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โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต.โ€

The Ascended โœจ

I fear that thereโ€™s something wrong with me because while I definitely had fun with this one, I felt like it wasnโ€™t the 5 star I was hoping for. The start was strong and picked up quite quickly. I mean, within the first 50 pages, I was already DISTRAUGHT. But then in between the trials, I felt like there was, like Duskbound, nothing and everything all at once. The lore of the Primordials and the history of the Twelve felt overwhelming for me, Iโ€™ll be honest. In saying that, I still had such a good time with this one!

Review cont.

We follow the story of twin blessed children, Thais and Thatcher, focusing mainly from Thaisโ€™ POV. We get a glimpse of Thatcherโ€™s POV here and there which are a godsend. Thais has been hiding her power to avoid the Trials of Ascension, but when she is exposed, she is forced to train and survive deadly trials in order for her to โ€œascendโ€ to a higher being.

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What I thoroughly enjoyed were the trials. In the span of 600+ pages, there were 4 trials that were well-described and absolutely gripping. I felt like I was immersed in the trials as part of the audience because of how well they were written. I also really enjoyed the company of Marx, Aelix and Kyren as they all (literally) fought for survival. The main highlight of this book was Thatcher and his ability to switch from being the sarcastic, funny brother, to the hot, brooding and protective MAN. I cannot speak higher of him if I tried. 

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In all honesty, Thais is no standout FMC to me. It was hard for me to connect with her, and found myself connecting with Thatcher and the other side characters more. I feel like it didnโ€™t take long for the enemies to become lovers because of how infatuated Thais was with Xul and thatโ€™s where I felt the lack of chemistry between the two for me.

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Xul had so much potential to be a book boyfriend. I fear that his insta lust and fascination with Thais ruined his persona for me. He was quite broody and intriguing at the start, but then tha
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happy thanksgiving to my canadian book besties ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿ‚

i am so thankful for the besties iโ€™ve found through this bookish community ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿฅฐ. 

@readingwitherii came in clutch with tagging me in the perfect little fall tag for the occasion! 

๐Ÿฅง ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’Š๐’†: ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…
~ kieran ashford 

โ˜•๏ธ ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†: ๐’‡๐’Ž๐’„ ๐’๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’„ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ ๐’„๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ 
~ indy ivers 
~ tory vega 

๐Ÿงˆ ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ 
~ fourth wing 
~ breathe with me 
~ play along 

๐ŸŽƒ ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’Ž๐’ 
~ nightshade
~ the knight & the moth
~ blood & betrayals 

๐Ÿ”ช ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ 3 ๐’…๐’‚๐’š๐’” 
~ insatiable 
~ breaking point 
~ daybreak 

๐Ÿž ๐’‘๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ 
**i donโ€™t have any books with cute fall covers so ill go with spooky.. 
~ anathema 
~ little stranger

as always, iโ€™ve tagged some besties! but please feel free to participate :)
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first of fall tag ๐Ÿงฃ๐Ÿ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿ‚

autumn aka my favorite season is upon us, and I am soo ready for it - sweater weather, cozy season, candles and hot cocoa while itโ€™s raining outside, give it all to me!! I was inspired by @kimsbooks.rx to do this cute tag created by @itslilyslibrary โ˜บ๏ธ

๐Ÿ leaves: a cozy book on your tbr
~itโ€™s different this time

๐Ÿชต tree trunk: a book best enjoyed with a warm drink
~alllll books during the cold months ๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†•๏ธ

๐ŸŽ apple pie: a book on your autumn tbr
~the knave and the moon
~anathema
~fairydale 
~nocticadia

๐Ÿ„ toadstool: an upcoming book release youโ€™re excited for
~threshing day
~a court of splintered harmony

tagged a few friends but if you see this, youโ€™re tagged too!

๐ŸคŽ bookmarks from @gigiandbo code LILLY10

๐Ÿ’ญ whatโ€™s a book on your autumn tbr?

#fallbookstagram #cutebookmarks #booksandcoffee #cozybookstagram #booktag
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dragon book tag ๐Ÿ‰

coming back to booksta feeling so inspired lately and what better way to come back than this cutie book tag by @cianareads! tysm angel @jamrreads for tagging me in this! as always iโ€™ve tagged a few bestie babes but if you see this consider yourself tagged! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผโœจ

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–
~ the poison daughter
~ phantasma

๐Ÿชฝ ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’“: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’–๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š
~ throne of glass
~ lady of darkness 

๐Ÿ’Ž ๐’‰๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†: ๐’‚๐’ ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’•
~ the siren mage duology

โš”๏ธ ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’‘๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†
~ kingdom of ash 
~ burn of the everflame 

๐ŸŒ™ ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’“: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’•๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’… ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’
~ the wolf king

๐Ÿ–ค ๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’: ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…
~ alchemised

๐Ÿฅš ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’ ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’ˆ: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’†๐’•
~ stonewater kingdom duology

๐Ÿฅ€ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’”: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’๐’š๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–
~ kingdom of ash
~ burn of the everflame
~ boys of tommen (what iโ€™ve read so far)

๐Ÿ“œ ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’…: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’
~ war of lost hearts trilogy 

โœจ ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’โ€™๐’” ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„: ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’‚๐’˜ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ
~ the poison daughter
~ daggermouth
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๐Ÿ“–: burn of the everflame by @authorpenncole 

6โญ๏ธ a masterpiece, but at what cost ๐Ÿฅฒ

this book was worth every second of the wait.

at 1000ish pages, itโ€™s obviously quite thick, however the pacing was so well done that i never once felt like the plot was dragging as it was filled with so much action.

i loved how much the world expanded in this book. building on the magic, politics, and different realms weโ€™ve seen throughout the series, the added kindred lore made all the pieces come together to make this feel like such a massive conclusion to the story.

emotionally, i was put through the wringer as it felt like there was absolutely no peace to be found. while i was stressed and sick for most of the book, the last stretch especially had me staring at a wall and questioning when i would ever feel happy again.

the way penn writes complex characters is something to be studied. she had my feelings on a rollercoaster as i went from hating them to loving them (except luther, heโ€™s always been perfect xx), and the way she used the additional character povs to maximize the emotional damage was diabolical. 

luther corbois has always held a spot in my top 5 fantasy book boyfriends, but i fear this book now has him stealing first place. we already knew this man yearns, but actually seeing how painfully devoted to diem he is from his perspective??? incredible. 

what an ending to this journey โ€” i canโ€™t believe itโ€™s over. iโ€™m nowhere near ready to say goodbye to these characters, but what a privilege it was to get to experience their story ๐Ÿค

this series has some of my favourite dedications ๐Ÿ’ซ

thank you to lutherโ€™s bitches for the best time ๐Ÿคญ i would not have survived this without you girlies ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ
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