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aelin-and-feyre · 7 years

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I Dare You

Don’t think about how Sam Cortland would look in his skin tight black suit. Don’t think of how it would hug all of his features perfectly.

Don’t think about Sam Cortland shirtless and sweaty in the training room. Don’t think about his agile body performing perfect backflips.

Don’t think about Sam Cortland’s strong arms winding around Celaena’s waist as he pulls her tightly to him while they kiss. Don’t think of his large, calloused, scarred hands roaming her body, memorizing her.

Don’t think about how the last words we read Sam Cortland say is ‘I love you’ to Celaena and she doesn’t say it back. Don’t think about how he accepted that and just hoped that one day she might reciprocate his feelings, but now will never know.

Don’t think about Sam Cortland’s gloriously built and beautiful body severed and shredded and burned and sliced. Don’t think about his eyes missing from his head.

Don’t think about how Sam Cortland died at a younger age than his mother. Don’t think about how he died while trying to secure a new life with the woman he so desperately loved.

Don’t think about Sam Cortland. I dare you.

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mrsren · 3 years

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March Reads + Sticky Tabs

There may be spoilers for all of these in under the line!

(These are in the order I read them)

The Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass Novellas) by Sarah J. Maas

I knew that Sam had been killed before Celaena went to Endovier. I knew that. I knew that and somehow still ended up so invested that my plans to not be invested in everything that is Sam Cortland were derailed so massively.

It’s not a secret that Celaena irritated me a lot in the first book (majorly improving in the second) but these were really helpful to learn her character. The novellas are really a book of their own, and I will always read it after Crown of Midnight now (except for that one page that I know word for word because I was thoroughly traumatized.)

My name is Sam Cortland and I will not be afraid.

No, I’m not okay, your honor.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

After buying this last year, it has been one of my most anticipated reads ever since. I wanted so badly to love every aspect of this book, but I didn’t. And the reason why is really just convoluted, and only annoys me. I do love every part of this novel. Schwab is truly a master storyteller, and she writes an incredible villain. (Please, I don’t care how problematic it may be, I would like a Luc of my own.)

I loved every part, but I didn’t necessarily love them all together. I had issues with the pacing, and keeping my attention on the novel. A few times, I wanted to close the book because it wasn’t doing it for me. That changed once I met Luc, and I’ve told quite a few of my friends that I was really reading for Addie and Luc, but also as close as I could get to Addie’s resolution as well.

It may not be a book I reread often, but it sticks with me. Given what the book is about, who Addie is, and the lengths she goes to in order to leave her mark on the world, I think that may be even more important.

Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas

I had my worries. I really loved that love interest in book two, and I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t love Rowan. I was wrong. Again. Surprise.

I’ve been told that the first few books were slow and HoF is where it picks up. In comparison, the first two books are slow but they’re actually packed full of action.

I think about the slow thaw between Aelin and Rowan all the time. They stick in my head. My family and boyfriend are annoyed that I’m still talking about Rowan and playing his song on repeat weeks later. Sucks for them.

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4) by Sarah J. Maas

Arguably my favorite book of the series so far, but I have one more to go.

I read the scene where Aelin and Rowan reunite ten times before I moved on.

I love Lysandra so much, when I thought I would hate her.

Still love Chaol, but want to throttle him more now.

I just want Dorian to be happy and safe.

I have the biggest ever crush on Manon Blackbeak

Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

DNF around page 200. It wasn’t doing it for me, but I tried to love it.

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas

I am in so much pain.

QoS may be my favorite book but this one has some of my favorite scenes.

From Blood and Ash (FBAA #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

WOW. Listen, I recognize that there may have been some problems with the plot, pacing, or whatever I’ve seen on Goodreads but I actually am so in love with this series.

So in love that I might have ordered several bookmarks for it and I’m not sorry.

I don’t like dystopians, but this has a very dystopian feel but I love it so much. I haven’t been able to read vampires (it’s basically vampires, right?) for years but I LOVE THIS.

Two days and I haven’t stopped thinking about Hawke for a second.

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (FBAA #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I loved the sequel even more than the first one. Now I have to wait for book three, and I’m having withdrawals.

I love a couple that fights but uses it as their way to create a barrier. I love a couple that says “this is just pretend” when I know damn well this is real.

Please, JLA, can I have book three.

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J. Maas

I missed Chaol so badly in EoS and I was so happy to see him again. I guess it’s an unpopular opinion to love him, but I still do. What I loved even more was reading his character heal and develop while also reading him accept how things ended with Aelin.

(Still wanted to strangle him in QoS but I’ve always loved Chaol.)

I struggled to get into Nesryn’s storyline because I was so busy looking forward to when I would see Yrene again. By the end though, I more than loved Nesryn and Sartaq. My eyes were getting watery at a certain part for the two of them.

MARRIED. OH MY GOD.

HEIR.

I haven’t even started Kingdom of Ash yet and I have no idea how I will be able to close the book when I finish it.

To Love and to Loathe (ARC) by Martha Waters

I wasn’t sure if I would like historical romance, but it turns out that I do! I admit there were some terms I didn’t recognize but they were pretty easy to put together.

Diana’s antics and scheming are absolutely laugh out loud funny. I enjoyed her immensely as a protagonist.

My favorite part of romance novels, or movies, is always the scene where they cave to their feelings. And this one was no exception at all.

I liked the book so much that I ordered the first book about another character in the universe!

#bookish #throne of glass #from blood and ash #addie larue #march reads

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