Reading

 Okay, first I can't take credit for the title. It comes from the A Court of Fandoms and Explorations (ACOFAE) podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/4z60pTgQNKZ6SNakhAMcmM?si=86f3038991884083)    I will die on this mountain (if you get this, I love you). I love love this series but ACOTAR is the worst book of the series. I love SJM and I will read anything she writes but Tamlin is the worst book character ever.  I have read this book two or three times now but this is the first time I read it with a critical lens. Let's just say that I added a new tab for foreshadowing and red flags because there was so much. (I started tagging my books recently, which is the best thing ever).  I know that there are Tamlin sympathizers out there and god knows I used to be one of them. But just like Feyre (and several others in the booktok community) I was blinded to his toxic traits and red flags. I don't care if he was traumatized, it does not excuse his behavior (but this wi...

  What a fricken rollercoaster, good lord This book opens with Casteel imprisoned in a cell, bound with shadowstone and injured. There are Craven attacks as they are free roaming. He is losing too much blood. He discovers that the queen is a false god, a demis.  Meanwhile, Poppy and the army are liberating cities controlled by the Ascended. In one of the cities, there are people that were killed and impaled, and their faces were covered with veils. Clearly, a message for Poppy but it is disgusting. They take Massense.  Vonetta and Emil are so cute. Vessa is creepy. The blood queen sent a package which turns out to be Cas' finger 🤢They plan to go to Carsodonia to rescue Cas. Vassa summons a storm which is an awakening of death. Kolis is the previous primal of death and Eythos is the first primal of life.  I love how Valyn is protective of Poppy, loves her and doesn't want to lose her.  What happened to Preela is disgusting and the fact Poppy's dagger is made fro...