Status Updates From Unleash (Spellhounds #1)

really enjoying this one!

"Sanguimancer. Blood mage. That was the word for them, then." Yes sweetie, and you've been calling them that for the entire book so far. Snark aside, this is a great YA-UF. Maybe I've got a rogue badly edited version, what with missing/spliced words and repetitions. If the editing were tighter and a bit more explaination earlier on, this'd be a rare 5 star.

Still no answers, but now they're at the dog rescue things have slowed down and it's flowing much better. For a YA MC, Helena isn't whinging/lusting constantly, nor has she blurted/shouted/yelled randomly. Unless she's going to start these things, I might just like her.

OK, so there's a lot of action. A LOT of action. Not certain what's what at the moment though. I hope after the train ride we slow down a bit and actually find out a)what Helena is, b) what is this "Guild", and c) details about this how/who/what/why escape from the bad mandala man who wanted to do... something bad? Involving Helena?

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Helena unlocks her gift.

Helena meets Sooyoung.

Krista adopts Helena.

Helena escapes the sanguimancer's attacks.

Morgan arrives.

Krista tries to make a place for Hel.

Helena yearns for the lie.

Gwydian is coming.

Dog sweaters!

Jae and Helena share some history.

Helena let go of the ladder and slipped beneath the ice.

Helena falls asleep, preparing for war.

Helena gets a scare from a man inquiring about a dog.

An unexpected meeting a the train station.

Train ride to Tartarus.

Helena receives a text from Eamon.

Helena and Morgan argue over the book.

Time to run.

I didn't want to kill this girl.