Samantha鈥檚 Year in Books

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2024

46,420

pages read

128

books read

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The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

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House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Longest Book

835

pages

Average book length in 2024

362

pages

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Samantha鈥檚 average rating for 2024

4.1

A RomaJuliette Christmas Special by Chloe Gong

Highest Rated on 欧宝娱乐

4.37 average

Samantha鈥檚 first review of the year

really liked it

THAT ENDING

厂础惭础狈罢贬础鈥橲 2024 BOOKS

it was amazing

it was amazing

Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O'Neill

A Gathering of Shadows by Victoria E. Schwab

Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Am茅lie Wen Zhao

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

it was amazing

Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

it was amazing

A Conjuring of Light by Victoria E. Schwab

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

The Fragile Threads of Power by Victoria E. Schwab

it was amazing

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

it was amazing

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

The Little Book of Goddesses by Astrid Carvel

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies by Mike Poulton

it was amazing

Uncommon Women and Others by Wendy Wasserstein

it was amazing

Masquerade of the Heart by Katy Rose Pool

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine

Skandar and the Chaos Trials by A.F. Steadman

it was amazing

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

Poison in Their Hearts by Laura Sebastian

The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken

An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn

it was amazing

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

it was amazing

Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis

Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin

Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Samantha鈥檚 last review of the year

it was amazing

A direct sequel series to Ember in the Ashes. DO NOT read this series without reading the original quartet, unless you have no interest in reading or do not care about being WHOLLY spoiled for the events of the first series. You have been warned.

This book was everything. I really enjoyed the Ember in the Ashes quartet; I read them faster and faster as they progressed. But while I couldn鈥檛 put them down, I had some real critiques about character a A direct sequel series to Ember in the Ashes. DO NOT read this series without reading the original quartet, unless you have no interest in reading or do not care about being WHOLLY spoiled for the events of the first series. You have been warned.

This book was everything. I really enjoyed the Ember in the Ashes quartet; I read them faster and faster as they progressed. But while I couldn鈥檛 put them down, I had some real critiques about character arcs and plot choices.

I have zero complaints about Heir.

Each of our three new protagonists intrigued me in their own way. I was invested in each of their stories, and while I enjoyed some perspectives more due to setting and motivation, I never had a moment where I didn鈥檛 enjoy reading from a POV. (I was a Laia hater and Elias tolerator the first time around; don鈥檛 you say a bad word about my queen Helene who deserved SO MUCH BETTER THAN SHE GOT.)

I am absolutely FASCINATED by how this world grew with its newest installment, the boundaries of the Empire blown wide open as we meet many new and varied lands, people, and cultures. And yet it never felt contrived or out of place that these places exist in this world, we just didn鈥檛 have an opportunity to meet them the first time around.

The new mythology and conflicts introduced are thematically interesting and wholly relevant to, in my humble opinion, our real world at the moment.

I loved seeing our perspectives eventually merge and overlap and my jaw absolutely DROPPED at one major revelation, a twist that changed everything I thought I knew about the story I was reading. Yes, I did guess other smaller plot shifts here and there, but Sabaa Tahir got me where it mattered.

The groundwork is perfectly laid for the sequel in this series (duology?) and I could not be more confused as to where we go from here. The ending climax of course comes with a horrible cliffhanger we must wait who-knows-how-long to be resolved. And may I just say, of COURSE [redacted] was the source of [redacted], of freaking COURSE.

I need my friends to read this book so I can discuss it with them. You should read the actually-quite-excellent quartet so you can jump into this masterpiece. Do it, I dare you. You will not regret it.

Content warning: genocide, child death, familial abuse, colonization, violence, gore, death.

*Special thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an e-arc in exchange for a fair and honest review!* ...more

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