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Almost 2 years since I started it and 9 years since I started the series, I'm finally finished. Unfortunately, this one was my least favourite, mostly because I hate the amnesia trope. I was also a little disappointed by the ending though I really enjoyed how it switched back and forth between their povs. I really adore Kestrel and Arin and overall enjoyed this series a lot.

Suddenly felt the urge to continue this after ... forever. I do like this series a lot, I'm just having a bit of a hard time with this one (not a fan of the memory loss trope). It reads extremely quickly though and I got sucked back in right away.

Ah yes, don't mind me, just crying my eyes out 😭.

Yeah, that one's kinda intense. Whatever's next will probably be worse, so 😬

I'm pretty sure this ship is futile but that won't stop meeeeee.

I'm feeling physically sick after reading this. I had to force myself through this.

Love this series!

I love this series! It's so fast paced and thrilling.

Wow, that finale was so anti-climactic and rushed. This book really wasn't for me. It was a quick and somewhat entertaining read with elements I liked but the amount of eye-rolling involved on my part clearly showed that I wasn't convinced.

She was brought to the island to be a healer and so far, she's just done a bit of gardening, had lots of sex, and tried to find out more about the potential murderer without success. I have about 100 pages left and wonder if there will be actual healing bc next is a wedding and we still need to find out who tried to kill Darragh/Basil. This had potential, but alas.

I'm so confused what's going on with all those old gods. I think this was my least favourite of the arcs so far. There are just too many characters and parties and agendas to keep track of everything especially reading them one year apart.

I know I say this with every new installment but I've lost the plot. Didn't help that I started reading this close to midnight running on only 2h of sleep from the previous night. Let's see what I'll make of this one once I continue, hopefully a bit more awake.

I really hope this will not go down the road that just came to my mind.

Also: I find spice really boring if there hasn't been enough will they/won't they, pining, and potentially angst leading up to it. This is moving way too quickly for my personal preferences so leaving me mostly cold.

Hmmmmmm. I probably can't be mad that this is pretty straight forward what you would expect. I do have fun reading it, but it's not gonna turn off my brain good. The two things that bug me the most is them apparently calling each other Kleines (little one) and Großer (big one) *shudders* and that the nature of dragons is handled inconsistently in my opinion. Also very weird kind of insta attraction.

A chaebol being happy that the heir is marrying one of his employees, especially from the get go, feels like pure fantasy xD

Well, I guess I got a couple of ideas what to try next. It remains to be seen if I ever find a skin care routine that actually works for me. I can't even really tell my skin type. Bone dry while having acne and blackhead issues which shouldn't really go together.

The ending is kinda brutal. At least for an MG novel. LOVE! Such a precious book, I'm glad I chose to reread it. I had forgotten quite a bit but still remembered the most important plot points. I think the character I'm most sorry for is Moran. Poor guy, you really deserved better.

Damn, I had forgotten how fucking dark this is (or maybe I hadn't realised it yet back then). Forcing your 11 year old daughter/sister into marriage to a complete stranger (an old dwarf acting as a stand in) and then arranging a wedding night, like ...

Nothing happened, but just the setup alone is crazy. And that's just one instance. Literal witch hunt going down in the background as well ...

If I remember correctly, I never liked Fianna, but feel for Maev. Nevertheless, their stories, especially Maev's, are tragic. I love how the narration never gives many details, never gets really close to the characters, yet between the lines are layers and layers of story, and in this case, heartbreak. They're both just pawns.

Oh, the writing style is exquisite. And I love rereading books after a long time and suddenly remembering details again along the way while the main plot is still shrouded in mist, with some key scenes poking out of it that somehow strongly anchored in my memory. I had forgotten the price Regina has to pay for having a daughter. Or the extent to which power is corrupting characters in this series.

As a German millennial, I have to laugh every time I read that title bc there used to be a very popular romance/coming of age 'series' for girls whose titles used exactly that same construction preferably with alliterations.

Well, this was hella confusing and I feel like I lost the plot. It's like her series always get too complicated at some point (Monstress has also become mostly confusing but I keep going bc I like the characters and the art work).

Oof. I knew everything after that would be rough, but this was at times almost unbearable to read. Absolutely adore Helen's books. Too bad there's no new book I can look forward to at the moment.

I like this series a lot! And gosh, I wish I could get the ya enemies to lovers version of Fenja and Sveinn 😅

Ah yes, forgot that the book ending is much more of a cliffhanger than the film. Well, and there is that. They may call it the last stage, but there's still so much to come!

I made it! Really didn't like the writing style, jumped too wildly around between topics (cows and suddenly copper?), past, present, history, and tales, and I didn't vibe with the author and the way he told the personal parts.

I'm so so close to finishing this. I'm really disappointed that this one just wasn't for me. Will keep it in case I'll like to look things up in the future, but there are more fun books about the Irish language out there.

Ooof, we're almost at the end ...