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Wonderful review Anna 💜

Yay, glad to see you loved this one, Anna! And it only gets better 👀 Enjoy your vacation 🌞

I'm so happy to see the five star rating! I'm glad that you saw something interesting in Darrow and his story - it's only better with every book ☺️

I'm so excited you are starting this ! one of my favorite trilogy of all time (I still pretend that books 4-6 don't exist but that's another subject)

@Rain: Thank you so much, Rain! 💕

@Karin: Thank you, Karin! My vacation is going great. A good book helps, of course. 😊 I‘m excited to find out what happens next.

@Sonia: I keep hearing that so that has me really excited about continuing. 😊 Happy to hear you loved it as well!

@Mel: Oh no, that sounds bad. 🙈 Ok, I‘ll try and focus on the first trilogy! I can already see why it’s a favorite of yours! 😊

I’m so glad to see the 5 stars Anna! I had the feeling you’d like this one too 😊

P.S - Enjoy your vacations!

Glad you loved this Anna! I also gave it 5 stars!

@JJ: Thank you, JJ! It really was great. Glad you loved it too!

Oh man, my friend, I am so glad you started this series. It is one of the most beautiful, bloody, romantic, and tragic pieces of science fiction I’ve ever read. It really needs a two trilogy (the second is actually a quadrilogy) setup, because Pierce Brown is not shy about killing beloved characters. His dangerous situations are not empty threats, but he’s not a sadist either. Everything is in service of the story - and what a truly wonderful and terrible story it is. The fall of one empire, and the struggle to see something new - better - born in its place.

I will warn you, that I think this started as dystopian teen stuff and evolved beyond that after book 3. The second major arc is much more of a true grimdark sci-fi series, and I can tell you that as someone who battles depression and anxiety, there were a couple of times I had to put down one of the books in particular because I just needed to see a win. I needed the Rohirrim to crest the hill at dawn, to save a besieged Helm’s Deep, you know?

But as we wait for the final book in the saga, it has been one of the most engrossing, rich, and ultimately rewarding pieces of fiction I’ve ever read.

Onward, my friend. I can’t wait to discuss these with you. Enjoy vacation!

Nice review, Anna! I haven't read this series yet, but I plan to read them in the future. I need to clear out my pile of unread books first, though!

@Aaron: Aaron, it is so good to hear from you! And thank you so much for your poetic assessment of the series. You find such beautiful words to describe these books; apart from their beauty, they also really help me navigate them. And I totally understand what you mean about needing the Rohirrim to come to the rescue. I feel the first book gave me enough to not lose heart, but the second book is much more difficult to endure. There rarely seem to wins, at least so far. I‘m happy to experience these engrossing, rich and rewarding pieces of fiction, as you put it so eloquently, and to embark on yet another book journey with you! 😊 Onward!

@Shreyas: Thank you, Shreyas! Ah, the ever expanding TBR, I know it well. 😂 I hope you‘ll enjoy this series as well once you get to it.

I am so glad you are enjoying the genre and I cannot wait to see how you enjoy the rest of the series. This is one I need to revisit. ;) Hope the vacation is exciting!!

@Chris: Thank you, Chris! 😊 I‘ve just finished book 2 and it was spectacular, but also really hard to stomach. I hope you do give the series another shot some day. My vacation is actually the opposite, it’s very relaxing, but then it was meant to be. 😂