SPOILER FREE REVIEW
*Please note that while my review is spoiler free, the synopsis will give things away if you haven't read up to at least Queen of Shadows (book four). You can skip over it though if you still want to read my review.

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Title: Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6)
Author: Sarah J Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication date: September 5 2017
RRP: AUD 17.99 (paperback)

Synopsis:
Chaol has always defined himself by his loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since Aelin shattered the glass castle, since Chaol's men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken. Now he and Nesryn sail for Antica - the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire and of the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme. It's Chaol's one shot at recovery, and with war looming back home, Dorian and Aelin's survival could depend on Chaol and Nesryn convincing Antica's rulers to ally with them. But what they discover there will change them both - and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.

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At first, I wasn't crazy excited for this book - not because of Chaol but because I was simply desperate to know what happened after Empire of Storms. The ending of book five left me face down on the couch wondering what to do with my life so I kind of really wanted that next story (now book seven in the series). Alas, when it came closer to the release date, I found I was SO DAMN EXCITED for it and especially the special edition I had pre-ordered (it's beautiful by the way!)

Tower of Dawn is classic Sarah J Maas writing and I've loved all of these Throne of Glass books however, this book blew me away and it deserves a standing ovation. The story was just so riveting and once you got stuck in, you were powering through it.

I adored Yrene immediately, she almost rivals Manon for my favourite character in the series but she'll have to settle for second. Yrene is smart and thinks about her actions and consequences and if you know me well, you'll know I love those kind of characteristics. Along with those though, she is all round badass and also lovely and like I said, I adore her.

I freaking loved Chaol in the first two Throne of Glass novels but as we had more and more point of views and more Dorian development, he seemed to fall off my radar a little bit. I still liked him, I just wasn't as obsessed HOWEVER, Tower of Dawn does wonders for him and he's just shot straight up to being next to Dorian as my fave males of the series (not in love with Rowan, soz). Sarah wrote him so well in this story and I've started imagining him with his shirt off, ok bye.

I honestly was not interested in Nesryn in the beginning of this story and I actually think that was the aim. When she ventures out in the city and starts spending time with other characters her character develops beautifully and I found myself craving her chapters as much as the others.

The story has the classic character frustrations, relationship developments, a little bit of angst, crazy shit that happens, cool shit that happens, scary shit that happens, you know... that kinda story. It made me happy and then I would honestly be scared shitless, sometimes I cried a little bit but at the end of the book, I was so delighted with the entire story.

This could possibly be my favourite book of the Throne of Glass series, I know, CRAZY! The only reason I don't know is because Manon and Dorian give me life (especially in Empire of Storms). I actually voted for Tower of Dawn in the Goodreads Choice Awards because it's a damn WINNER.

Anyway, I felt like I kind of spewed my emotions for this book on the screen *laughs to self* but I hope you enjoyed this review and if you haven't read it, I hope you do! It is brilliantly written and such a phenomenal story.

My rating: 5/5 (duh)



*This book was sent to me unsolicited by Bloomsbury Australia. All opinions are my own.


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Spoiler free review

Title: Because You Love to Hate Me
Author: Multiple; edited by Ameriie
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication date: September 2017
RRP: $14.99 AUD

Synopsis:
In this collection each booktuber gives one author a writing prompt, from which the author has created a story, written from the point of view of a famous villain. They may be stories of vengeance, of defiance, of rage. They might be stories of pain, of heartbreak, of sorrow. But they will definitely not be stories about do-gooders doing good. Leave it to the heroes to help the world; villains just want to rule the world. We love to hate them and they hate to be loved.

I was so excited to receive this in the mail despite not always loving short stories - they're too short! However, a bunch of short stories about villains, YES PLEASE.

I've been putting off writing this review because I had no idea how to write it. I didn't want to talk about every single story and I didn't want it to be too short - it might be though, so here goes...

A few of the stories were average, some were below average. For some of the them, the story was simply too... bland and repetitive? Others had a great idea to them but there was too much time spent on the beginnings of the story and the middle and/or ending was therefore rushed.

I felt that some of the stories were done pretty well. My favourites were The Sea Witch by Marissa Meyer, Shirley & Jim by Susan Dennard, Beautiful Venom by Cindy Pon and Death Knell by Victoria Schwab. The stories were brilliant and I felt they were executed beautifully as a short story.


I also enjoyed Jack by Ameriie, Marigold by Samantha Shannon (a great message!) and Sera by Nicola Yoon.

I wasn't at all interested in the booktuber commentary part - I'm sorry! I tried to start reading it but I'm not into a lot of the booktubers that were in there so it was hard for me to read it and then I just ended up skipping all of them.

Overall, if you like short stories - more so if they are told in a villain's perspective, then I think you'll enjoy this book.



Rating: 3/5


*This book was sent to me unsolicited by Bloomsbury Australia. All opinions are my own.


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Contact: erenabennett@hotmail.com
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