Blessed Monsters
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- Author：Emily A. Duncan
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Summary
The startling conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling Something Dark and Holy trilogy
The girl， the monster， the prince， the queen。
They broke the world。
And some things can never be undone。
In Emily A。 Duncan’s Blessed Monsters， they must unite once more to fight the dark chaos they've unleashed—but is it already too late？
The girl， the monster， the prince， the queen。
They broke the world。
And some things can never be undone。
In Emily A。 Duncan’s Blessed Monsters， they must unite once more to fight the dark chaos they've unleashed—but is it already too late？
Reviews
Jes Bailey
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DNF @ 34% after finding out about the bullying， racism， and anti-semitism the author has subjected folks to。 Also， struggled so hard to make it through even a third of this book in ELEVEN DAYS。 What a waste。
Danielle Marks
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Alas， I did not hate this book， looking at it objectively through lenses not colored by the author’s poor behavior。 More complete thoughts to come。
Brianna
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Kudos to the writer of this book。 You did an amazing job。 Why don't you try to join NovelStar's writing competition？ You might win a prize， judging from the book I just read。tttttttttttt Kudos to the writer of this book。 You did an amazing job。 Why don't you try to join NovelStar's writing competition？ You might win a prize， judging from the book I just read。tttttttttttt 。。。more
Wendy
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Unfortunately， I had pre-ordered a special edition of this book and was well underway in my reading when I got found out about the issues with the author as brought to light on Twitter。 The magic was already gone from this series， I think it disappeared around the same time blood magic did from Travania。 This book was just genuinely unenjoyable even without the author issues。 The characters have become unlikable， and I found myself struggling to even finish。 Sad finish to a series I had enjoyed
Grace Alvarez Stevenson
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An interesting ending to this story。After all the betrayal some how it all works out。 Two friends that were along for the ride turn out to be what they need to pull it all off。 The ones who die， die again and come back。 Theres alot of cannibalism， more eyes alot more eyes。 Some gods turn out not to be such dicks but overall they are。 Theres no real peace at the end but a step closer and maybe the crow has finally excepted that he is loved。
Véronique Laplante Grenier
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Blessed Monsters is the epic conclusion of the dark fantasy trilogy Something Dark and Holy by Emily A。 Duncan。 I have really love this serie and hope we get more in this world。Nadya， Serefin and Malachaisz where great characters and even tough Malachaisz was turning even more of a monsters then human， it turned out for the best in the end。 They were up againts dark gods and chaos， stuff that they were responsible for unleashing in to begin with ， before its to late。Can't wait to read more from Blessed Monsters is the epic conclusion of the dark fantasy trilogy Something Dark and Holy by Emily A。 Duncan。 I have really love this serie and hope we get more in this world。Nadya， Serefin and Malachaisz where great characters and even tough Malachaisz was turning even more of a monsters then human， it turned out for the best in the end。 They were up againts dark gods and chaos， stuff that they were responsible for unleashing in to begin with ， before its to late。Can't wait to read more from this author。 Love the cover of this book and the deckle edges of the book。 。。。more
Manar
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this book just kept going ON AND ON omg
Kendra Lawrence
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Disclaimer: I am not on Twitter much， and only learned of the author’s alleged bullying of BiPoC authors and anti-Semitism by reading other reviews after I had purchased the book。 I managed to find Duncan’s Twitter apology， so it sounds like she indeed did something。 It always saddens me when authors of books I love turn out to be hateful people （looking at you， Rowling）。 But I did want to see how this trilogy ended， and see for myself if there was anti-Semitism in it。 Personally， nothing jumped Disclaimer: I am not on Twitter much， and only learned of the author’s alleged bullying of BiPoC authors and anti-Semitism by reading other reviews after I had purchased the book。 I managed to find Duncan’s Twitter apology， so it sounds like she indeed did something。 It always saddens me when authors of books I love turn out to be hateful people （looking at you， Rowling）。 But I did want to see how this trilogy ended， and see for myself if there was anti-Semitism in it。 Personally， nothing jumped out at me， but I fully admit that is because maybe I just wasn’t aware of it。 The trilogy has queer representation， so it surprised me to learn the author bullied other minorities， but I suppose being supportive of one group doesn’t mean you support them all。 Though these accusations were in the back of my mind as I read the book， I did enjoy the read itself。 I’m personally glad it had a （mostly） happy ending， with the couples getting to be together， and all the characters pulling through。 I adore Kacper and Serefin， and of course Mal and Nadya， twisted though they are。 I don’t like finishing a book feeling destroyed， so I can at least thank Duncan for letting the lovers be together。That said， not everything was wrapped up in a neat little bow。 War between countries was still a possibility， and there were （mortal） adversaries that hadn’t been dealt with。 I wanted to know more about how the afterlife worked， and the ending fight with the gods was rather anticlimactic， and rushed， everything being summed up in thoughts and dialogue， and suddenly they’re worried about more， well， mortal affairs。 It felt like Duncan was in a hurry to finish， and skimmed over something that could have been truly epic。 I was left wondering， “What happens now？”But overall， I enjoyed this trilogy。 I’m giving it a 4 for the story， even if the ending left a bit to be desired， and the author is apparently a bigoted bully。 。。。more
Eva
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Once again I want to point out the issues within this book being antisemitism and the author being racist。These books immediately became my comfort books as soon as I read them。 I absolutely adore all of the characters。 This had some turns I wasn’t expecting， but it worked out in the end and I was satisfied。
GavShire
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You actually get to follow the whole story。。This is a must read！！！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Taiyeaba
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Boyyy am I glad that this series finally ended？ Yes I am。 Call it OCD or something but I can't leave something unfinished。 So I dreaded but finished this。 I won't say I didn't have any hope。 It was going pretty good for the first half but thn similar unnecessary events just like previous ones。 This writer just open a lid and forgets about them。 Doesn't bother to explain or solve or hardly mention again。 It was so frustrating。 At least Malachiasz and nadya's relationship seemed little healthy her Boyyy am I glad that this series finally ended？ Yes I am。 Call it OCD or something but I can't leave something unfinished。 So I dreaded but finished this。 I won't say I didn't have any hope。 It was going pretty good for the first half but thn similar unnecessary events just like previous ones。 This writer just open a lid and forgets about them。 Doesn't bother to explain or solve or hardly mention again。 It was so frustrating。 At least Malachiasz and nadya's relationship seemed little healthy here？。。。。。。。。。。Not really but better than the second book。 。。。more
Goosey
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Due to the issues with the author， I will not be reviewing this book。
Forrest Schauer
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This series easily takes the crown of my favorite trilogy ever。 I'm still reeling from the ending so all I can say is if you haven't read this masterpiece you're missing out。 This series easily takes the crown of my favorite trilogy ever。 I'm still reeling from the ending so all I can say is if you haven't read this masterpiece you're missing out。 。。。more
Gabrielle
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A solid DNF。 I can’t read this book without reflecting on the things this author has said and done not only on social media， but also the harmful rep that they have written within their books。 I’ve decided nothing is worth supporting an author that has acted so despicably。 Until they can prove they have learned from these mistakes and have sincerely apologized to the people hurt by their actions， this author will be on my no list。
Teodora
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I've been waiting for this book for a loooong long year and now that I have it， I don't want to think about anything but my own experience with it - the plot， the world， the characters。So， without further ado， let the judging begin。 I've been waiting for this book for a loooong long year and now that I have it， I don't want to think about anything but my own experience with it - the plot， the world， the characters。So， without further ado， let the judging begin。 。。。more
Aymel
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this is self fucking explanatory
Chloe
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Bruh not me finding out the author is a bigot just now :// the world building is messy and convoluted to the point of headache and the series obsessed with its own pretensionHow are we supposed to take these people who’ve spent two and a half books hating each other to suddenly be like we’re found family
Abigail Miles
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3。5 To be very honest， this was probably my least favorite of the series， though I did of course still enjoy it。 It took me forever to get into， mostly because it took forever for the characters to all be together， and these books are the best when everyone is together。 So the first three hundred or so pages were rough， because it was a lot of really separate things that were hard to be invested in， but after the fun reunion stuff it was great！ Super fascinating fantasy world， and I've had a lot 3。5 To be very honest， this was probably my least favorite of the series， though I did of course still enjoy it。 It took me forever to get into， mostly because it took forever for the characters to all be together， and these books are the best when everyone is together。 So the first three hundred or so pages were rough， because it was a lot of really separate things that were hard to be invested in， but after the fun reunion stuff it was great！ Super fascinating fantasy world， and I've had a lot of fun reading this series over the past few years。 The end was excellent， and well worth the wait。 。。。more
Laura
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I enjoyed the previous Books : 4 **** for wicked saints， 5***** for ruthless gods and were eager to read the last one。 Quite quite disappointed。。。。 Too long， nothing really happenned for half the book。 Too confusing， it seems the author is lost in their own story。。。 The characters once great are dull， they do not act anymore， they are just subject to the events。。。。。except maybe serefin。the interludes were really boring and useless。 I did not enjoyed them in the previous Book but here with the co I enjoyed the previous Books : 4 **** for wicked saints， 5***** for ruthless gods and were eager to read the last one。 Quite quite disappointed。。。。 Too long， nothing really happenned for half the book。 Too confusing， it seems the author is lost in their own story。。。 The characters once great are dull， they do not act anymore， they are just subject to the events。。。。。except maybe serefin。the interludes were really boring and useless。 I did not enjoyed them in the previous Book but here with the confusing story they are too much and such waste of time。。。the editing is flawed， rushed and the general wording quite poor。 Too bad to end two previous great book that way。 2。5*** for blessed monsters 。。。more
Beth
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2。5
vanessa nicole
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everything about this was wonderful: the character development， the imagery， the SYMBOLISM omg😩but i suppose this book is just another example of bad people making good art。 what a waste💔
Emily
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I really enjoyed the conclusion to the Something Dark and Holy trilogy。 While I do think it was a tad repetitive and tied up so easily but I enjoyed the relationships progressions and the characters。 I also read this book before discovering that the author had said some problematic things and will not be purchasing any more of her books in the future。
Kristen
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As a well-educated adult， I'm not always the biggest fan of cancel culture。 Let me be clear: I am not saying this book shouldn't be "canceled" or that the author does not deserve every ounce of criticism that has come her way。 But for me， I find canceling media outright often leaves me without a clear understanding of why certain aspects are problematic。 I won't financially support this， but I do want to do my （personal） due diligence to become better informed and aware。 I started the Something As a well-educated adult， I'm not always the biggest fan of cancel culture。 Let me be clear: I am not saying this book shouldn't be "canceled" or that the author does not deserve every ounce of criticism that has come her way。 But for me， I find canceling media outright often leaves me without a clear understanding of why certain aspects are problematic。 I won't financially support this， but I do want to do my （personal） due diligence to become better informed and aware。 I started the Something Dark and Holy series late -- around this time a year ago -- as I grabbed up any book on NetGalley that looked remotely interesting in the YA genre。 I didn't do my research， and in my time on Goodreads looking at the reviews cursorily， did not see anything amiss。 But when I went to wrap up the series with "Blessed Monsters"， the criticism was all I was seeing！I will be the first to admit that I am not aware of all the myriad ways there are to discriminate， stereotype， and offend people。 I am constantly learning more， but honestly， this one shocked me， and made me realize how important it is to keep pushing myself to learn more。 I won't regale here in ideas that I am wholly unfamiliar with beyond whatever brief research I've done in the last few weeks -- there are plenty of blogs， YouTubers， and reviewers here that can provide a much more educated and personal explanation of why this book is so harmful。 But I will say that as an adult who COMPLETELY missed the antisemitism in the first two books， I am reflecting so much on this and other tropes in YA so much more now， some of which appear in this book too。 I'm glad I read this book because I was truly interested in diving deep into how far this antisemitism played out and see how Duncan chose to resolve it by the end。 Doing so allowed me to feel better informed about the issues and contextualize the controversy。 As she mentioned in her sorry-not-sorry on Twitter， she was aware of the antisemitism in the material she used as research for her book but thought she had handled it in a sensitive way。 While I could identify what she meant by "sensitive" by the end of this book， I didn't see it as a solution or a means to dismiss the stereotypes the book relied on for its character development， setting， and plot。 If you've made it this far into the review: thank you。 I'll move onto my thoughts on the actual writing。 My arbitrary Goodreads-star review will only reflect the following because I can't even begin to think about marrying the two into an overall total。Jumping into the first pages of this novel， I was quickly reminded of how complex this story had become。 I took PAGES of notes on the first two books， which I chalked up to being me transitioning to typing my book notes rather than handwriting them。 But nope。 I wish Duncan had included more "review" earlier in the book， as many authors do （to varying degrees of effectiveness）。 She sprinkled some in， of course， but it wasn't until about half way that I felt like I'd gotten enough information to remind me of big events from book 2。 There were some small details from the earlier books that were important to the plot of this that I had completely forgotten and felt frustrated about not being reminded of。I found the plot engaging， but this book felt far too long。 At over 500 pages （which was equivalent to about 8 hours of reading on my Kindle）， it wasn't until about halfway that I felt the plot moving forward with intentionality。 The first half was spent roaming and ruminating on the past/future （oh， and being kidnapped， of course）。 The pacing may have been faster with fewer transitions to different POVs， which tended to take time to establish， develop， and resolve a scene that may not have been that meaningful to the story as a whole。 Here come some spoilers about the plot: （view spoiler）[My biggest gripe with the plot came at the end。 In a book that is consumed by ashes， blood， death， and eyeballs， NO ONE DIED。 Not a soul （unless you count the gods）。 All of our protagonists lived for their happily ever after。 Awesome for Kacper & Serefin， but unrealistic all the same。 And the climactic scene was such a let down。 It'd be like the final battle scene in an Avengers movie where right as shit gets real， the camera cuts to black and we wake up in a hospital room 3 weeks later。 The whole "redemption" bit I discussed up top seemed to be unrealistic as Malachiasz is completely fine， now with a third （？） chance at life and a happily ever after with Nadya。 More on that later。 （hide spoiler）]Duncan's writing shines when she writes dialogue for her characters。 I appreciate her talent at writing comedy in a tragic novel like this。 But oof， we gotta review comma splices。 I'm all for breaking grammar rules in fiction/creative writing （see fragments and other syntactical choices）， but there were so many that read unintentional and distracting for this English-teacher reader。 And lastly， the real reason I read through this series: the relationships between characters。 I'll read a book that's been steaming in a hot pile of trash if it means I can see how relationship arcs resolve， and since everyone gets paired up in this one， I was most looking forward to that。 I was here for all of the Kacper & Serefin scenes， which is one of the only healthy relationships in the book。 But I felt even more uncomfortable with the relationship between Nadya and Malachiasz in this book。 I can disassociate with this kind of message （as I am an old YA reader）， but I worry about teens reading this relationship between the two most important protagonists in this series and thinking this is an okay way to behave。 I get it -- it's fantasy; it's not real; they're monsters -- but do all teens see it that way？ Not a chance。 Nadya is much more independent and strong in this book， but the abusive relationship that has been growing since book one continues here。 Another harmful trope in YA。Final verdict: the overall plot line through the series was excellent （I'm talking about the larger plot of the gods doing their evil things and how that all resolves， not the incredibly controversial plot line of Malachiasz and his obsession with power/blood）。 The execution could have been stronger， the relationships could have been less problematic， and the whole book could have been way less racist。 I'm not going to review anymore of Duncan's work for the time being。 I'm all for giving people the opportunity to learn and grow， so we'll see what happens in the future。 But for now， I'll stick to support authors who are invested in adding positively to the world rather than perpetuating negativity。 。。。more
Lena
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Antisemitism， racism and cultural exploitation。 Disgusting。 Oh， and terrible writing too。
Rachel
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*I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 This review is for the book alone， without bias toward the author。*Much like the previous two books， Blessed Monsters was a slow burn at the beginning and a raging story by the end。 Although it took me a bit to get into the story， I loved seeing the characters and plot develop even more。 As usual I adored the dark setting， the gothic world， the banter between characters， and the magical elements。 The multiple POVs *I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 This review is for the book alone， without bias toward the author。*Much like the previous two books， Blessed Monsters was a slow burn at the beginning and a raging story by the end。 Although it took me a bit to get into the story， I loved seeing the characters and plot develop even more。 As usual I adored the dark setting， the gothic world， the banter between characters， and the magical elements。 The multiple POVs really helped me feel for each of the characters and helped get me back into the series after the year-long wait。 I loved the action， sarcasm， romance， graphic descriptions， and character development。 I don't think that there's a whole lot else I can say without spoiling anything， so I'll just say that I'm happy with this book and sad that this trilogy is over！ 。。。more
Angel
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another banger。 malachiaz supremacy。 mad confusing book ngl but it was also super good （as long as we ignore who it’s written by）
N
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My toxic trait is that I once I start reading a series， I have to see it through to the end—no matter how garbage it is。 Not only is Emily Duncan a shitty person （see Twitter callout）， but this book series was just plain bad。Reading Blessed Monsters felt like getting my teeth scraped at the dentist， or sitting at the DMV。 The best part of this book was knowing that when I turned the last page， it would finally be over。 I’m free now。 Thank fucking god。
Angie Jenkins
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This is a story about a girl & her monsters。This book was fitting end to a dark， glittering world。 I was uncertain how I was going to feel around the 75% mark？ But it pulled together for the end I was hoping for & I appreciate the character continuity present throughout。Thank you Netgalley & St。 Martin’s for the e-Arc。Note: I’ve recently been made aware of issues surrounding this author。 While my rating is based on my reading experience & I received this Arc prior to any knowledge around this- i This is a story about a girl & her monsters。This book was fitting end to a dark， glittering world。 I was uncertain how I was going to feel around the 75% mark？ But it pulled together for the end I was hoping for & I appreciate the character continuity present throughout。Thank you Netgalley & St。 Martin’s for the e-Arc。Note: I’ve recently been made aware of issues surrounding this author。 While my rating is based on my reading experience & I received this Arc prior to any knowledge around this- it will impact future reading decisions。 I’m hopeful that people can grow & change， but I’m also aware that that’s rare。 。。。more
Teo
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This book is so slow， it' unbearable。 Only giving it a 4 star rating because of the ending This book is so slow， it' unbearable。 Only giving it a 4 star rating because of the ending 。。。more
Grace
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 this took me two full days to read cos i kept stopping and just。 didn’t want to read more？ not because it was bad！！ but because it was so good and terrifying and i was like ‘if i stop here then nothing bad happens！！’ so。 Yeahthis was so fucking good though idk how to put it into words。 this is only a trilogy but so much has changed from the first book and i was just。 very scared the entire time。in terms of characters？ i warmed up to malachiasz！！ who knew that would ever happen。 he’s still not my this took me two full days to read cos i kept stopping and just。 didn’t want to read more？ not because it was bad！！ but because it was so good and terrifying and i was like ‘if i stop here then nothing bad happens！！’ so。 Yeahthis was so fucking good though idk how to put it into words。 this is only a trilogy but so much has changed from the first book and i was just。 very scared the entire time。in terms of characters？ i warmed up to malachiasz！！ who knew that would ever happen。 he’s still not my favourite but i like him a lot more now！ especially him and nadya theyre so sweet。 there’s one bit where nadya is talking about all the mundane stuff she wants to do if she chooses to live， and another bit where mal talks about like iF ThEy DoNt DiE he wants to take her and show her the nice parts of tranavia and just。 yeah。 they’re so sweet even if they fight like All The Time。serefin！！！！！！ serefin serefin serefin serefin serefin serefin SEREFIN！ my beloved my favourite person ever im so glad he’s ok！！ there’s something about him that just makes me :））） bestie u are incredible enjoy ur happy life as king w ur husband you’ve earned it。 also the bit where he went onto the battlefield and just panicked made me cry so much hellonadya！！ bestie what the fuck happened to u this book。 she was like fine and normal（ish） in the other ones and in this shes like ALSO IM KINDA A GOD？ anyway。 i love her tho she’s so cool i wish we learnt more about her mum tho :（ her and veceslav are kinda sweet :）— these three as a trio are my favourite people ever theyre so cool and just。 besties！！！parj and rashid！！ parj bestie youre so cool i love her magic？ like it’s so unusual but so cool like the whole ‘reason and chaos’ thing？ yeah。 and i was so scared in the prologue when they kinda implied rashid died。 he didn’t！！！！ i loved learning more about both of them and akola and everything！！ their friendship too <3 my favourite duo— also i totally predicted that parj would be ‘the queen’ in that prophecy thingkacper！！ bestie i was so scared for him in this book cos he would’ve died if anything happened to serefin but！！ they’re happy together :）katya！ ostyia！ sapphics！！ that is literally all i have to say about them i just love them a lot。OH ALSO ostyia and nadya kinda being friends？？ that was so fun to read i loved thatANNA ANNA ANNA ANNA ANNA AJDHAKDBSKDJDJS i forgot about her and then she showed up in komyazalov and im not kidding when i say i just。 burst into tears。 i loved her so much in the first book i was so sad when she left。 i was scared she was gonna have a similar reaction to kostya when nadya told her everything？ but she was so accepting and incredible my beloved <3i cannot think of anyone else who else is therethe descriptions of the gods？ vaguely terrifying and so difficult to picture but i loved iti love how emily duncan writes cos she doesn’t pull her punches？ so there’s no safety net of ‘oh it’s fine the author would never kill them it’s ok’ cos she would！！ she totally would。 she’s very good and emotionally ruining me but it’s ok cos i love her books。 also she does a very good job of like。 making you think？ all of the questions at the need when the four of them died that were like ‘is life worth it？ is it worth staying mortal with your loved ones？ or do you take the power， die， and save the world？’。 also just。 the way she writes her characters makes every single one of them lovable and incredible， even with characters like mal - who was literally the reason everything is going wrong - i still felt bad for him？ she does an amazing job of mixing comedy and domestic scenes along with eldritch and wild battles and it’s just。 so nice to read （if a bit horrific and terrifying） 。。。more
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