Book 12. A Court of Wings and Ruin by The Queen

Dear Lila,

So book 12, the MUCH anticipated ACOWAR.

Firstly, how pretty is the book. My favourite series and my favourite colour to boot. Just too nice! I actually couldn't stop looking at the cover.

While I remember, I also really like that the dedication she gave to her husband and her dog is also the last two sentences in the book. Cute.

So, I really enjoyed the book, loved h having it on kindle too so that I didn't have to wait until the evening to keep reading.

Spoilers below on the off chance anyone but us reads it.

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I was surprised how quickly in the story she made it back to Rhys, I thought that would have lasted longer. I was pleased that Lucien went with her though too.

I always find her powers crazy really and forget how many of them she has. Although how come Rhys never gets any of the others either? I didn't get that!

I cried at the speech Rhys gave, but again love we said on text I do think that do often when stuff happens I do now always think "oh no did that really happen?" and then by the time you've read on a bit thinking about it's been resolved.

I'm struggling to believe the absolute lack of casualties, I mean I'm happy about it, don't get me wrong, but it's very unbelievable with the level of the battles they had. I was so worried the whole time it would be Cassian or Az.

I liked that the bits with Cassian and Nesta and Elain and Lucien weren't all wrapped up in a bow... And I liked Mor's explanation to Feyre about Az.

The whole fire bird thing was a bit random I think, but I guess with everything else isn't that far fetched.

Am pleased there will be other stories. I wonder what direction they'll go in? There's obviously lots of stories to be told in the other courts. Tarquin, Varian and Amren, Viviane and Kallias, Helion and Lucien etc. All good and I'd happily read about any of them.

I liked that Helion too had always been putting on a bad demeanour etc.

I also really liked Az and Elain.

I love SJM books, feels weird to think that I only started reading her books in January 2015.

Here's to her next one !

***** OBVIOUSLY!

Love, Rach x

Book 11. The Dark Heroine by Abigail Gibbs

Dear Lila, 

So, I know I originally read this in July 2013, but after I finished my last book and had only a few days before ACOWAR came out I didn't want to start something new and then be in the middle of reading it. So I thought of this one. 

It was still a very easy read, only took a couple of days and I did enjoy it and even started Autumn Rose, but then ACOWAR arrived so I had to stop. Naturally. 

Not much point revising this as you've already read it. 

Love,  Rach x

Book 10. The Secret of Spellshadow Manor by Bella Forrest

Dear Lila, 

So, I came across this book on Facebook randomly. It was tagged as THE book to read after Harry Potter! I mean what a claim! 

It was only 99p on kindle at the time and I've read a few of her books before, the A Shade of Vampire books. They were easy reads, so I thought I'd give it a go. I probably would have read all the shade of vamps books, as i read a number of them, but then she wrote about 30 of them or something crazy so I just have up .

Anyway, back to this book. It in NO way justifies the Harry reference except that the story relates sound a magic school. 

It was a very easy read though, it reminded me of The Magisterium books, very similar I think. I will read the next one at some point, because there's elements of it that I'm really wondering about how they'll turn out. Not a major spoiler, as you find out in chapter 2 or 3 I think, that it isn't like the parents waving them off at platform 9 3/4, they don't know they've gone and I couldn't get that out of my head. I need to know what the parents think has happened to them! 

I gave it ***

Rach x

Book 9. A Conjuring of Light by V.E Schwab

Dear Lila,

I'm really pleased you introduced me to this series. Really enjoyed it! 

I thought this was a great conclusion to the series, would happily have read more books though. 

I feel live each book in this series was a good book on its own, no fillers at all I don't think! 

Really big book too, always good. 

Definitely need to read more of her books, not sure which to start with though...? 

*****

Rach x