Shadow & Bone, Siege & Storm, Ruin & Rising (The Grisha Trilogy)

Hi everyone! I was originally going to review these all separately, but I read through these books so fast that 1) it felt like one really long book and 2) because of that, I have thoughts on the overall series than just one book at a time. Shall we just jump in? Yes, because this might get long.

First of all, I LOVED these books. Absolutely adored them. I've heard many say that this series is not as good as Six of Crows, and if that's the case, then I am super excited to read that one because this series has me in love. I gave all three of these books a five-star rating.

Let's start with our characters. Alina. She annoyed me at first, and then she got SO badass. So she starts as this poor, skinny, sort of ugly orphan girl who is in love with her best friend. We'll talk about that guy later. Then she discovers she's Grisha and she gets carted off to learn how to use her power. She starts off really humble and not wanting much attention and all that. Then she gets a taste of the power. And here's what I really love about this series. She's the Sun Summoner, right? And typically the "light" side is the good side that doesn't want too much power and they're holy and pure and blah blah blah. Not Alina. I love these books because she's HUMAN in them. She gets a taste of power, of her sun power, and she wants more. She's the good guy, but that doesn't mean she only wants enough power to defeat the bad guys. She has a hunger for these amplifiers that will make her all powerful and I really loved that. It shows that real human beings aren't ALL good or ALL bad. They're a mix of both, and they showed that very well through Alina. Another thing I liked is that she doesn't necessarily enjoy being seen as a Saint, but she uses it to her advantage. She uses that to get help and to inspire people to not give up. She might be inwardly cringing, but she uses her image of Sankta Alina to help her cause.

The Darkling. Ughhh I'm going to be like tons of other people and say that I LOVE the Darkling. New favorite villain, hands down. Tall, dark, and handsome - check. I have a weak spot for those types of characters. I wish we had seen more of him. I know that he only really liked Alina because of her power and what she could give him, but I still ship them. I know it would have been bad for Ravka and all that stuff... but I wish Alina hadn't found out what he was planning and that she had just been with him. I'm awful, I know. It would have been fun to see what they would have done together. But I digress. I wanted to see more of an arc for this guy, to see how much more he could have developed.

Mal. Ugh. A different kind of ugh than I gave for the Darkling. I didn't like Mal! He was SO needy and insecure. And of course, he was buff and beautiful and every woman wanted him and blah blah blah. I just didn't like him. I know, I know. He didn't understand what Alina was going through or understand how Alina and the Darkling were connected, but he didn't try to! He was way too huffy puffy and pouty about the whole thing and I just wanted him to go away. He made Alina feel like crap for something she couldn't really control and instead of listening to her, he would just stomp off and drink and fight and be immature. Granted, Alina could have told him more, but I doubt he would have listened. Actually, she did tell him, and he just walked away!

Anyway. I'm moving on. Something I thought of that might have been a cool spin was at the very end. If you haven't read through all of these, spoilers are coming! When Alina got all three amplifiers and destroyed the darkness, what if she hadn't killed the Darkling? Would the darkness have vanished in him, and he would have become like Alina? I would have loved to see that. What would he have done at that point? That could have been a sweet spin-off series.

I will admit that it wasn't all action and badassery, a lot of it was kind of boring. There was a ton of travel involved and a lot of world building. As a writer myself, I loved the world building but I know a lot of people found it boring. Here's another thought - a lot of people have criticized Leigh Bardugo for her imperfect Russian influence. That's the thing though, it's just influence. It wasn't actually Russia where this took place. She made her own world, with Russian-esque themes. That said, it's not going to be 100% spot on with how our real Russia actually is. The beauty of writing is that you can write about whatever you want to and you can create worlds that don't actually exist. People need to chill.

One more thought train and then I'll wrap this up. Nikolai. I looove him! I wanted more of him, and he was probably one of my favorite characters. Part of me wanted Alina to be like "Mal? The Darkling? Nah, let's just ghost 'em and go for Nikolai." He was smart, funny, calculating, and someone who's going to make a great king. I really appreciated when he was talking to Alina about a possible marriage alliance, and he said that he knows they aren't in love, but maybe they could be one day. He didn't push it, he just offered it as an option. I'm excited to read more about him in King of Scars.

Okay, this has been a super long post. Let me leave it at this: This was a great series, and I couldn't put it down. I read through these books in a very short time and I am in love with this world. It's a fun read, but it gets a little dark too. The characters were awesome, and I want more!

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Fall in love, break the curse, save the kingdom. 

Hi everyone! Let's talk Beauty and the Beast. I am a sucker for a retelling. I've read so many B&B retellings, and I never get sick of them. But this book, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, utterly takes the cake. Well, I mean, it's up there with ACOTAR. But this book was amazing!

Let's start with the characters. Harper. What a fantastic human being! I'm not going to lie, I'm a terrible person. When I heard that she had cerebral palsy, I wasn't too thrilled. Let me explain. Authors sometimes have a habit of giving their character something that makes them different and then talking about it WAY TOO MUCH. For example, if Cassandra Clare had written this book, I wouldn't have been able to finish it. But Brigid Kemmerer did such a great job with this! She explained without going overboard. And it was so cool to see how Harper lives with this. It's not something that's mentioned every two seconds, but it was worked in subtly. Like when she was climbing out of the window and she was like "ugh this stupid foot" but that was kind of it. And when she throws the "There's nothing wrong with me!" at Rhen, I was like YAASS QUEEN. Harper was such a strong character. She didn't fall for Rhen instantly, she didn't let Lilith get to her, she didn't take no crap from anybody, and she wants to learn how to fight and use weapons. I really really love her. 

Rhen. I wasn't such a fan at first, not going to lie. But then I remembered that he is our "beast" and he has some stuff to deal with. He's killed so many people, and he's facing the end where if he doesn't break the curse, he's going to be a crazy beast forever. I'd be salty too. But he was sweet underneath. He essentially gave up on the hope that Harper would fall in love, and he didn't push it. He turned his focus to his kingdom, and that was very noble of him. The other thing I thought was amusing was when Harper finds the room with all the blood, and he's so nonchalant about it! He's just like "yeah that's me but no biggie." I know he's had so many years to become a little immune to that, but it made me laugh. I'm glad that he was human for a while. I know it's about loving the person underneath and not for how they look and all that, but still, falling in love with a legit animal that just so happens to talk is a little gross. Not that it stops me from loving the movie, or a book like Hunted by Megan Spooner or anything like that. 

Grey. Ugh. I love this big softy. He's loyal, he's protective, and he's a total badass with a sword. I don't have too much to say about Grey, other than that he was a wonderful addition to the story. It was sort of obvious that he liked Harper, but I really appreciated that he didn't try to step between her and Rhen. He knew the goal, and he was respectful about it. I think my favorite thing was that both Rhen and Grey didn't fault Harper for not falling in love with Rhen. They didn't try to make her feel bad or anything like that, which was very gentlemanly of both of them. 

I only have one complaint about this book. I wish Rhen and Grey had just called Harper by her name more often instead of all the 'my lady' stuff. It seemed excessive. I understand the manners and all that, but damn. Oh, also, the whole time difference between the castle and the rest of the land was a little confusing to me. I know time moved differently and they restarted the same season over and over, but then they were able to leave and go into town and then the days were synched up..? I don't know. 

The romance in this book was a slow burn. Normally I hate that. This time, it was okay. There was a lot going on! I liked that the focus wasn't entirely on the romance. There was a larger plot going on that was enough to keep me happy with the little bit of romance that we did get. There seemed to be a very subtle love triangle starting, but the author said that there definitely will not be one. So I hope that means that Grey gets his own love story too! Oh, that reminds me, I like that the true reason the curse broke was unclear. Was it because of Harper's love for Rhen? Or Grey's love for... well really it could be his love for Rhen OR Harper. Maybe we'll get answers in the next book. Maybe not. Either way, I really enjoyed the ending. 

This was definitely a five-star read. Brigid Kemmerer said that this book could be a standalone, but there is a sequel coming out. My question is, why wouldn't you want to read more about these amazing characters? 

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The Gilded Wolves

Hi fellow bibliophiles! Today I'm going to be talking about The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi. I absolutely adored this book! I started this book at the very end of January, thinking it would take me a few days into February, but I was very wrong. I finished it by the morning of the 1st. I still included it in my February TBR though. This was a definite five star read for me. I've also heard that people say this is similar in theme to Six of Crows (which I have not yet read) so that just makes me all the more excited to start that series. As always, there are spoilers ahead! Here's a quick synopsis:

It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. 
To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood. 
Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history—but only if they can stay alive.

I fell in love with all of these characters. There wasn't one that I didn't like. My favorite? Probably Enrique. He was so funny and witty and had so many great one-liners. The banter between him and Severin was fantastic. Zofia was such a fun character too, I really enjoyed her. And of course, I adored brooding Severin.

This was such a fun idea! I love the twist on the Tower of Babel. I don't know of anyone who has done something like this before, but it was very interesting. The idea of Forging is super neat too, I wish we had abilities like that in our world. This book was fun because it actually made me think - there was some puzzle solving involved.

When I was younger, I exclusively read mysteries, and I was super into Ancient Egypt. I wanted to be an Egyptologist. (Basically an archaeologist, but someone who works specifically in Egypt) This book had both of those themes, and it made me super nostalgic.

I'm not going to lie, though, there was one thing that frustrated me a little. Some things weren't very well explained, and I often had to reread a paragraph or page to try and understand exactly what was happening. This is my only gripe with the book.

If you've read this far, and you don't want a huge spoiler, you should probably stop now. I'm going to talk about something kind of huge. Last chance... okay. I was devastated that Tristan was killed. But the more I thought about it, it was probably for the best. Everyone hates themselves for it now, and they lost a very talented Forger, but this poor boy was tortured. I thought back on the story, and while Tristan seemed fairly normal, he was also a little off. He was off because of the torture he had endured earlier in his life, and then this asshole comes around and does the exact same thing to him! It made him lose his mind. So while it was very sad, it's probably for the best because who knows how he would have been after this. And from a different point of view on it, it was a little refreshing.

I know, "Refreshing?! Are you psycho?!" I'm not. But what I mean is that we read so many books where the main circle of people always remains alive and well. Real life doesn't happen like that; there are usually casualties on all sides in something like this. For example, ACOTAR does this. There's a HUGE war, and TONS of people die, but somehow everyone in the Inner Circle is alive and well. It's going to be a good underlying issue that all of these surviving characters deal with going forward. We'll be able to see how everyone deals with grief. We got a small glimpse of it, but there's going to be a second book. It's going to come up again.

I'm super stoked for the second book in this series. I'm not sure how many books she's planning, but we'll at least get one more story about this wonderful cast of characters. If you have thoughts on this and want to share them with me, please leave a comment! I'd love to talk about this book with people.

Until next time!

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The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2)

"If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying."

Greetings bookworms! I want to start this review with a short recap of my thoughts on The Cruel Prince since I started this blog after I had already read that book.

I wasn't a huge fan of The Cruel Prince. While I was reading it, the characters felt like they were 12/13 years old and in that awkward pre-teen phase. Jude seemed like a pouty little kid to me, and not an older badass. You remember back in like 2005 when kids were trying to be punk/goth but just looked like a bunch of cringy dorks? That's how I pictured these characters. I didn't see the draw to Cardan, he just pissed me off. Same with Locke, and Taryn, and Madoc... and really everybody. There wasn't really a character that I genuinely liked. That said, the ending of the book was enough to make me want to pick up the sequel. It had enough of a cliffhanger that made me want to find out what happened next.

The Wicked King was much better, though I still wouldn't say I loved it. This time, the cast of characters actually seemed their ages and more mature. Though I still don't necessarily like Cardan, I did see the appeal in this book. It was fun to watch Jude through her struggle of trying to maintain her power and control over Cardan, and deal with all of the problems that comes with that.

Something that seriously frustrated me was the turn of the relationship between Jude and Taryn. A lot of times in books and TV shows I get so frustrated because so much drama comes up because people don't, for some reason, just stop and talk things out. I'm thinking specifically of Friends, when Rachel thinks Joey proposed and a whole big dramatic thing started because Joey couldn't just say that it wasn't his ring and he wasn't proposing. Instead, everybody got pissed off and confused. That was how I felt with Jude and Taryn. And the marriage between Taryn and Locke confused me. I'm kind of pissed that after everything, and after Locke tried to kill Jude, she would still marry him. Well, she didn't really know that he tried to kill her sister. But why wouldn't Jude tell her that?! I'm thinking of my sisters, and the relationship I have with them. We're all very close, just like Jude says her and Taryn were always very close. If one of them had a fiance that tried to kill me, you bet your ass I'd be having a chat with my sister. Also, once Jude got back from the Undersea, Taryn didn't seem too concerned about any of it. I wanted to hit her.

Anyway. I digress. I don't have many complaints, or any real comments on everything else that happened. But what I do want to talk about is the betrayal! Holy crap this book had some awesome betrayal!! If you guys don't want spoilers, stop reading here. Last warning! Okay. Dude what uppp with the Ghost?! I honestly didn't see that one coming. I didn't really have a guess as to who the betrayer would be after Nicasia told Jude that someone she trusted was betraying her, so to have it be the Ghost was a good surprise.

I know how unhealthy the relationship between Jude and Cardan is, but I won't lie and say that I didn't start to fangirl a little bit once he did whatever he had to in order to bring her back from the Undersea, and how their relationship progresses from there. I honestly started to believe he was developing some actual feelings for Jude, until the end of the book. HOLY EFF that was a twist I really didn't see coming. I can honestly say that I don't know if Cardan was really planning to trick her and take advantage, or if he has some secret plan to fix things. Either way, I hope Jude kicks his ass the next time she sees him.

All in all, this was a 4-star read for me. I still don't particularly love any of the characters, but I did enjoy the book. The ending pulled through and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes in the third book. Darn you cliffhangers!

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Merciless (A Born Assassin #1)

Hi friends! I was graciously given an ARC of this wonderful new book by Jacqueline Pawl to read and review before its release date on January 21st. Here's a quick synopsis:

After being taken by the illustrious Assassins' Guild when she was one week old, Mercy has endured seventeen years of grueling training in the art of killing. She is covered in more scars than she can count—gifts from her cruel tutors and the human apprentices who do not tolerate being bested by an elf—and she's more than ready to prove her worth to the head of the Guild. 
In the capital city of Sandori, elf-human violence runs rampant and a king mad with grief rules with an iron fist. All that stands between Mercy and her chance to become the greatest Assassin the Guild has ever trained is the handsome and kind Prince Tamriel. If she succeeds in killing him, she will earn the respect and admiration of her childhood tormentors and will be immortalized in the Guild. Faced with political tension, rampant disease, and strange supernatural occurrences, Mercy realizes that her actions not only affect her and Tamriel, but that the fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance.

This was a definite five-star read for me. I absolutely loved the world-building in this book. I'm always amazed at the amount of detail authors can squeeze in to paint a picture of their world. This novel was no different. It had it's own currency, it's own religions, and even it's own hierarchy of power. It wasn't just kings/queens, lords/ladies, and so on. It was kings/queens, and then she introduced Serens/Serennas and a few others that were unique to this world. I loved it!

Another interesting tidbit about this world that I found interesting is that she flipped the stereotypical hierarchy of species. This book had humans and elves, and usually in literature you see elves as the more superior race with humans being boring and at the bottom. This world had it flipped. Elves were slaves and lower than dirt, while the humans were at the top of the food chain. I thought that was a fun spin on what you usually see.

Mercy is the main character in this book, and I absolutely adored her. She starts being a driven apprentice that wants nothing more than to become a Daughter of the Assassin's Guild. She was treated poorly her whole life, and that drove her to become the best. She wants to prove to everyone that she is more than just an elf. When she's granted that opportunity (in a very badass way, too), she takes her job very seriously. She's sent on a mission to assassinate Prince Tamriel and she goes in disguise as a noble neighboring kingdom where elves hold the monarchy. She plays her part so well, I was jealous. It was flawless.

This book kept me hooked until the very end, and it left me wanting more. I'm so happy there will be a second book! This is definitely a story I want to follow. There were often several events going on at the same time, much like real life, and it was so much fun to read about Mercy's journey. I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast-paced read with plenty of action. I haven't read the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas yet, but I have read Game of Thrones, and I can definitely say that if you like GOT, you will like this book.

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Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3)

Hi bookish friends! It's been a minute since I've done a review, but the holidays are always so busy. Regardless, I finished Queen of Air and Darkness, and this is going to be an interesting one to review. 

First, here's the synopsis:

What if damnation is the price of true love?
Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the blight that is destroying the race of warlocks. 
Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.

I'm going to do this in a spoiler-free part, and a spoiler part since the book is still practically brand new and I don't want to spoil it for everyone else.

Spoiler-free:

Overall, I did love this book. However, this is the only book by Cassandra Clare that I have ever given a 4-star rating to. Everything else has always been a solid 5-star, but I just couldn't do it for this one. Honestly I didn't really even care for it too much until around the middle of the book. My biggest issue with this one, and really this entire series, is how similar it is to current events going on in the real world. Every time she threw the word "bigot" in the book, I cringed. I read to get away from this stuff, not be more immersed in it. I hope I'm not spoiling anything by pointing out that Horace Dearborn was Donald Trump in a fictional world. And it wasn't just me looking too far into it, he's described exactly like him in appearance. My other issue, is that the Shadowhunter world exists separate from our world. So when she quite literally described "right-leaning Shadowhunters" I just about lost my shit. There is no right or left leaning in this world! It's a completely different government system! I'm not throwing a fit about this because I'm offended because I'm a right-leaning American. I have heard countless other people on the other side of the aisle complain about all of the similarities to our current world as well. We read to get away. It's as simple as that.

Now, about halfway into the book, Julian and Emma go on a mission and only then does it start to feel like an honest-to-goodness Shadowhunter book. I started to enjoy it from that point on. Everything got put to the side and it was all about killing demons for a while. Then it started swinging back to the political stuff, but it wasn't quite so bad because the end was very action-packed. There are lots of references to Will Herondale that make my heart break every time I come across it, but it was wonderful. I have no idea how I'm going to survive The Last Hours series, where Will is still around. My two favorite things: cameos and references. There are both in this book and it makes my fangirl heart so happy.

***Spoilers from here on out!

To be completely honest, I only really cared about what was going on with Julian and Emma. This story is told from several different POVs and it's a little confusing, but more than that, I just really didn't care about what everyone else was doing. I just wanted to see what happened with the two parabati. Kit and Ty get closer now that Livvy is dead, and I know tons of people are obsessed with them but.. I just don't care about them. Same with the whole Mark, Cristina, and Kieran triangle. I did not care about it at all. It may have been because of the constant changing between POVs that I just didn't want to focus on anymore than one character arc at a time, but either way. I will make one exception: Drusilla Blackthorn is freaking awesome. I love Dru.

Here's a little more ranting: I'm all for diversity and a nice mix of people but I think Cassie really went overboard here. It's not so much how diverse everyone is, but the fact that she has to mention it every. other. page. Every time the POV would switch to Cristina, we were reminded again that she's from Mexico. Now that Diana has her secret out, we were reminded that she was trans every single time. It was just way too much. By the Angel, we don't need to be reminded every two seconds. Also, it may have just been me but it seemed like there was an unnecessary amount of fooling around in this one. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for smut. I love smut. But cool it just a liiiiiittle bit guys! You're trying to save the world, screwing around isn't going to get you there.

I realize this post is very long, and I've complained during 90% of it, so I'm going to try to wrap it up and keep it all positive from here on out.

The relationship between Julian and his siblings always speaks to me because I'm the oldest of 5, and my sisters and I are really close and we've gone through some stuff too. Not as bad as what the Blackthorn children have gone through, but still. Julian and Emma.. I love them. They are so perfect for each other, and I thought the resolution of the parabati issue was very creative. The Nephilim thing was pretty ingenious. There are a few plot holes there, but it was a good way for them to get what they wanted without breaking the bonds of every parabati.

And finally, the wedding. Alec and Magnus finally get married and it's such a beautiful ceremony! I can't wait to see more of them. Oh, another thing I really loved was how involved Jace and Clary and the whole gang from TMI was. I love seeing a grown up Jace and Clary and how their relationship has blossomed since the end of TMI.

I keep thinking of things I want to say! Ugh! Tessa is pregnant! I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I love Jem and Tessa. But like.. she was already a mom.. like decades ago! She was Will's! But I'm happy at the same time?? I don't understand my feelings on this but I cannot wait to see what happens with this!

Last thing: whaaaat is going to happen with the new Shadowhunter government?! What are they even going to do without Idris? Without Alicante? And what are the people left behind going to do to the place? I've always loved Idris and I don't want to see it destroyed.

Arrgggghhh I'm listening to another review of this book as I type this and I keep thinking of other things to talk about but I've already written out such a loooong review already! I still have so many thoughts and feelings omg. I'm going to leave it here. I'm going to just wrap this up and hopefully you don't all hate me for being so harsh with this book!

Please feel free to share your thoughts with me!!

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Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack The Ripper #3)

Hello friends! Okay, I very much enjoyed this one! Before I get into my thoughts on this book, here's the synopsis:

In this third installment in the #1 bestselling Stalking Jack the Ripper series, a luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of scandal, madness, and horror when passengers are murdered one by one…with nowhere to run from the killer. . 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. 

But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The strange and disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It’s up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer’s horrifying finale?

Alright, I tend to enjoy pretty much everything I read, but I realize that I can't have a good review blog if I don't at least try to pick this apart a little bit. So here I go!

I did really enjoy this book. The biggest thing I can say is: Mephistopheles. Wow. I love Thomas, I really really do, but hot damn if Audrey Rose was going to have anyone else, Mephistopheles would be it. It made me feel as bad as Audrey Rose did to admit that. It made me sad that there weren't as many cute Audrey Rose/Thomas moments, but it was kind of important to the plot that there weren't. Also, can I just throw in that slow burning romances make me sooo frustrated! I'm all about fast passionate love, lol. I mean, shoot, she already got to canoodle with a shirtless Mephistopheles by halfway through one book, but she's only simply kissed Thomas so far. Ugh!

What I found a little odd though was that the carnival kept performing each night of the cruise. I get that they wanted to try to keep things uplifted for the other passengers, but still. Also, there seemed to be a lot of casualness through the book. I believe they could have found the murderer a lot faster than they did, but they had to keep it interesting until the cruise was over.

I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads, and I really can't wait for book number four! Oh, and there wasn't a huge cliffhanger! So I really have no idea what direction the next book will take, but it'll be interesting to see!

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