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📚Tagged, just added it last week. Not sure if/when I‘ll get around to reading it
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉 - watermelon
🤩 Not Your Average Hot Guy - because it sounds a lot of fun
💞My dog, my husband (I guess). I usually don‘t think about things I‘m grateful for 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

#WondrousWednesday - thanks for the tag @ICantImReading

Eggs 💗🐶📚👏🏻 3y
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Lucy_Anywhere
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#TBRPile 📚 “When they brought me up to the auction block, I looked out over the crowd and thought: I would kill you all if I had a knife.”

BookDadGirlDad Welp...with a line like that, seems I need to keep a look out for this one. 3y
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ParkerFinn
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Pickpick

This book took me forever to finish and it has seen me through 2 major book slumps! But I finally finished it and I liked it! It had a good mix of adventure and politics. It‘s confusing at first but over all, it was good.

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CaitlinSiem
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Pickpick

I enjoyed the heck out of this book. The format took me a little while to get used to, but as soon as I did, I fell fully immersed into the world. I found it fascinating how the story was about the same person, Kieran, but told from his POV and the POV of those surrounding him in life (with an interesting twist). I enjoyed the characters and the storyline. 

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SilverShanica
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 121.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

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Ash.on.the.line
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Pickpick

This was a rec by a friend on IG & man it was a lot. It‘s very good but a lot of info & heavy subjects. Its an adult fantasy that‘s light on romance if that‘s what you want. We get duel perspectives & a narrator in a way. A prince who grew up poor who doesn‘t want to be a part of the royals. There‘s magic, curses, shifters & that‘s such a light description of this massive book; I will have to reread before picking up book 2.
#bookspinbingo

Ash.on.the.line I‘d look up content warnings before reading if you are not comfortable with heavy subjects. 3y
TheAromaofBooks This one was a DNF for me... there was just way more going on than I was interested in keeping track of haha 3y
Ash.on.the.line @TheAromaofBooks yeah it‘s a lot. I had to look up a couple things even while reading😅 3y
TheAromaofBooks I was sad because the book itself is physically a delight to handle. It was bound really well haha 3y
Ash.on.the.line @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve had books like that ha! Some books just feel so nice to hold. 3y
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Kenyazero
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I was listening to this book a while ago but didn't finish before my loan returned to the library. I realized that I wasn't really enjoying or taking in the book, so I'm going to go ahead and drop it. It's not a bad book by any means. The world and gods and characters seem very interesting.

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TheSpineView
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Pickpick

I liked this book and am looking forward to book 2. Great cast of characters and a solid plot. It is rather complex with so many characters. I wished I had taken some notes. I think I missed a few things or didn't totally understand a few things that happened. Still a solid read. 4⭐

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TheSpineView
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#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

🎧 Currently listening to the Tagged book. Finished The World We Know Yesterday and can't decide on what physical book I want to read next.
📚 On the Island
📚 A feel good story or a read that is light/humorous

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TheSpineView
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#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

🎧 Full Cast most times. There have been a few exceptions.
🎧 Tim Gerald Reynolds he narrated Red Rising.
🎧 Tagged

BookmarkTavern Full casts can be amazing! Thank you for sharing! 4y
TheSpineView @ozma.of.oz 😊 4y
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TheSpineView
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#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

👜 My MIL gave me a purse with a picture of a horse on it. Love it and use it everyday.
🏜 Yes. The Arabian Desert, The Mojave Desert, The Chihuahuan Desert and The Sonoran Desert.
📚 Tagged and Axiom's End and I like both.

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TheSpineView
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#JubilantJuly @Andrew65

It was so hot yesterday I stayed in doors most of the day and read. Enjoying both books.

Andrew65 A great day! 👏👏👏 4y
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TheSpineView
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#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

📚 Tagged
📚 A Memory Called Empire
📚 A Court of Wings and Ruin

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TracyReadsBooks
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21 books in May. The tagged book was a definite favorite—surprised by how much I liked it. Whether writing comics, nonfiction, or, in this case, Eve Ewing always impresses. Ahsoka was a fitting, and enjoyable, continuation of Ahsoka‘s journey & a fantastic bridge between The Clone Wars & Rebels. The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde at his best. Finally, Burial Rites is most excellent historical fiction.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Wow. What a debut. So good. So, so good. If you like your fantasy dark with lots of twists & turns, intrigue & adventure, danger & more danger, all the shades of grey & not always black & white/good & evil (although sometimes it‘s obvious), you might well enjoy this book. I sure did. It‘s the story of a boy who might be a hero or might not be, who might destroy the world while saving it or who might save it by destroying it. Now for the next book.

InBooksILive I've had this one for a bit now and keep passing over it to read for some reason! I think I need to stop skipping it and get reading it 4y
TracyReadsBooks @InBooksILive This one languished in my TBR stacks for a while—I, too, kept passing it over. Really glad I finally picked it up. First half is good...and then it gets really good. It really is an impressive debut and I‘m eager to see where the story goes next. 4y
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Kenyazero
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The book I'm listening to right now happens to fit nicely with the second #BookHunt scavenger hunt prompt of multiple POVs. The narration comes from a scholarly man who is gathering evidence about a certain event in the form of stories recorded by their tellers in a magical stone of some sort. Every now and then, the narrator fact checks the story or interjects when a character mistakes a fact he already knows. @ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl Neat! That's a unique structure 4y
Kenyazero @ShyBookOwl It's been a lot of fun so far. 4y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Dinner is in the oven, the sun is out and the patio is warm. Time to relax...

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TracyReadsBooks
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Starting tonight...

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niibeatrice
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They should make a series out of this one...

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NicoleCeBallos
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Pickpick

Kihrin is a long lost prince whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom. There's immortals, magic, swords, dragons, goddesses, and prophecies. People seem to either love the series or hate it and I fall into the love camp.

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Yossarian
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I am reading both these books at once, and cannot keep them straight. They have literally the same plot.

In both, our heroes are royally born boys who have been secretly sold into slavery. They have been chained to oars and forced to row endlessly across the seas.

At the ends of the chapters I have just finished, they both find themselves shipwrecked on a frozen barren northern island.

DieAReader 🤨🤔😬 4y
Soubhiville Well that‘s strange... 4y
LauraJ Have you ever seen Joe Abercrombie and Jenn Lyons in the same room at the same time? (edited) 4y
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MegsBooks
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Pickpick

It‘s difficult to sum up this book as it‘s vast and intricate. The sassiness is one reason I kept turning the pages. The action flows and the characters quip. It was a lot of fun. 😄
I think if you‘re a fan of Patrick Rothfuss, or even a less formal/gruesome game of thrones, this book may be for you.
As for me, I loved it and am starting the second in the series ASAP.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#epicfantasy #fantasy #review

Cindyelizavaz This is on my to be read pile!! 4y
MegsBooks @Cindyelizavaz if you love epic fantasy, maybe move it to the top of the pile. 😉 4y
Cindyelizavaz @PopReads00 yassssss! That's what I will do! 😬😬😬 4y
MegsBooks @Cindyelizavaz yay! Let me know what you think. 😄🙌 4y
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mutlee
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Mehso-so

I‘m really struggling to summarize how I feel about this. I loved it in the beginning. Great world-building and lots of puzzling pieces to put together. I was sure I was going to love it. But, the middle dragged, like the author was trying to do entirely too much and not following through. I enjoyed the ending enough to check out the next one, but almost gave up a few times in the middle.

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TheAromaofBooks
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Your Majesty,

Enclosed within is a full accounting of the events that led up to the burning of the Capital.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl Love it 4y
Megabooks Nice! 4y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Started two new books yesterday, both written by someone named Jen(n)?! Not completely sure about the tagged book - almost 600 pages long, 10+ pages of glossary, and loads of footnotes. I'm going to stick with it for at least 100 pages though and see what happens. But my brain wasn't handling it last night, so I switched to Well Met for some fluff!!

PS As you can see, I read my hardbacks sans jacket!

hes7 I always take the jacket off, too! It‘s so much easier. 4y
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Kallik93
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Finally picking up this beauty after suffering under its stare in my #tbr pile for a few weeks! ☺️😁

KarouBlue Loooved this one!!! ❤️ 4y
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Ares
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So, finishing the full available Song of Ice & Fire over the last 5 months clearly interfered with the intentions of reading the full Stormlight Archives. So next is the Stormlight Archives, and Christmas already brought plenty of extra stuff. Let‘s do this 😎

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Branwen
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Both of these gorgeous fantasy books are over 500 pages each! 😍

#gratefulreads #over500pages @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

cleoh I've been wanting to read this series! Have you started it yet? 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚🎉 4y
Branwen @cleoh Not yet! I was originally going to wait for the second book to come out, and now that I have them both I'm wondering if I should wait for the third and last book! 🤣😂 It looks sooooo incredible though! 4y
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OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚😊 4y
cleoh @Branwen that‘s always my concern too 😂😂 does the next book have a release date? 4y
Branwen @cleoh Right?! I think that is totally valid! 😁 According to goodreads, the last book will be out 8/25/2020 which is not that bad at all! 4y
cleoh @Branwen ooh that's not bad! you're probably safe to start them, then! I'd want to read at least the first book to see if I actually liked the series/story and to see if I'd need to reread the first two before the third! 4y
Branwen @cleoh That's a great idea actually! 😀 4y
cleoh @Branwen if only because they‘re so chunky! 4y
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Branwen
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Books and cats and tea. The perfect Sunday! 📚+😽+☕=💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten

Catsandbooks Pretty kitty! 💕 5y
Dragon 😻 5y
Branwen @Catsandbooks @Dragon Thank you! 😸💕 5y
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KarouBlue How‘s the book? I almost bought it the other day, but I hadn‘t heard much about it so I resisted! 5y
Branwen @MellieAntoinette It's absolutely awesome so far! I'm really loving it! 😀 5y
Meaw_catlady Perfect day! 5y
brit91 Perfect day!😍😻📚🥃 5y
KarouBlue @Branwen In that case, stacking pronto! ♥️ 5y
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Heather_Allen
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NYC is currently experiencing a heat wave. I like bringing a book with me on the train to stay cool! 🥵☀️📖

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Branwen
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Enjoying a relaxing Saturday night! 😻💕📚 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten

JanuarieTimewalker13 Too cute😘 5y
Leftcoastzen Yay!cuteness! 5y
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DGRachel
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#unpopularopinion This had potential, but I think the author tried to be too clever. I don't object to multiple POVs as a rule, but this is basically Kihrin's story, told by three different people, including Kihrin. I found most of it boring and it's difficult to follow the time jumps, perspective shifts, footnotes, and similarly named characters in audio. It might work better in print. I don't care enough to try or read more in the series.

Owlizabeth I couldn‘t imagine doing this one on audio. The back and forth would be too confusing for me. I‘m hoping that since the timelines eventually merged, the next book will be more linear. 🤞🏼 5y
DGRachel @Owlizabeth - if you read the next book, I would definitely be interesting in hearing what you think of it. As it stands, I don't care enough to try it, but if it improves on the things that drove me nuts, I could probably be convinced. 😂 5y
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elisebarker
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Panpan

Ugh this was a monster of a book!! I finished it because it was for book club, but if it wasn‘t I would have bailed. The storyline is so confusing and all of the names of characters are similar. I can‘t even tell you what the book was about to be honest-that‘s how bad it was for me.

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Purrsistently
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200 pages in and enjoying this immensely!!

Purrsistently Finished- loved it. :D 5y
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Callsie
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This was superb! That‘s all.

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