Abigail Sommer > Recent Status Updates

still so good. had to take a breakbc too busy w grad school but im sick and wanted to read something entertaining for once

loooove this book. Mafi is such an incredible writer and i am so happy that more books are being made in the shatter me universe. james’ character is so funny and i love how the plot is developing on ark island. this is an insanely quick read so far, because the writing is just so good

about to finish the book. this one has taken a LOT of unexpected turns. i like it, but its realistic fiction which isnt rly my genre. it sometimes feels all over the place, but it always seemingly ties back together.

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marx and sadie get pregnant
marx is shot and killed
sadie stops talking to sam
sam makes a game to secretly talk to sadie w/o her knowing
10 pages left and sadie is catching up w dov

ehhh this read is rly smooth but it’s slowing down for me. im a little bored and then every now and then a scene jumps out at me to keep me kinda interested. very different from my other reads. written in third person by an unnamed narrator so the reader gets a full background and inside scoop on all the characters which is cool…BUT idk the plot is just a little redundant to me. ill def finish it this week tho.

this book is doing a rly good job at establishing a background for all the characters. i also think it’s important to note the asian representation in this novel. many of the characters are korean and japanese and the novel addresses systemic racism directly which is good to see. i also think it’s cool how the timeline jumps around, it’s helping to keep the novel upbeat since it’s all mostly background rn.

i bought this book knowing it’s a little different from my usual reads but i am loving it so far

finished

1.) where is xaden
2.) who was xaden talking about when he said “i cant believe HE turned” is it Garrick?
3.) violet & xaden are married? why did imogen wipe her memory?
5.) who turned venin/whos missing
6.) when will we get a full war scene?
7.) who rly was theophanie & whats her tie to violet?
8.) whys Tairn recovering?
9.) whyd andarna say “i will not let then burn you” to violet about brennan?

i paused right before the last chapter because i have to leave for work and dont wanna rush the ending but…
notes for myself
1.) Leothan took Andarna but powered the wardstone(idk why they dont understand Violets reasoning)
2.) Quinn’s dead
3.) violets 2nd signet is dream walking
4.) violet killed theophanie, andarna showed back up, xadens wielding made an onyx storm that aaric foresaw w/ his precognition signet

1.) still looking for venin cure.
2.) sawyer, rhiannon, ridoc, jesinia, and brennan were all informed of xadens venin status.
3.) they found the irids and andarna was denied by them and they refused to help

thats kinda it. the last 100 pages has just been them goong around looking for irids and fighting people as they are trying to form alliances…lowk boring, but i know itll pick up soon.

still waiting to find andarnas species and the venin cure. just met xadens mother, and violet just poisoned them after they poisoned garrick. had to pause during the fight scene, neither have an antidote yet but violet knows what they used to poison garrick.

1.) love that many of the people with relics have second signets
2.) Halden is annoying but he did say a riders 1st love is there dragon so that should obviously be the password to the journal right?! prob her mother’s dragon’s name? its 6 letters which cant be tairn or andarna
3.) looove professor riorson
4.) WE NEED A VENIN CURE
5.) the lightning wielding venin is way too similar to Violet…whats up w that?

starting off at a great pace.
1.) i am super curious if anyone else will be turned venin.
2.) im still confused how exactly xaden turned though. other than drawing power…what exactly did he do?
3.) im desperately waiting for when they find a cure. also nervous for when he finally loses control if it gets to that point.
4.) all the mf riders who are being petty about the fliers joining are so annoying

i just finished, here we go…
1.) i KNEW andarna was gonna be the “and one” that was needed along with the other 6 dragon breeds to power the wardstone.
2.) sad mom died
3.) XADEN TURNED VENIN NOOO😭
4.) im so glad that violet, rhiannon, sawyer, and ridoc made it through that battle
5.) so curious if they’ll eventually power the wardstone at Aretia & how Xaden will cure his venin-ness
6.) fuck Jack Barlowe

okay so much to add this book is finally speeding up a lot

1.) dain made a total comeback and im super happy about it
2.) fuuuuuccccckkkk catriona — omg that character is infuriating
3.) im glad that xaden and violet are communicating a bit better bc sometimes the mismatched back and forths from before got super redundant and honestly just annoying…so this is good.
4.) i hope they can get those damn wards up

i was worried about the whole catriona thing but it didnt seem to be that deep. glad they finally found a vault w older texts in it. i still just wanna know more about the assassination attempts at the ppl who were in Resson, and i still wanna see more of Xaden and Violet but all their time is cut off since she left without leave when he got injured in battle. this book is slower than the first but i still like it.

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part of the past 150 pages had be kinda bored with them just going back and forth between Basgiath and Samara but i just finished the interrogation part and i was so sucked in the whole time. they just got out of the interrogation and i have to pause for now but im excited to see how Varrish reacts when he sees they got out of the chamber. also kinda shocked Dain chose not to touch her in there

slower start to this book but its picking up a little bit now that Xaden has finally made his first visit back to Basgiath. im pausing right after he gave her the letter but idk whats in it yet. theres just sooo many secrets and im getting antsy to know what they all are.

i just finished the book and holy FUCK!

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limited word count but these are my thoughts:
1: i bawled my freaking eyes out when Liam died
2: how many ppl in navarre know about the wyvern and venin and are keeping it a secret?
3: what did the black blood possibly do to violet?
4: if the attacks are venin & wyvern, then shouldnt mira know about them?
5: what if her dad is alive like brennan?!

this book is way too good omg.


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literally fuck violet’s evil ass mother and fuck Dain he’s so mf annoying. still waiting to see violet’s signet. also loving the lowkey slow burn of her & xaden. also i loveee her relationship w the dragons. oh and when tf is that bitch jack barlowe gonna dieeee…im sooo sick of that mf!

spoilers ahead!

i giggled so hard when Luca got blasted by that dragon during presentation lololol, someone needed to shut that bitch up frrr. also the enemies to lovers plot was blatant from the beginning, but now dain’s rule following is getting xtra annoying. still very curious what xaden is rly upto tho…need a full backstory!! this book has me SUCKED IN, i love it so far!!!

this is good already. first chapter sucked me in immediately