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but anyway, soooo glad I gave this book a second chance. so far its really doing a good job at sowing distrust throughout every page, making you second guess the motivations of each character. i feel like theres just under a third of the book left, and. still feel clueless as to who the assassin is, and who's in cahoots with them.

I'm really, truly struggling to get into this book, but I only continue to read bc I don't like DNF-ing. Its hard to be absorbed into a world when I'm literally just being told what happens. I want to be sucked into the world, like I'm there, but that isn't happening. The author is not describing things, and its frustrating, given the A-tier concept this book had. The dialogue is corny and bland, so Im just bored.

ooooooooooh I love me a fantasy book with court politics and a feisty fmc 👅 its like coming back to my roots (Jude Duarte I miss you bbgirl)

im honestly shocked I struggled to get into this the first time, bc im eating this shit upppppp rn its so good.

okay so... restarted this book. originally didn't love t when I originally read it, but now ive picked reading back up, and ive restarted this, its so good??? the magic system can be a little confusing at first, but thats only bc its so unique. its refreshing to read a fantasy book that reflects a culture that is not your own. educational, in its own way.

Chapters 9-10: The concept of the great fight between God and Lucifer being a fist fight is rather humorous, given it's not exactly the most climactic of things to happen between two all-mighty beings. And whilst I understand Lucifer had to become a villain at some point, this felt rather sudden, and honestly didn't work for me, nor did God's reasoning to blame Lucifer. The characters are just too flat.

Chapter 8: The sudden pivot into addressing the audience was a strange choice, given that the narrator hadn't done that before. I understand the impact the author was hoping for, but it really didn't give that effect. Instead, it just took me out of the story. I appreciate the sci-fi element coming back in, but it doesn't mesh well with the previous vibe. I'm tired of being told stuff. I want to be in the world.

Chapter 8: This book unfortunately contains a lot of "this happened, and this happened, and then this happened", without really much atmosphere. Again, far too much telling and not showing. I don't think that helps the juvenile tone I mentioned previously. The whole paragraphs of description for each of the angels are a good example. The descriptions were not necessary, yet they were there. Took away from the flow.

Chapter 7: Whilst I appreciated a bit more of the lore on The Darkness, this chapter told me a whole bunch of stuff I already knew. It felt like a recap of Chapter 1, which wasn't particularly needed given the book's fast pace. There was also a paragraph where two lines were repeated one after the other, just slightly reworded. The fact that this wasn't caught in editing doesn't really bode well for my AI suspicions.

Chapter 6: I'm not understanding the chapter structure at all. Most of these chapters could easily be combined into larger ones, I feel, or at least fleshed out more for them to have more impact. I understand the purpose of each chapter, but that's it. There's nothing much else to them. rather straight to the point, and therefore very underwhelming. The characters also lack dimension, to say we're six chapters in.

Chapter 5: PLOT TWIST??? was expecting the woman to be eve, Not fucking Lilith! now im intrigued.

Chapter 4, and I'm seeing the same issue with usage of tense. At one point, I'm sure it was written in past tense, but now it's being written in present tense, despite the actual time setting having not changed. The writing is also a little simplistic for my own taste, with a fair bit of telling, not showing.

Also... she fell in love with a snake.

I'm really not sure about the writing style for this book. personally, it's not really to my taste, and it feels a little juvenile to be categorised as 'new adult'. there's nothing actually wrong with the book thus far though, save for my previous mentions, and I am finding it rather compelling. predictable? maybe. but compelling nonetheless.

I'm noticing a little issue with their use of tense in chapter 2, and I can't tell if it's just me having forgotten my teaching, or the author not quite understanding either. the pacing is also fairly quick as well, given the chapters are so short, but I didn't check the actual page count of the book, so that may be why. don't love their descriptive method either, particularly for the woman, but thats my own taste.

not going to lie, i completely forgot what the premise of this book was when i started it out, and was very taken aback by God being an actual character. that being said, i think this book has promise, especially if it's truly going to be a sci-fi reimagining of the Creation mythos. i rarely see this being touched upon, save for Supernatural, so I'm intrigued. i'm confused by the 'light being' from the prologue tho.

nesta archeron, you are so me. i love you.

genuinely i have never been hit in the face harder with a character so alike to myself than i have with nesta archeron. the more I read this book, the more i understand this girl, because it's literally like reading my diary (if i had one). i get why some people don't like her, because i was one of them at the start of the series, but perspective is an interesting thing.

still annoyed that they were ever mad at nesta, but I think I can move on from that for the time being when she just SLAYED AN IMMORTAL??? also... I see them sprinkling in stuff about multiverses... ik where you're taking this, ms. maas. i see you.

no fucking way theyre getting mad at nesta for... telling feyre the truth? im sorry but they should've told feyre from the BEGINNING that she could fucking die bc of this pregnancy. she deserved to know that, bc its HER body and HER business. like... that shit would NOT fly irl. so honestly I'm team nesta here. she did the right thing by telling feyre the truth, even if it came out at the wrong time in the wrong way.

to say I did not remember a single thing from the last time I picked up this book, I managed to pick it up pretty quickly.

lowkey forgot to read for like a year so I'm picking this back up again lolz. I have no idea what's happening, only that Azriel got shot??? ok king

did one more chapter hehe ☺️🤭

I need to start reading through the day again bc waiting until I go to bed is not fun. Like I’m literally falling asleep and it’s been about 20 pages… 😩

averaging about 50 pages a day… ngl i’m impressed w/ myself

ARE THEY GONNA FUCK OR NOT???

The fact that I’m making progress is insane omg

nesta bbg i love you and i understand you and i relate to you… but jesus christ please stop being such a bitch to you sister before i throw you down those 10,000 stairs myself okay thankyou xoxo

wish someone had told me that there’s a THIRD ACT BREAKUP in here!!!!