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5%!! I can only handle 5% at a time! Seriously terrifying in the best possible way! Reminds me of the Magnus Archives!

0_0 HOOKED!

I've never been so ... frustrated!
- I really want to finish this book, but it's so annoyingly slow! The audiobook is 20 hours long! Why?
- The female protagonist is a sociopath and both MCs are the worst case of Mary Sues I've ever seen!
- I can't help it! I both Love and Hate this book! If I take a break I'll never finish it, though. Only 10 more hours...

Slooooooow.... So much "thinking" and "considering" before a character DOES anything... I don't care about anyone, and I am almost 5 hours in!

+A dark fantasy where people can use fae magic, but also risk getting corrupted by it?
+A warrior-priest and a powerful dark sorcerer team up to stop a greater threat?

I am intrigued... Can't believe this was written in 1991.

According to the synopsis: Eppie is kidnapped by a mermaid, transformed into one, starts to crave human flesh, then meets another mermaid (the GF), hunters arrive and she has to decide whether to stay a mermaid (fight with them), or go back to being human...

I am still waiting for Eppie to transform. I feel like I know 75% of the plot already...

I feel so uncomfortable in the BEST possible way! Nothing like "Benevolent" alien invadors to make me think about our own flawed human nature...

An absoulte hudden gem!

I know it's still early but... I am absolutely LOVING THIS! The alien princess is priceless!

"They all looked like me." - 0_____0

A 21st century sociopath dies and gets transported to an alternative medieval world! Her thoughts:

1.: I AM FAT?!? OH NOOOO!
2: Let's whip a few of my lazy servants!
3: I shall encourage the peasants to kill a thieving noble and his family!
4: Bully and threaten everyone into submission!
5: Keep insulting the girl whose body I'm occupying.

I am mesmerized...

0_0 The MC is going to have a heart attack just because she can't stand waking up in a fat body in a fantasy world? As a skinny 50 kg person this still doesn't make any sense to me... First, her new body was pregnant and just lost the baby. Second, the person it belonged to previously was in a toxic relationship. Third: genetics. Fourth: she is just slightly fatter than before? Five: Who cares?

About to start book 3 out of 5. So far it's ok, but it feels more and more like a generic YA with all the tropes you can expect (for better or worse).

Arghhhh! Come on! Can't people be... dead-dead?!?
So what happens if you get killed in the life-after-first-death?

The third MC is also a horrible human being. If it wasn't for the creative world-building and engaging writing style, I would've DNF-ed already...

Kick a cat to death, hit a child and then kill an old woman for trying to defend the child?!? That's one of the MCs?!?!?!
And the other looks for excuses to kill everyone, including teenagers? Wha... Why?! What... I thought I'll be rooting for the protagonists by now, not wishing them DEAD?
Their body count of innocent civillians must be higher than the villains'!

....Did you HAVE TO kick the little cat passing by and smash its skull? Just because you are angry someone ran away from a fight with you?
I hope they all die...

LOVE the world-building! Love the "magic"-system! Still finding it hard to care about anyone. I am half-way through and having one of the main characters kill teenage boys (because, you see, she-just-crazy, hihi), when she could've avoided it, is... I don't like it when innocent children are being hurt for the sake of an MC's convenience (personal pet-peeve). Overall, it's a very brutal world and no one is a saint.

I am BLOWN AWAY! 🤯 Mental illnesses manifesting as superpowers in a medieval gritty world? The sane navigating a reality shaped by the delusional? My brain is salivating!
And it's very well written on top? What?!? Why am I in love already?❤️
The characters are rather unlikeable (on purpose) for now, so let's see where it goes.

Listening to the Completed Series Audiobook (not listed on goodreads).
About to start "Book 3" out of 5. Too soon to say probably, but this is turning out to be one of my favourite YA fantasy/romantasy series of all time!

So goooood! NOW I understand the hype.
Not sure if it's 5 stars yet, it will depend on the ending. But oh boy, there is SO MUCH going on! Definitely didn't expect the story to take this particular direction.

I take my words back. Holy. Cow!

The Angel being both hauntingly beautiful and eerily unsettling is perfect! I am so glad it's non-verbal so far. Everything feels ... wrong, in the best way possible.

Barely anything happens. A lot is thought. I suffer. But I like biblically accurate angels in fiction so I endure. 26% - angel finally appears.

I have the same issue as Whalefall (by the same author) - a ridiculous amount of unnecessary reminiscing written in a flowery prose. When someone avoids getting to the point REPEATEDLY we say: he is stretching out the Turkish delights.

Audiobook Narrator = Perfection!

Holly sh*t! Now that's PURE horror!

I don't want to jinx it, but so far... absolutely brilliant! No break at all! It feels like I am reading the content for 3 books but without any pointless fillers. Just pure psychological and paranormal horror. I was so terrified at one point that I even considered abandoning the book ... which is a FIRST for me!

Nah...children being killed and eaten... I am done.

*yawn*... We get it - the locals are feeding tourists to the monster. Too much information and POVs ... Such a good start, middle is quite slow and disappointing though. I really wish there was more mystery surrounding the monster and the town...

Oh... so the locals know about the monster and they even communicate with it... ok, creepiness level decreased.

Jesus Christ! Give me a break, book! I am still dealing with the first gruesome death! Ok, note to self - don't get attached to any of the characters. ... Noooo, not the doggy too!

0___0 ... Ok, I'm sold! Keep going book! 15 minutes in and I am already breaking a sweat.

So far not great. I don't know whose fault it is - the audiobook narrator or the writing style, but the sentences are rather ... choppy? They don't flow. The worldbuilding doesn't make sense at all (historians are "banned"? Why not just make them twist facts and record propaganda?). Characters are rather flat: we just met Roy's partner and he is a tsundere.