The Golden Enclaves
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- Author：Naomi Novik
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Summary
Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate。
The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way。
But that impossible dream has somehow come true for El and her classmates。 And what's more， she didn't even have to become the monstrous dark witch she's prophesised to become to make it happen。 Instead of killing enclavers， she saved them， and now the world is safe for all wizards。 Peace and harmony have enveloped all the enclaves of the world。
Just kidding。
Instead， someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in El's stead， and everyone she saved is at risk again with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon。 And so， the first thing El needs to do after miraculously escaping the Scholomance， is to turn straight around and find a way back in。
The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way。
But that impossible dream has somehow come true for El and her classmates。 And what's more， she didn't even have to become the monstrous dark witch she's prophesised to become to make it happen。 Instead of killing enclavers， she saved them， and now the world is safe for all wizards。 Peace and harmony have enveloped all the enclaves of the world。
Just kidding。
Instead， someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in El's stead， and everyone she saved is at risk again with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon。 And so， the first thing El needs to do after miraculously escaping the Scholomance， is to turn straight around and find a way back in。
Reviews
T。L。 Branson
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Thank you so much to Del Rey Books for providing an ARC so that I might write this The Golden Enclaves review！As I said in my review of A Deadly Education， I was pleasantly surprised and had my socks knocked off by this amazing series。As soon as I finished The Last Graduate， I knew I needed The Golden Enclaves immediately。 Thankfully， it was releasing in less than 2 months so acquiring an ARC was possible and I jumped straight into it。There was a huge cliffhanger at the end of The Last Graduate Thank you so much to Del Rey Books for providing an ARC so that I might write this The Golden Enclaves review！As I said in my review of A Deadly Education， I was pleasantly surprised and had my socks knocked off by this amazing series。As soon as I finished The Last Graduate， I knew I needed The Golden Enclaves immediately。 Thankfully， it was releasing in less than 2 months so acquiring an ARC was possible and I jumped straight into it。There was a huge cliffhanger at the end of The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves picks up immediately where it left off。A Deadly Education was touted to me as a darker Harry Potter， and now that the series is complete， I can confirm that it is as good as Harry Potter and better in every imaginable way。The Golden Enclaves ReviewI have to tell you， I was concerned going into The Golden Enclaves。I don’t usually read other people’s reviews before reading a book， but I wanted to know if anyone else had gotten an ARC yet。 The one I came across was a 2-star， which made me nervous。Without reading the spoiler section， I saw them say the conclusion to a beloved series was disappointing。I’m happy to tell you that is absolutely not the case。 The Golden Enclaves is a breathtaking， whirlwind adventure that exceeded my expectations in every possible area， with the exception of one。I’ll share my one disappointment in a spoiler section below。 For now， this review of The Golden Enclaves is spoiler-free。The PlotAs you can imagine from the title， the main focus of the book is really about El taking her sutras and building Golden Enclaves just as she’s always dreamed。 However， she isn’t do it the way she wants。As soon as she escapes the Scholomance， she discovers that the evil malificer attacking enclaves has struck again， and this time London is falling apart。 Liesl contacts El for help when the weakened enclave comes under attack from a maw-mouth。And so starts a string her swooping in to save failing enclaves as more come under attack from the mysterious evil-doer。The Golden Enclaves is Full of SurprisesOne of the great joys I find from reading is guessing things。 I like to anticipate the plot twists and character motivations and predict what’s going to happen。Most of the time I’m right。 I’ve written a few books myself， and my brain is hardwired to dissect a story and understand plot devices。So when I say The Golden Enclaves completely floored me， I want you to understand how massive a deal that is。In both of the previous books， I was so engrossed in the story that I had no predictions whatsoever。The characters and events just carried me along， and all the while Naomi Novik was laying the groundwork for the most ultimate of plot twists in The Golden Enclaves。I didn’t even know she was doing it to me！The realization that hit me about a full 60 pages before El towards the end of The Golden Enclaves was like a Mac truck hitting me at 75 miles and hour。As soon as the theory formed in my brain， I scoured my mind for hints of it throughout the previous two books and they were there！It’s a rare author that knows where Book 3 is going before they event start Book 1。 Only two other authors I know are capable of such deep foreshadowing: Brandon Sanderson and J。K。 Rowling。I haven’t felt the emotion that washed over me upon my understanding of this crucial moment since Harry Potter。The Golden Enclaves Spoiler Section（view spoiler）[What Happened to Orion？The Last Graduate left us with Orion shoving El out of the Scholomance and staying inside all by himself。So as you can imagine， a significant portion of The Golden Enclaves is devoted to getting back to Orion。Of course， when El left， Orion was staring down the maw-mouth Patience。 And considering the only one capable of defeating a maw-mouth is El， she rightly assumes he’s dead。So El’s goal is not to save Orion， but rather to kill Patience and end Orion’s suffering。During this time， Liesl hooks up with El and in a moment of frazzled stress， El and Liesl have sex in an extra-dimensional space at Heathrow airport while waiting for a flight to New York。What！？！Okay， this was a shock to the system。 Orion’s last words to El were “I love you，” and this occurred not 7-10 days earlier。 Most of that time she spent bawling her eyes out。Fastest rebound ever。The Twisted RomanceOkay， okay。 She believes that Orion is dead。But about halfway through the book， they rescue Orion because， surprise （or not）， he’s not dead。 He managed to kill every single mal in the Scholomance， including Patience。A few pages later， she’s having “I missed you” sex with Orion in the Woods near her yurt in Wales。The real moment of anger about The Golden Enclaves’ romance comes a few chapters later when El once again has sex with Liesl。 This time on an airplane。Some may call me old fashioned， but this seems like a blatant disregard for the sanctity of a relationship between two people。 In other words， she cheated on him。I can excuse the first time。She thought he was dead……but he’s not。I just felt that this plot point was totally and completely unnecessary。 The only purpose it served， as far as I could tell， was to endear Liesl to El so that El would accept her help， without which she would have be unable to save Orion。Besides that， Liesl plays absolutely no further part in the story。 Sure， she’s there， but she’s not necessary。 She doesn’t do anything crucial。 Nothing that needs her to have had sex with El， twice， anyway。Oh， and did I mention that Orion is basically a shell of his former self the whole book。 Or should I saw for like a quarter of the book， because Orion is absent for the entire first half and missing （or zombified） a good chunk of the second half， too。The End of the RomanceOrion never finds out about Liesl， and that doesn’t really seem to matter because the ending of The Golden Enclaves makes it very clear that Orion is staying in the fixed Scholomance as a protector of the children for all time。I liken this to Will Turner being aboard the Dutchman while Elizabeth Swan is forced to only see him on certain days of the year where he can come on land。Because that’s exactly the deal El and Orion make。El is going to travel the world fighting maw-mouths with her ragtag band of heroes， and the only time she and Orion will see each other is between school terms， which apparently will be a thing now。That’s it。The End。The end of the book， and the end of their romance。It’s a satisfactory book ending， as book endings go。 We have a vision of the future and can imagine it ourselves。But the lack of a Happily Ever After somewhat puts a damper on the mood of an otherwise fantastic book。（hide spoiler）]Final Thoughts on The Golden Enclaves （Spoiler-Free）The Golden Enclaves is action-packed from cover to cover。 I had a hard time putting this down， and certainly didn’t want to。El is an exquisitely fantastic character as always。 The witticisms are as great as ever and I just love being in her head。While The Golden Enclaves lacks any sort of massive world-ending battle like we saw in The Last Graduate， the stakes are no less intense and the story absolutely amazing。The plot twist， or revelation， is one of the greatest I can remember reading in recent years， and instantly catapulted The Scholomance to my top 5 series of all time。I rated the previous two books 5 out of 5 stars without hesitation， and unfortunately I couldn’t do the same her despite all the good things I’ve said （check out the spoiler section）。I have to knock off a star for the way the romance was handled in this book。The Golden Enclaves receives 4 out of 5 stars for me。 。。。more
Bun
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Why the fk would the author add a 2nd love interest right at the end of a book series？ Will wait a bit before I'll add this to "books to avoid" list。 I'll need to refund my preorder Why the fk would the author add a 2nd love interest right at the end of a book series？ Will wait a bit before I'll add this to "books to avoid" list。 I'll need to refund my preorder 。。。more
Mike
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My wife got an ARC which I borrowed and devoured。 Absolutely glorious。 It feels like an ending but I wouldn't be opposed to more。 My wife got an ARC which I borrowed and devoured。 Absolutely glorious。 It feels like an ending but I wouldn't be opposed to more。 。。。more
Lauren
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Electronic ARC provided by NetGalley。 The Golden Enclaves is the final book of the Scholomance trilogy and I'm glad to be able to say that it is just as wonderful and satisfying as I hoped that it would be。 It begins directly after the end of The Last Graduate， with El trying （and mostly failing） to process graduation。 The first part of the book moves a bit slowly because of this， as El definitely has issues and spends a lot of time being depressed and angry。 However， once the action starts to m Electronic ARC provided by NetGalley。 The Golden Enclaves is the final book of the Scholomance trilogy and I'm glad to be able to say that it is just as wonderful and satisfying as I hoped that it would be。 It begins directly after the end of The Last Graduate， with El trying （and mostly failing） to process graduation。 The first part of the book moves a bit slowly because of this， as El definitely has issues and spends a lot of time being depressed and angry。 However， once the action starts to move the book is pretty much perfect and offers some amazing bits of world building that pull the entire series together。 Here we finally get the full story behind enclaves and the world power structure of the magic users， as well as resolution for El and her friends （also， I kind of love Liesel now， she was awesome in this book）。 I really don't want to say too much here because the book is better experienced on your own。 I will say that when I finished The Golden Enclaves I immediately picked up my copy of the first book in the trilogy so that I could read it again。 This is a truly fantastic trilogy， and one of the best things about it is that it's all about choosing to be kind in a world where it would be so simple to choose the easy option。 Over and over again El chooses kindness over selfishness， and through her struggle she slowly begins to convince others to do the same。 She shows them that there is another choice。 I love that these books don't act as if kindness is easy。 El struggles constantly when it would be so easy to give in， and it makes her story wonderful to read。 With this trilogy Naomi Novik has really cemented herself as a must read for me。 I'm sorry that this series is over， only because it was so wonderful。 I can't wait to see what Novik does next。 。。。more
Lauren
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I am so mad about starting this series because I was loving it so much。 I hate when a wonderful series blindsides me in the third book of a trilogy （I’m a hard NO on love triangles， cheating， or messing up the established paring late in series - or at all， really）。 I can’t trust anything that hasn’t been fully completed and vetted。 But I am thankful for thorough reviews！
Madison Bird
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Finished and went straight for the 2nd。 A great easy fun read！
Michelle
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I have already read the first two books in this series， and have loved them and everything else Naomi Novik has ever written， but I was wondering how the author would handle this volume， AFTER graduation， and what on earth she would have the longsuffering El DO。 I didn't need to worry。 This was a great trilogy ender （although if there are more El stories coming I will totally read them！）I think Novik kept the excitement and pace up perfectly as the graduating class tries to clean up the mess the I have already read the first two books in this series， and have loved them and everything else Naomi Novik has ever written， but I was wondering how the author would handle this volume， AFTER graduation， and what on earth she would have the longsuffering El DO。 I didn't need to worry。 This was a great trilogy ender （although if there are more El stories coming I will totally read them！）I think Novik kept the excitement and pace up perfectly as the graduating class tries to clean up the mess the elders have made。 I love these characters and really enjoyed more time with them。 。。。more
Bookreader
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Oh come on 。。。。。 After that ending 🤯
Melanie
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A beautiful ending for Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy。 Everything you hope for and dread。 Friendships made in the Scholomance becoming life long alliances and loyalty。 I love the characters and their striving to right some of the wrongs in their world。 It made me laugh and cry。 I will miss this world and these characters。Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC。 A beautiful ending for Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy。 Everything you hope for and dread。 Friendships made in the Scholomance becoming life long alliances and loyalty。 I love the characters and their striving to right some of the wrongs in their world。 It made me laugh and cry。 I will miss this world and these characters。Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC。 。。。more
Margaret
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This book is AMAZING！ It's the final book in the trilogy， and my favorite I believe。Content warnings: gore， violence， torture， past child abuse （off page）， possible abortion triggers。 This book is AMAZING！ It's the final book in the trilogy， and my favorite I believe。Content warnings: gore， violence， torture， past child abuse （off page）， possible abortion triggers。 。。。more
Jessica Schulz
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Received arc from NetGalley。 You don’t often get a whole new world building in book three of a series， it’s a lot to unpack for an established series。 I knew coming out of the Scholomance there would have to be some， based on almost no information given about the enclaves interior in previous books or how they truly operate。 There’s also a lot of explaining and re-explaining， more so than normal for a third book in a established series。 So it felt like the first quarter of this reads like a firs Received arc from NetGalley。 You don’t often get a whole new world building in book three of a series， it’s a lot to unpack for an established series。 I knew coming out of the Scholomance there would have to be some， based on almost no information given about the enclaves interior in previous books or how they truly operate。 There’s also a lot of explaining and re-explaining， more so than normal for a third book in a established series。 So it felt like the first quarter of this reads like a first book。 Then the rest of the info dumps and introspective monologues （and there’s A LOT of them， like almost every other paragraph） can get tedious at times and almost felt unedited。 All that aside， here is what I did like。 El’s grief， trauma and ptsd were well written and very relatable。 It definitely punched me in the feels and made me cry more than a few times。 Once the gang gets backs together it really starts getting going on this quest that things just keep piling on top of， however it moves along quickly after that。 Orion made me sad， El and Orion made me sad。 All their scenes I cried。 I did enjoy meeting everyone families and enclaves。 As well as the differences in each enclave。 I liked that people showed up for El even when she thought she wasn’t worthy of it or didn’t realize the impact she has made on them。 I’ve really enjoyed El’s journey。 I think I cried the entirety of chapter 16。 That was a nice and tidy HEA and I have thoroughly enjoyed this entire series。 This would have been a five star read for me if it didn’t have so many info dumps and inner monologues， it was just too much。 。。。more
Ashley Cael
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I feel like I've been waiting forever and I still have 2 months to go。 I feel like I've been waiting forever and I still have 2 months to go。 。。。more
Maschenny
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I can deal with suspense…absolutely。 Pain and betrayal， why not， expected in series。 But this book better end with Orion and El skipping off into the sunset， holding hands， or I will combust in a ball of fury and sorrow。
Becca Leigh
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Thanks to Edelweiss+ and the publisher for an ARC of the book in exchange for an honest review。I thought this was a great conclusion to the trilogy！ After the end of the last one I was eagerly waiting for this and was not disappointed。 Graduation had happened and I was curious as to where the story would go。 I thought it was an interesting look at transitioning out of school in a sort of coming-of-age story where the stakes are cranked up to 11。 Definitely recommend this series to fans of fantas Thanks to Edelweiss+ and the publisher for an ARC of the book in exchange for an honest review。I thought this was a great conclusion to the trilogy！ After the end of the last one I was eagerly waiting for this and was not disappointed。 Graduation had happened and I was curious as to where the story would go。 I thought it was an interesting look at transitioning out of school in a sort of coming-of-age story where the stakes are cranked up to 11。 Definitely recommend this series to fans of fantasy。 。。。more
Somjai
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Would have been 5 if not for the torturously long introspective inner dialogue。 It was almost like she was villain monologue-ing herself at one point。 Other than that， fantastic。
Michelle
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Pub date: Sept 2022Wow wow wow！ So many reveals！ Loved this finale and the whole series！ More to come closer to pub date。
Aiyesha
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***THE VERSION OF THIS THAT I READ WAS AN ARC***
Emmy Neal
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The more I think about this book， the more I believe the enclaves are （view spoiler）[heavy metaphors for the horror of institutionalized oppression and how no one will ever actually change until they are confronted with death， and even then they will be bitter about it。 （hide spoiler）] Anyway， Alfie and Liesel are an exceptional power couple， and I want an epilogue of them and their inevitable enclave takeover where they get everything they want。 The more I think about this book， the more I believe the enclaves are （view spoiler）[heavy metaphors for the horror of institutionalized oppression and how no one will ever actually change until they are confronted with death， and even then they will be bitter about it。 （hide spoiler）] Anyway， Alfie and Liesel are an exceptional power couple， and I want an epilogue of them and their inevitable enclave takeover where they get everything they want。 。。。more
Namera [The Literary Invertebrate]
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⤅ Don't you HATE it when the finale of an amazing series doesn't live up to your expectations？？？（Looking at you， Folk of the Air）。So yeah， considering I gave raving 5-star reviews to the first two books， something has clearly changed。 And it's to do with El and Orion。 All specific details are in the spoiler tag， but there are some general spoilers throughout。（view spoiler）[Sorry， but WTF happened to their relationship？？？？ They were adorable and amazing together。 Of course， El is mourning be ⤅ Don't you HATE it when the finale of an amazing series doesn't live up to your expectations？？？（Looking at you， Folk of the Air）。So yeah， considering I gave raving 5-star reviews to the first two books， something has clearly changed。 And it's to do with El and Orion。 All specific details are in the spoiler tag， but there are some general spoilers throughout。（view spoiler）[Sorry， but WTF happened to their relationship？？？？ They were adorable and amazing together。 Of course， El is mourning because she thinks he's dead， and she ends up having sex with her friend Liesel。 I wasn't a fan of this but I tried to get over it because after all - she thinks he's dead。But。 Then。 He comes back， they have sex。。。 and THEN EL HAS SEX WITH LIESEL AGAIN！！！ I'm sorry， but that's perilously close to cheating for me， particularly since a） Orion doesn't know about Liesel， El never even f*cking tells him and b） she has sex with Liesel again AFTER she's been with Orion， which I find baffling and infuriating。 I know this is YA but if any book has romance， I'm going to have thoughts about it， and those thoughts are pretty consistent no matter what genre the book is。 （hide spoiler）]Even with that aside， the relationship between El and Orion takes an absolute nosedive。 They barely speak for the entire book - he's physically on the page for maybe 1/5 of the book， he says something on even fewer pages than that - and it just feels like once he's actually back， El hardly ever thinks of him。 My God， she lets him （view spoiler）[go to his mum and barely spares him a thought after that！！！！！ （hide spoiler）] The ending clears up absolutely nothing， if anything it makes things worse。 I'm actually really upset by this， because I own the first two books in hard copy pretty much solely because the romance/fantasy combo was amazing。 I'm definitely not buying this one。The worldbuilding is still amazing， but the grand climax was over way too quickly and easily。 I mourn the lost magic of the first two books。Romance means a lot to me， and the rating reflects this， but obviously （as with anything） YMMV。 ["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]> 。。。more
Sara
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced review copy。When I tell you I gasped and had to close my kindle 60% through。。。。I very much enjoyed this final installment of the Scholomance trilogy。 I was concerned the final book wouldn't live up to the others as it's not set in the Scholomance， but it was a fun adventure！ The Golden Enclaves was quite different than the prior two， and the world-building wasn't quite as precise， but that didn't distract from my enjoyment of it。 4。5 sta Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced review copy。When I tell you I gasped and had to close my kindle 60% through。。。。I very much enjoyed this final installment of the Scholomance trilogy。 I was concerned the final book wouldn't live up to the others as it's not set in the Scholomance， but it was a fun adventure！ The Golden Enclaves was quite different than the prior two， and the world-building wasn't quite as precise， but that didn't distract from my enjoyment of it。 4。5 stars 。。。more
Sofia。reads
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ONLY 52 DAYS LEFT
Janine Ballard
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Yay for the Orion rescue and everything else。 I can’t wait to read this。
Genea Cunningham
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I wonder if El is going to be pregnant？ The NY Enclave would freak out。
Mietei
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[image error]Me after finishing Book 2 at 4am， coming here and then seeing the release date for Book 3。 Naomi please release this book now。 Please we are collectively begging。 That ending？？？ Come on！ [image error]Me after finishing Book 2 at 4am， coming here and then seeing the release date for Book 3。 Naomi please release this book now。 Please we are collectively begging。 That ending？？？ Come on！ 。。。more
Alexandra Bunn
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 if Orion isn’t okay I’m going to delete everything and move into the mountains and never read a book again Thanks bye
Samantha // fictionfigurine
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September is not soon enough！
Cara
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I can't believe I have to wait till September for this。 I can't believe I have to wait till September for this。 。。。more
InExile
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I NEED AN ARC MORE THAN I NEED AIR TO BREATHE！！！！！Jesus H。 Roosevelt Christ。 I swear to God if You-Know-Who doesn't make it out in one piece I will find out where you live （joke） and I will make you rewrite the entire book at gunpoint （also joke） 😖But seriously， whyyyyyyyyyyy？ Why do this to us？ 😭 This should've been an April Fool's joke where you went like "haha， just kidding， here's the next book straight away！"。 That's if you have any shred of compassion for your readers。In case you needed it I NEED AN ARC MORE THAN I NEED AIR TO BREATHE！！！！！Jesus H。 Roosevelt Christ。 I swear to God if You-Know-Who doesn't make it out in one piece I will find out where you live （joke） and I will make you rewrite the entire book at gunpoint （also joke） 😖But seriously， whyyyyyyyyyyy？ Why do this to us？ 😭 This should've been an April Fool's joke where you went like "haha， just kidding， here's the next book straight away！"。 That's if you have any shred of compassion for your readers。In case you needed it: WATERMELON！ That's my safe word。 You can stop with the agonising punishment now。 I've had about 10 minutes of it （that's how long ago I finished book 2） and I can tell you I've learned my lesson。 Promise。 I'll be a good girl from now on。 😭*incoherent screaming* 。。。more
Virginia Aughe
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Novak is simply brilliant！ Her intricately detailed magic world is amazing。 And her poignant commentary on human （and wizard） nature， social constructs， vulnerability， and relationships continues to dazzle in the second book。 El is the perfect curmudgeonly hero， and her inner voice is so refreshingly candid。 She grows even more as her relationships grow， and it's a delight to follow her journey。 I just desperately want the third book to be released！ Novak is simply brilliant！ Her intricately detailed magic world is amazing。 And her poignant commentary on human （and wizard） nature， social constructs， vulnerability， and relationships continues to dazzle in the second book。 El is the perfect curmudgeonly hero， and her inner voice is so refreshingly candid。 She grows even more as her relationships grow， and it's a delight to follow her journey。 I just desperately want the third book to be released！ 。。。more
Anushka Nandy
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Naomi Novik I swear to god if Orion is not alive I will NEVER forgive you。
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