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Clove and Rocket got baths today and I think it got them pretty relaxed 🥰 spending the rest of my evening reading the tagged book.🕯📖

Currently reading these two for various small book clubs/buddy reads. #bkclubread #Springskies
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I'm starting on this buddy read!! I'm so excited to finally get to this book. @BooksNBowls

LOVE world building. Maybe that‘s why I liked it over ACOTAR (not over ToG). This series has way more adult topics. Drugs and overdose being main themes within this murder mystery. Also loads of swears and trauma. Made it feel more relatable, more impactful. I cannot get over Bryce and Hunt‘s chemistry. Bryce takes nothing from anybody. Hunt is like Stitch but with trauma. I cried 3 times in final 150 pgs; not expected for book 1. The Sunball Cap!

This was a wild ride! I‘m in it for the next book! So glad I picked up all three using my stockpile of Audible credits. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

This was a re-read to refresh myself for the new release.
I love this series just as much as the other two. It's so cool that this one takes place in a more modern setting.
I also love that there are more species in this series!
The plot is huge in this series. Bryce is such a strong character. I loved her character growth from party girl, to a recluse, to opening herself up to Hunt. I loved all the characters in this one, especially Lehabah.

It's been on my shelf since it came out. Now that there's 3 of them maybe I should actually read it 😂

This book didn‘t hook me as much as the other two series but it is still amazing! Bryce is a badass and I love her ❤️ Love that all SJM most lovable characters are female (with a couple exceptions) 🥹❤️

Very slow on the re-read before the latest book. But as always, I sobbed at the end.
#booksof2024 #fantasyromance
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Well… I‘m going to try something different to see if this might help pull me out of the most epic slump I‘ve ever been in. Gotta see what the hype is about.

📓 Three meetings, training a new member of my team for work. FInish CC1 and start CC2 for home ( @Kaylaapps 😁).
📓📓 tagged
📓📓📓Thoughtful & reserved.

@Cupcake12 #MotovationalMonday

I am such a fan of SJM books; I like that this series is set in present day. This mixed murder mystery, cop procedural with fantasy and was just pure perfection in my eyes! Not as much spice in this but still plenty of romance. On to book 2 and book 3 is published this week. Spredges by my husband ❤️
Book 4 of 2024!

Anyone else trying to reread the first two Crescent City books before the next one comes out this week? 🤭💕📚 My Barnes & Noble is actually having a party for the midnight release on Monday evening! I'm totally going, and so excited about it! I haven't been to a midnight book release party since my Harry Potter days! 🥹 #catsoflitsy #rumpel

"There was a wolf at the gallery door."
#FirstLineFridays
#ShyBookOwl

Loving this on audiobook!!!! Definitely recommend especially if you like fantasy. The third book in the series comes out in 4 days, so I‘m looking forward to lots of audiobooking 😁 What are you listening to?

Welp. I had very mixed feelings about the first half of this book, finding the exposition and world building unnecessarily wordy, repetitive, and too much of an info dump rather than a reveal. HOWEVER. The second half just takes off like a freaking rocket and kept me on the edge of the page right through the end. I guessed a couple of twists, but many had me absolutely reeling, and the conclusion was truly excellent. Can‘t wait to start book 2!

This book was a VERY slow starter, but I stuck with it since I am buddy reading, and I‘m glad that I did. About halfway through and there‘s a TON going on — lots of intrigue and mystery and just a hint of spice. Very much enjoying.

My first SJM sucked me in so I guess I'm reading the rest of the series now.

Finally getting to this book after a week of struggling with a head cold and not being able to focus. Now to see if I can get through i
the 800 pages before it's due at the library.

Finally got through the first 100 pages! ✨️💕 LOVING BRYCE & RUHN 💕

“‘What blinds an Oracle, Bryce Quinlan?‘”
#January2024

A homemade chai latte and a new buddy read with the book bestie — perfect for a very blustery Sunday afternoon!

All right, @Kaylaapps let's do this!
I absolutely adore ACOTAR, but haven't read either CC or TOG -terrified they won't live up to that series, I suppose. Let's see if that opinion changes!

Just back from a fantastic cruise around Asia. There wasn't much time for reading as every say was so busy but managed to get through these 3 books. 1st 2 books were good 👍 but Crescent City...OMG such a fantastic book. Loved it and delved straight into the second book! Loved the characters and the nice crime/mystery twist to a romantasy

#BookDragon #HolidayReads #WinterSun #ReadingAtSea #SunSeaCruise #Sightseeing

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This is a reread before book three comes out in a few weeks, and I liked it even better this time around!
Elizabeth Evans is an amazing audiobook narrator, so I recommend listening if you can.
A lot more, obviously, stood out to me this time, and I took my time with it more than before, though those last 200 pages still go at a breakneck speed. I expect nothing less from SJM.

There was a wolf at the gallery door.

Let the reread begin!
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

📚📚 Re-Read 📚📚
I typically don't plan out too much of what I'm reading each month. But with the CC3 countdown starting, I knew I was going to need to dedicate some time for a re-read to get ready. Kicking that off with House of Earth and Blood. I've forgotten how much I loved the start of Bryce and Hunt.

Doing a re-read before CC3 comes out. This will be important!

The only plus side to being pulled to sub (as opposed to my normal day) is I get reading breaks while the kids are at specials. #lookingonthebrightside

Unlike ACO-whatever where things sort of start happening & you catch up later & go “yeah makes sense”, this 1 has worldbuilding, a more modern/unique world. As such, the first 1/2 of the book moves slower, but there are important little breadcrumbs that come back later in the story. It was great, I loved Bryce. & as always, Maas can write the Hel out of a hurt comfort scene, a trope for which I am a huge sucker.

Y‘all, I am at pivotal point in this book & I just want to go finish it but I have to work for a living(for some reason).Don‘t they know Bryce is in trouble?

I‘m impressed with the world building & the way she solved a common issue I have with the aging/not aging of the fae. &breadcrumbs to the greater Maasaverse. But IMO there are stumbles in the 1 of the POVs (if we are seeing through someone‘s mind the actions shouldnt be entirely a surprise)

I really want to keep reading House of Earth & Blood but I really need to start my book club book or else I might not finish it before the meeting.....decisions decisions 🤔🤦‍♀️

When a main character is told not to do something stupid, you just know - something stupid this way comes. Photo Credit: @tangerine.eileen

So much 🐓 block…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book!!!! Every emotion under the sun😱😂😭❤️🤬🫣💔❤️‍🩹Seriously, I wasn‘t sure what I expected but man Bryce, Hunt and Ruhn loved them all and every twist in the story.

Finally started this one to be ready for book 3 next year 📚📚📚 And so far I have laughed way more than I expected😂

Excellent story with an ending I didn't foresee. Maas does a phenomenal job of building her world & characters. Still this is so so for one reason: I'm not opposed to emotion or sexual relationships in stories, but her constant use of language like come, cock & f--k as well as super explicit sex really disappoint me. A well placed expletive & an imagination can be just as powerful in a story as good as hers. She's too good to prostitute a book.

4.5 ★

I‘ll be honest, at the beginning of this book I was a little like what the heck am I reading? Very detailed and dense with many characters that had me slightly discombobulated. BUT I finally started to connect all the dots and goodness gracious is this book good! Flew through 800 pages like it was nothing and can‘t wait to pick up book two! #LitsyLoveReads

For the SJM fans

Give me more! I loved the first book of this series and can‘t wait to read more!

I treated myself and ordered the FairyLoot editions of The House of Earth and Blood and The House of Sky and Breath. They were delivered today and are so pretty.

I adored ACoTaR and dragged my feet before reading it. I actually didn‘t read it until I got it in a Litsy swap 😂 My bff assured me these are just as good. I love her, but I trust my littens with books more 😂 Am I going to enjoy these? I‘ve not read her other throne series either.

I wasn‘t sure I‘d like this series as much as the others when I started it bc of the modern time setting, but boy I was wrong. Bryce is such a badass. And so are so many of the other characters. I loved the murder mystery “who done it” aspect this book had to offer as well.

Loved this! Similar, but so different from other Sarah J Maas books, there's modern-day technology but ancient magic history. Also like other SJM books there are many characters and houses which can get a bit confusing at times. Typically, I can listen to an audiobook up to 1.8x speed. However, due to the amount of detail I kept it at a 1.3x and felt things werent dragging along.
Very excited for the rest of this series to be published.

5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 #sarahjmaas #crescentcity #cc1 #bookone #brycequinlan #hunt

Sarah J Maas fans look at the latest news! 😍 I'm looking forward to this new release. Only forever to wait lol. I'm sure it'll be worth it. #newrelease #newbook #crescentcity #booksbooksbooks

My Birthday has been amazing! Book shopping and buckets of spaghetti 🥳📚🍝❤️