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Hey everyone, it's Sadie here and welcome to Did we read the same book?
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So for this week, I am currently reading House of Sky and Breath, which is the second book in Crescent City by Sarah J.
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Mause.
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Sorry, I think my voice is starting to go.
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Anyways, so I I'm not super far into the book quite yet, but so far it's good.
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It is okay.
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If you read the description of the book, first of all, it sounds so wild.
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Okay, like I I am waiting for the big reveal because it says, and maybe this is just the um the like Google description.
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I don't think the back of the book actually says this.
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I might, but it says something about this astery regime, um, and then they uncover that their rulers are parasitic alien tyrants.
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I'm just saying, if I did not start this book with book one and you know, kind of knowing like the style of the author, I probably wouldn't have read this because that sounds super silly and a little bit crazy.
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Um, but it isn't bad, and this book is it's okay.
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I I'm getting into it a lot more than I did the first book.
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I if you guys listen to the to book one, then I talk a lot about how it was really hard to get into that freaking book, and I had to pick it up numerous times.
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I think like my fourth try, I finally committed and just downloaded the audiobook and just listened through, you know?
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But I'm not really having that that issue with this one.
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This one's pretty good.
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Um, I was very confused in the beginning.
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So the start of the book is from a different point of view.
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It's not Bryce, it is from Sophie's point of view, and she's like trying to run away and she escapes something, she's looking for her brother, her little brother, and um, she escaped like a camp and then somewhere else, but she has a power that should not exist because they were destroyed.
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It's the um not songbirds, the thunderbirds.
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So the thunderbirds who were destroyed, I guess a while ago because they have power that's you know scary, nobody wants it.
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But she is a Thunderbird, and so is her brother Emile.
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Anyhow, so how does that tie into Bryce's story?
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You're probably wondering, because I know I was.
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I was very confused and like, wait a minute, am I reading the right book?
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It says it's picking up with Bryce and uh, you know, her dude, Hunt, but it's yeah, so it ties in because the mermaid person, the myrrh person, Therian, he is under the river queen.
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He was in the first book, too.
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I really liked him, but he's a little bit more present in this book, so he is trying to also find this girl, the Thunderbird thing, right?
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Sophie, because the river queen wants her, so he's digging it up and trying to find information, and then he eventually just goes to Bryce because it links back to her friend Danica, who also who died in the first book.
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But so her Bryce's best friend Danica was involved with this Sophie person and trying to find them like uh an asylum, pretty much.
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I don't know, is that the right word?
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Oh goodness, bear with me, you guys.
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I I haven't had caffeine yet.
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Anyhow, so it all comes back, and So Theon's like, I'm just gonna go ask Bryce.
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So he goes to ask Bryce.
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She's like, I have no I clear, no idea what you're talking about.
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But yet again, Danica has kept secrets and lied to her, so she feels a little upset about it, but she's kind of like, I just want to know the truth.
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Like, what is what is this girl hiding?
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We were supposed to be best friends.
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I want to know why she's hiding things from me, and also I want to help these people because one of them is 13, the the boy, and she's like, he's just a kid, so that's not fair.
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I don't want him to be used as some weapon or worse, you know.
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So she's like, All right, I'm in, right?
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She's like, I'm in, I'll help.
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I'm gonna find him too.
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Meanwhile, mermaid guy is like, no, it's okay, it's fine.
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I just want to know if you had information, but I really don't need your help.
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It's okay.
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Um, anyhow, that's kind of where I left off.
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Now, for the that's like that's like the major thing happening right now, right?
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Is finding these people, but on the side, this the chemistry between Bryce and Hunt is a little weird right now.
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So apparently, I don't I I think I don't think it was mentioned in book one, and if it was, I missed it.
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But apparently they made like a deal that they'll still work together, they'll still live together, uh, and they'll still work on like building their bond and their feelings for each other, but they're not gonna just jump into bed right now with each other because they're like way too much shit has happened.
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Um, let's not like trauma bond right now, let's actually get to know each other.
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And then after I think six months is what they agreed on, if I remember correctly, but after a set of you know months, then they can have physical relationships.
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So they're both struggling with that because they're like, oh man, you know, you just look at you, you're so sexy and hot with your wings and you know, whatever is happening, and they have to control themselves and their urges, but everybody else around them is like, oh my god, guys, just you know, hook up, like just be together, just tell each other that you love each other and then move on, you know.
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But they're not.
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So then another crazy thing in the book, right?
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Is some prince shows up and he's like, Hey, Bryce, so guess what?
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We are betrothed now, we're getting married.
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She's like, The hell I am.
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So she's adamant that she's not gonna marry this prince guy, but he's like, our parents already said, you know, they talked to talk to each other since you're a princess now, and you know, you're starborn and everything.
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Like, you don't have a say in this because of your royalty, and we are gonna get married because it's for the good of the people.
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So that's happening.
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Nobody's really distraught about it.
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Hunt is just kind of like all right, let's see what happens, you know.
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But he's not a super possessive, broody male character in this book.
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So it is what it is.
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At least right now he's not, he's not a typical romanticy guy.
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So Bryce is trying to navigate all of that, and I just I gotta see where this is going, you know.
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Like, is she gonna marry the guy?
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Is she not?
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How is she gonna get out of it?
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I'm sure she'll get out of it because her and Bryce are meant or her and Bryce, her and Hunt are meant to be together.
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I'm sure that they are like mated bonds or whatever, they're bonded to each other somehow.
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So we will find out, anyways.
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That's where I'm at right now.
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I will continue reading and I'll let you guys know what I think in a little bit.
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Okay, so I am finished with part one now, and I'm a little bit into part two already.
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I I think that this book is a little bit better with pacing, maybe, but it is starting to get a little redundant.
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Uh, they're still looking for those two people.
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Specifically, they're looking for like a meal right now, the boy, the 13-year-old kid, and they think that he's somewhere hidden in Crescent City, and they're they're just trying to find him.
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So there's like a whole team of people right now, actually.
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It isn't just Hunt and Bryce anymore.
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They have the mermaid guy, they have the mermaid guy, they have Rune, he's a part of like the group.
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I forgot the wolf's name.
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Oh my goodness, but he there's a wolf involved.
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He got kicked out of his pack kind of because he in the first book he didn't listen, and he went to go help the kids and everything that were being attacked.
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So, anyway, so he's staying with Bryce and Hunt at the moment, and so he's also a part of the group that knows about these two firebirds, right?
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Everybody's looking for them, everybody's aware of them.
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Oh, and Bryce's new betrothed guy, whatever, the prince, he is also a part of the group as well.
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And then we learn that he he's he's not he's just playing the part, you know, everybody has to play a part, so he's not obviously like in love with Bryce, and he's not really using her for like power too much either.
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He's just following orders.
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Also, he thought what better way to get like to meet her and to get to see her because he wanted to see what her powers look like, and he also did still wants to find he wants to find the girl.
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I forgot her name, Sophie.
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He wants to find Sophie, so Danica, like he was looking into Sophie and trying to find her too, and then you know, pointed to Danica, and then obviously Bryce is Danica's best friend, so he's like, hmm, all right, cool, yeah, I'll marry her, just so he can get access, pretty much.
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But this all comes out, so they're all everybody's on the same page, they're all working together.
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I I don't feel like a whole lot have of la la.
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Sorry, I don't feel like a whole lot of things have really happened.
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It's just uh it's focusing.
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This book is weird, so it's focusing a lot on Bryce and Hunt right now and the relationship and the aspect about that.
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So there's there's a lot more sexy times, super um, I want to say super spicy, actually, or maybe medium spice, you know, because it is kind of graphic, it's definitely not like a teen book, but it's getting there, okay?
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So so far they have had a few spicy scenes.
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They just they finally said to hell with it, you know, we're not waiting the six months.
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Like Bryce tells him, and so he's like, awesome, cool.
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I don't want to wait the six months either.
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Let's do this.
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So they haven't done the full deed, they're just really doing a whole lot of other spicy things.
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Um, but it's good, you know, the scenes are okay and everything.
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Oh, okay.
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So I literally just stopped reading shortly after they said the I love you.
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So they're you know, they're doing their thing.
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He's like going down on her, and then she's she's like, I love you, right?
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Well, maybe she whispered it, but she probably didn't scream it like I did.
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But she's like, I love you, and he's he's like, Yes, it's all I needed to hear.
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Now I'm gonna be fully into this one super turned on.
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And so he does his thing, she does her thing, they reach to the O, or she does at least, and then he's like, I love you too, right?
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So now the words are out.
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They go back to her apartment and they like brush the teeth and get ready for bed, and now they're just having like silly fun banter about it, and you know, they open up and they're both like, Well, I've never actually said that to anybody.
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So she asks, What are we?
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Are we boyfriend and girlfriend?
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Are you my boyfriend?
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And he's like, you know, well, you can call me whatever you want, and they're having like this, it's not, it's like a weird conversation because it's not like really a deep conversation, but it's also like a very important topic, so it kind of is, but they're still being silly and stuff about it.
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But ultimately, he comes up with just calling her his mate, and she's like, Whoa, wait, okay, but that holds a lot of like meaning, you know, like being somebody's mate for Faye, because remember, she's half Faye and he is an angel, so they're not the same.
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Um, I don't know, whatever magical being thing, whatever.
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So he she's like, oh wait, okay.
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But do you know what that means to me?
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You know, like that's really that's an important title, and it's not just a title, it's it's usually something that they can't control, right?
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It's faded, and so he's like, Well, I think that's you know, I think it's an appropriate title.
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I'm good with it.
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She's like, Okay, yeah, all right.
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If you're good with it, then I'm good with it, and maybe we are mated, actually.
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Like, I don't know for sure, you know, we could be.
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So that is where they're at in their weird relationship.
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They still have that hurdle because she's still engaged to somebody technically, and they are gonna like they're putting on for show, you know, that she is engaged, and they're trying to be secretive about their physical relationship, just so it doesn't stir any outcry and anything like that, and they're not in trouble.
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So she is trying to play her part, but she's also, you know, like I'm not really gonna marry him.
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Yeah, it's all for show right now.
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Everybody's on the same page, even the prince, you know, like he's tracking.
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So I don't know, I'm excited to see what's gonna happen.
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I did hear that in this book there is a very exciting ending, so I'm looking forward to that.
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I would say so far, this isn't as much information as book number one, and that's probably why it's way easier to just kind of follow along and get into it because I felt so lost in book one.
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There's just so much world building happening and like care new characters left and right, I feel like.
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Um, so I was struggling to pay attention.
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This book, I'm familiar with the characters now, even though Lord help me, I keep forgetting everybody's name, but I do know who they are.
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So when I hear them, I'm like, oh okay.
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Oh, and I'm doing the graphic audio, guys.
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I don't know if I mentioned that, but everybody keeps telling me that the graphic audio is so worth it for these books for this series specifically.
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So I decided to just get it.
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I downloaded it on Libby.
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I don't know if you guys have like the Libby app, but I highly recommend having that if you don't, because you can just register with your library and borrow books for free.
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So I am lucky enough to have the whole series in graphic audio now that I looked into it, and I am doing that for book two, and it's been fun.
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I don't I don't know if I like the extra like background noises so much, but I do love the full cast.
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So the full cast is super cool.
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Um it could be a little distracting with the sounds in the background, like the music and the clings and whatever else is going on.
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But overall, I highly recommend it.
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Yeah, so definitely do audio or the graphic audio if you can.
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All right, well, I am going to get back to listening to my book, and I'll let you guys know in a little bit what where I'm at and what I'm thinking.
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Okay, so I am about halfway done with the book now, and I didn't realize how long this book is, but it's okay.
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Um there's a lot happening again in this one.
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I feel like the series is really, really fast-paced, and there's so many characters, so I'm not losing interest like I was in the first one.
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I think it's mainly because at this point I kind of like have a grasp of who's who, and that helps a lot because the last book I was super confused, but there's a lot of point of views happening, you know.
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So we hear from Ethan's point of view in this one, we hear from Theon's point of view, Hunt's point of view, Bryce's point of view.
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Like there's just a lot of different characters and people and things happening in each little story.
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But let's see, what is actually happening, anyways.
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Bryce and Hunt are looking for answers, and I mean, so is everybody else, but they are like, okay, we're actually gonna go to the bone bone court?
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I don't remember, but it's like where the dead live pretty much or stay, they're not alive, but it's where the dead are, so they go there, and then they get trapped down there because the king person is like actually, I kind of feast on magic and souls, so they're not living in peace down here, they're getting uh pretty much eaten and ripped apart.
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So they find out a horrible truth that they don't like when they die, their souls don't go live in like everlasting peace, and they're not happy and frolicking around in fields and whatever.
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They're they're suffering and they're getting chunks of their magic and power and everything taken away from them.
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So now they're super sad about that, but they have to escape, so they do because of course, you know, they're main characters, they have to.
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So they get out of there and then they tell that truth to a few people, like Thero knows, I think, and I don't remember who else, but they're like, Okay, what about our friends?
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Like, we need to know what's happening to them.
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So now they go to the mystics, I think.
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It's it's just all very I'm getting a little confused again.
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I think there's just too many things happening all at once, and I'm like, okay, wait, these characters are doing this, these characters are doing that, but anyways, they end up in like these mystic things where there's seers pretty much, and they're being they're being taken advantage of, so they're not allowed to exist anymore, really, but they are being used, right?
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So people could come down there and they can pay a large amount of money, and then they can ask questions pretty much, and the seers can tell them like what they see, or they could talk, you know.
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I don't know.
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It's it was weird.
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It was weird.
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Bryce is wanting to save them, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble or bring suspicion to her or her group, so they just go down there for answers, and then she they leave, they get some answers.
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They know that her friend Danica and Cormac are I think it's cormick.
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Is that his name?
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Uh the other one that died, her other friend, but they're they're hiding, they're in a I don't know.
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Anyways, they're not they're not dead dead, you know?
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So they're cool, they're chill.
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I thought I actually really thought that this scene in the book was pretty cool, and now I'm struggling to remember exactly what happened because I don't know.
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I actually like that part of the book a lot.
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I was like, wow, that's fascinating, you know.
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They have the sears there, and even though they're being kind of like held hostage and used, they're that's a pretty cool thing that they could do, you know.
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Anyhow, that's where I left off.
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And oh, oh, we do find out that the other wolf, I forget his name every time, I think it is Ethan.
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Yeah, so he like is in love with Quinn, and he's trying to like play it off like he's not, and he's you know, hurt and everything like that.
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But yeah, so we find that out that he has had a huge crush on her this whole time.
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Oh, oh my god, okay.
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And then so Rune, right?
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Like Bryce's brother.
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Rune is doing like spy work now, pretty much.
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And he's he's just relaying messages.
00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:20.960
And so they link him up with another spy named Day.
00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.359
And then so his nickname is Knight.
00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.880
Super funny, super cute.
00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.480
Not really, but you know.
00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.799
So whatever.
00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:50.799
Anyway, so so Day, he doesn't know who she is, but she so she appears to him in like uh in fire, pretty much, you know, hence day, and then he appears cloaked in darkness and like starlight, so night, right?
00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.359
So that makes sense and it's cute, anyways.
00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:58.240
They're kind of like forming a friendship right now, and I think it's super sweet.
00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:00.400
And I can't wait to see where that goes.
00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:16.720
But he's also betrothed to Hypaxia, the witch, and so that's tricky because I kind of am like rooting for him and Dade to get to know each other more and to be closer because that would be cool.
00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:27.039
Um, I am excited to see who she is actually in real life because as of right now, we don't know that, and I have a feeling that we might know her.
00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:35.440
So um, yeah, I'm looking forward to that reveal, whatever that looks like.
00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:39.680
That all right, I'm gonna continue reading and I will be back.
00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:47.440
Okay, so I am actually almost done with the book now.
00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:51.119
I just have not had time to come and record.
00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.039
I'm gonna miss a whole bunch of stuff.
00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:58.480
I already know, but let's see what has been going on.
00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:28.160
So the hell prints and everything is like he's appearing and he's trying to make sure that he's trying to make sure that Bryce is like full power and he's like challenging her and all this stuff, and he's communicating with her now, and he's also visited Hunt in the past, too.
00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:35.279
Anyways, so yeah, so there's that hell, Prince, and stuff making random visits and check-ins.
00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:38.559
I'm assuming he's gonna be an ally later.
00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.920
That's just my assumption.
00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:44.319
I don't think he's on the wrong side, but I don't know.
00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.839
I mean, it's hell, right?
00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:56.960
Okay, and then so Bryce is just finding out all sorts of crazy shit about her friend Danica.
00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:59.200
And I'm like, girl, were you guys even friends?
00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.200
Like, she didn't tell you anything like at all.
00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:05.680
I don't think you guys were best friends.
00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.839
She probably had best friends somewhere else.
00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:17.920
Uh but, anyways, so she keeps finding out more and more hidden secrets or whatever.
00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:27.440
Uh so they finally found Emile, the boy, the Viper Queen found him and had her, had him.
00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:38.960
I mean, then they discover that he doesn't have any powers, and so Danica's been keeping that, or like trying to spin it, or not Danica, his sister.
00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.680
I do not remember her name, but she died.
00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.960
So we learned that too.
00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:57.519
His sister, the starborn one, or what she's not starborn, but the other one that had all the power, she drowned, she died, she had a bunch of stuff written all over her body, and they think it's a message or a code, but they don't know what it is.
00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:04.559
So we find out that we find out the boy is alive, vibrant queen has him.
00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:24.640
Bryce asks for him and uses her like princess title to get him back, and then now he's living with Bryce's parents, so they're taking care of him because he's still a teenager, and kind of keeping his identity under wraps and all that stuff.
00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.079
So that's pretty cool.
00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:31.119
I don't know what else has happened a lot.
00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:56.400
Oh man, they go to this, like I think it's a ball or a party, I don't remember what it was, but they go somewhere and Bryce makes a big spectacle about her and Hunt being together because remember, she's betrothed to somebody else.
00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:07.680
Turns out the king doesn't want her to marry Hunt or be with Hunt because they're both too powerful, and he's kind of afraid of that union, so he's like, no, let's damper that.
00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:09.680
So that's why there's that betrothal.
00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:43.599
Uh oh, and I don't think I mentioned, but they actually are mates, so I know that they were like, you know, lovey dubby and they said the L word and all that earlier in the book, but they end up doing the thing finally, and she teleports during that because it's like all intense and stuff, and he like gives her some of his magic uh accidentally and power, so then she's able to like do cool shit now, so she could teleport, and they find out that they are mates, they are actual mates, right?
00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.519
Not just in name, but for real.
00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:55.599
So her dad, the king, autumn king, is like, yeah, no, I really don't care.
00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.720
You're still gonna marry the other dude, like you're gonna marry him.
00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.920
I don't care.
00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:32.880
And so she they go to this big public event, this party or whatever it is, and she walks in with her betrothed and with Hunt behind them, and then she makes a big announcement that the patrol is off, the wedding is off, the engagement, because she found her mate, and she's so happy that uh that Cormac can, you know, like escort her, and that he's so you know understanding about the whole thing.
00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.359
So, anyways, I thought it was funny.
00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.440
I was like, okay, that's the way to do it.
00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:42.240
I was wondering how she's gonna get out of that engagement, so that makes sense, anyways.
00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:54.880
It angered a bunch of people, obviously, and it made her dad like you know, play nice because they're in public and act like he knew so he doesn't look stupid.
00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.559
So there's that.
00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.799
What else has happened?
00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:03.279
Uh they're on a quest still, they want to find out the truth still.
00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.200
Oh, Ethan, okay, the wolf.
00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:22.240
Ethan, he is like determined to save all of the the people that are or the you know, the whatever they are, all the creatures, magical beings that are being trapped in the mystic place.
00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.359
So I think that was the last thing I talked about, actually, was the mystic.
00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:28.799
But he's like, I'm gonna find a way to get them all out.
00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:40.799
He goes back, he does take some of the fire fairies or whatever, and he does take a dragon out, so they escape, but he wants to save a wolf.
00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:47.839
So there is a uh alpha wolf that's also being kept there, but he he he doesn't take her.
00:29:48.160 --> 00:30:20.559
So now his new mission is to go back and to save her, and then it's revealed that um Sabine, the Alpha Wolf, now is like, wait a minute, no, we are not saving her, you can keep her there, but really it's because that would be her replacement, and now she's super freaked out, and he's even more determined to save her, so that way Sabine doesn't go back and like kill her herself, you know.
00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:23.359
So there's that little story happening.
00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:32.160
There's so many side quests going on, but then uh the mermaid they're on.
00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:38.799
He he is unhappy living down in the sea, you know.
00:30:39.039 --> 00:31:08.960
Seaweed is not always greener, and so he wants to be part of this world, and he wants to live on land with his friends and technology and all those things, so he finally like musters up the courage, I guess, to let his betrothed know that like I don't really want to marry you, and I don't want to live in this river.
00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.359
So she's super mad and she's like, I'm gonna tell my mom, and so she leaves.
00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:21.920
Now he's worried, he's like, Oh my god, I have 30 minutes to figure something out before I get dragged under there, and then I'm a prisoner, and I can never ever leave.
00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:27.119
So then he runs to the uh what is her name?
00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.960
I was just talking about her too.
00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.839
My goodness.
00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:32.799
He runs to the slithery snake lady.
00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:38.559
I don't remember her title, it will come to me in just a minute.
00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:44.160
But he runs to her and then he's like, Hey, I want to be, you know, like I want to be your slave.
00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.799
Please like let me do that.
00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.200
And he she's like, What?
00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.960
No, no, why?
00:31:51.119 --> 00:32:03.359
And he's like, No, I mean, like, I you can buy me whatever, or I just I'll just do it, I'll just do it for funsies, like just save me because I don't want to go back to the river queen.
00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:06.799
So she's like, fine, I will.
00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:11.440
So now he's tied to her, to the slithery snake lady.
00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.680
And super weird.
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.119
I don't really know what's gonna happen with his story, but I like him.
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.960
He's he's pretty funny.
00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.200
What else is going on?
00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:28.160
Now they are oh okay.
00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:32.640
So, all right, back to Bryce and not knowing anything about her friend Annika.
00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:59.200
So then now she just finds out that this one guy, and I I actually don't really know who he is, and I think he's been like a little tiny side character throughout the book, and I just have glossed over him so much, but I think I know that he's not a likable person, like nobody's liked him before or anything.
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:12.640
But, anyways, it turned out that he is actually um her friend's mate, and so so Bryce is like, Wait, what and how long has this been going on?
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.279
And he's like, Well, you know, we kept it a secret for two years.
00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.119
She's like, Two years?
00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.759
Uh yeah, two years before she died.
00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:28.240
She had she Danica was mated with somebody, and she kept that shit to herself, did not share that with Bryce, her best friend, once again.
00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:31.359
But so now Bryce is super sad again.
00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:35.119
She's like, Why is she why didn't she tell me anything about her life?
00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.279
Like, I didn't even know her.
00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:42.799
But she's staying fiercely dedicated and protective of her friends.
00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:48.559
So she's like, Oh well, I guess let's still try to figure out what she was up to, you know?
00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:50.960
And so now they're trying to figure out what she's up to.
00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:57.039
But this mate, Danica's mate, does know a lot of stuff because of course Danica talked to him and not Bryce.
00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:07.279
So he knows a lot more about what was happening with her, and so he's like, Oh, yeah, the girl, it starts with an S.
00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.239
What was her name?
00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:12.480
Anyways, the young girl that you know drowned and died and that they're looking for earlier.
00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:21.039
Yeah, Danica knew her, and she she actually was like doing a secret mission for Danica, and you know, but she died.
00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.199
And they're like, Yeah, but she had all these symbols on her.
00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.159
Do you know what that means?
00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:27.119
And he's like, I do know what that means.
00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:42.000
He's like, Yes, there's this room in a palace, and there's like a code, and there's something in that room that's hidden that nobody wants like to be figured out, or doesn't want like the public to know.
00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:53.840
So that's probably what it is, and now they're on a mission to figure out how to get into that room, break in, get whatever information out of there that they need that will change the world.
00:34:54.239 --> 00:35:02.800
So I am assuming it's gonna be information about the alien people, you know.
00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:08.320
Remember from the description I read earlier about them hysteria being aliens.
00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:15.760
That's what I am expecting to be the big reveal that's been locked away.
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.880
Bear with me.
00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:23.280
I'm almost done with the book, not quite yet, but I will let you guys know if that's what happens.
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.679
Um, oh, oh my goodness.
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.440
I forgot Rune's story.
00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:47.440
So Rune is Rune, he's been talking to that one person, like in his mind and stuff, like a bridge, you know, so not they're not like really talking in physical form, but they do plan to meet each other at the party ball thing, whatever it was.
00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:58.800
So they plan on doing that because they're starting to get a really close connection now, but she's really wary because she's like, I don't know, I don't think it's a good idea, this could ruin everything.
00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:00.800
And what if I'm not what you expect?
00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:04.880
And he's like, No, I don't care, like, I really want to meet you.
00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:25.679
So they do plan a little like meetup spot to rendezvous or get a glance of each other or whatever, and so he goes out and like he doesn't know she's out there, but there's the hind and the I want to say hunt, I don't think that's what it is, anyways.
00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:41.519
There's these two like the bad guys, they're I don't know, they're supposed to be like cruel and mean and bad and everything like that, so they're there outside, and then he gets all like spooked out, like, oh no, I definitely don't want them to know.
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:43.840
So he he goes back in, anyways.
00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:53.760
He meets up with her later with Day in the Mind Bridge, and she's like, I s I saw you, I saw you out there, and he's like, Really?
00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:58.400
And he goes, Well, I didn't think it was safe, and she's like, No, yeah, no, it's it wasn't, it's not.
00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:01.360
There's too many people, I don't know what we were thinking.
00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:12.639
She goes, But I did see you looking for me, and I know who you are, and he's like, Well, then now you know who I am, and she's like, Yeah, and he's like, So then who are you?
00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.639
And she's like, I'm still not gonna tell you.
00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.719
So, anyways, it's a big secret.
00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:36.239
I just got to the another part in the book where they meet up again, and they have a spicy scene, and it's full spicy, it's not just like leading up to like you know, kissing and stuff, like they do the do, but they do it in like the mind bridge thing.
00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:39.039
So, you know, he's like, I don't know if we can do this here.
00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:44.400
She's like, Well, I don't see why we couldn't, and so he still doesn't know her identity.
00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:50.719
I don't really have a strong guess on who it could be.
00:37:50.880 --> 00:38:02.639
At first, I thought, like, maybe it is the person he's supposed to marry, which is Hypaxia, but then I was thinking, like, no, that doesn't make sense, and then we find out Hypaxia has a girlfriend, okay?
00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.320
So there's that.
00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:34.000
So I was like, no, okay, it's definitely not her, which would have been kind of fun if it was, just because you know they're already supposed to get married, so that would have been fun to see, but it's not so now I'm thinking it probably was one of the two bad people that were like outside, and he got like scared and got cold feet, so it's probably one of them, and then they I don't know.
00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.719
We'll see.
00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.840
I'll let you guys know.
00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:42.960
I'm still I'm not trying to spoil anything for myself, so I am gonna continue reading it.
00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:48.480
I'm gonna finish the book and then I will jump back on and let you guys know what the hell is happening.
00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.920
Okay, everybody.
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:59.199
I have finally finished the book, and the ending is a doozy.
00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:03.679
Okay, so a lot again has happened.
00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:08.400
I know I leave a lot of things out, but you know, if you haven't read it, read it.
00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:15.199
Um, if you read it, then you you know, hopefully you're keeping up and you you remember everything and you know what I'm talking about.
00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:25.760
But so they finally get they break into the archives like they're planning on, so they can learn the secret that's going on.
00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:32.719
So we finally get to learn about these aliens, and it makes more sense.
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:36.239
I mean, it it makes sense, it just sounds so silly when you read it.
00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:49.519
I guess I think it's just the Google description because I don't think the book says it on the back, but anyways, so there's a lot of people involved.
00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.719
Not everybody goes.
00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:56.960
I think the mermaid stays back, and um the wolf stays back.
00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.199
So, so who's on this mission?
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:04.159
It is Bryce, Hunt, and Rune.
00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:06.320
I think it's just those three.
00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:12.880
Yeah, so they're on this mission and they're like, let's go find out what's what Danica knew or was trying to find out.
00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:17.760
So they do, they're able to break into the archives pretty easily, actually.
00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:28.559
So obviously, you know, you know it's a trap because things just don't come that simple and easy for like super secretive important information, right?
00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:32.000
Like nobody's just gonna be able to just get in.
00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:40.159
So they do, they don't realize right away, like that it is a trap, then boom, dun-dun dun.
00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:50.239
After Bryce finally learns the truth, which is the Astera are parasites, pretty much.
00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:57.360
They're like these other beings that have been able to travel to different worlds um through like portals and stuff like that.
00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:03.920
So they're able to travel to different worlds and then they conquer the worlds and they like pretty much feed on the magic, right?
00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:11.119
So they feed on all these other magical beings to stay young and beautiful and alive forever and ever.
00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:32.159
There are only six of them right now that they know of because they have been defeated in the past by other worlds, other you know, places have caught on to them pretty quickly and have been able to outsmart and outmagic them pretty much and banish them, which including hell.
00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:37.840
So I knew I was like, I know hell is gonna be involved somehow and maybe be an ally.
00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:59.199
So yes, they are allies, they have defeated these weird uh leeches pretty much, so they've gotten rid of them, and then they have like a personal vendetta against them, so they're like we got rid of them from here, but we also want to get rid of them from everywhere, like we don't want them to come back.
00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:18.079
So Hell has been rallying their armies not to defeat like Bryce, but to like have her as an ally and to have her open the portal and let them through so that way the armies can come in and get rid of the Astery once and for all.
00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:39.039
Now, the Astere is like, we're gonna let you guys get in here and gain access and have information because ultimately they want to use Bryce as like their portal and their weapon because the last place that they went basically trapped them in the world that they're stuck in now, which is like Crescent City, you know?
00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:48.400
Um, so they're trapped, they can't open portals anymore, they can't like find new places to conquer.
00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:53.599
And so they're like, crap, all right, how do we get out of here?
00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:56.800
So Bryce was the key because she has the horn in her back.
00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.920
So they're like, Okay, yes, yes, yes, yes, let's use her.
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:02.000
And how do we know all of this?
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:03.519
You might be wondering.
00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:11.679
Um, because one of the Asteri goes on his evil monologue, and he's like, Let me tell you everything.
00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.960
Ha ha ha.
00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:19.360
I am gonna tell you about the world briefly, not in depth.
00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.320
But she does read through.
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:30.559
So she like opens a map and she's able to like see different worlds and they like keep notes and stuff on it, like, okay, defeated this one, drained it, used all the children, didn't defeat this one.
00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:34.880
They were more powerful, pretty much, and got rid of us, you know.
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.760
So they have notes, and she's trying to find the origin here.
00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.239
And then one of these dairy is like, You're you're not gonna find the origin.
00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.840
We don't even know where we come from.
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:53.519
It's been so long, you know, like we've been doing this so long that we don't even know where our home land is at or planet or whatever.
00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:58.639
And so then he goes on this whole thing and he's like, Let me tell you everything.
00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.760
Okay, okay, ready?
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.119
Sit down.
00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:03.360
I got some tea to spill.
00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.800
Basically.
00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.920
So he does.
00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:07.119
He spills the beans.
00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:11.199
He's like, yes, we are conquerors.
00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:18.960
We are stealing the essence from everybody, pretty much, you know, little by little.
00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.960
And then we move on.
00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.719
But we can't move on right now.
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.880
We can't because you know what?
00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:31.039
Like, first of all, we know you're trying, we know hell is trying to talk to you.
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We don't like them because they got rid of us.
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So don't ally with them, Bryce.
00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:41.920
Like, leave them, leave them alone because we are gonna kill you.
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We're gonna use you in order to kill you, and we don't want you to have any friends or any allies, especially Hell, right?
00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:50.239
So basically, it's like stupid.
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Why are you giving her this information?
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And then he's like, Oh, also, there's another world out there that got rid of us, and then they closed the portals, and now we can't open them anymore, but you can because you have a horn on your back, and we want to use that, so we can't kill you right now, but you probably will die eventually, right?
00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:18.480
So we got all this information because he's pretty much just telling her, and I'm like, that doesn't seem realistic at all.
00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:20.639
Why would he tell her any of this?
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But no, alas, he does.
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So now we have all this background info because she snoops, and then also has like a pretty in-depth confession here.
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So, where does that leave us?
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So now they're all in danger, she runs away.
00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:48.480
Oh, we find out who Agent Day is too, and I'm surprised, but I'm not super surprised.
00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:51.599
I was kind of like, what no?
00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:56.320
Then I'm like, all right, well, it makes it makes sense a little bit now.
00:45:56.960 --> 00:46:01.360
It is um, is the hind, okay?
00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:11.360
So the hind who is like super scary, and she's been like an agent this whole time and working for the hysteria.
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Yeah, she's not really so much of a bad guy, but she is a bad guy because she's killed a lot of people for the stere and she's done a lot of like bad shit.
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:25.920
So, Rune, of course, finds this out and he is baffled.
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He blocks her from his mind, and he is not trying to hear anything she has to say because he is he's like, I don't, I can't deal with this right now.
00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:37.840
This is too much, this is too much information.
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She's bad, like she is not good, but I think I love her.
00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.039
This is confusing.
00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:48.800
So, you know, that's kind of where he's at.
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He doesn't want to deal with it right now.
00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:57.679
She's trying to talk to him through like his mind and all of that, like mind to mind, but he's not letting it happen.
00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:59.920
He's putting up like walls like crazy.
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Like, no, no, no.
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Stay out of my head.
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I need a process.
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So that's kind of where they're left.
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She ends up killing.
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Oh my gosh.
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She ends up killing um the the the dude that she's with, you know, um, because he's like, I knew it.
00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.559
I knew you were a spy and all this stuff.
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Like, I've been on to you.
00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:25.280
So, anyways, he dies.
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Him and Rune or her and Room Rune kill him.
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:35.760
Um, and then she's she's like, you know, you have to make this look like real.
00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:51.280
So then Bryce punches her in the face and this whole thing, and then anyhow, there's like this whole scene happening, and then they finally come, they take them all away, and they're dragging them to the dungeons, leaves.
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There's a fight scene.
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I kind of sorry, I I probably should have re-listened to exactly what happened here, but at the time I had my family was talking to me, so I kind of like like had to tune out for a minute.
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Um, and then when I like was able to pay attention again, Bryce opened a portal and she left.
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So I was like, oh shoot, what I miss, but you know, oh well.
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I missed something.
00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:16.719
I missed something important happening.
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All I know is Bryce opened a portal, everybody got taken away.
00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:32.639
She I know her cuffs were um loose because the hind like made sure they were loose, so she or not, they weren't loose, they were not all the way, I guess, on.
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So she can just like slip out, which she does.
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So she leaves, she takes off running.
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Everybody's like, oh, chaos.
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:41.760
She leaves, she opens a portal, she's out of there.
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She's trying to open a portal to hell, okay?
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Because she's like, I need these allies now that I know what they've been trying to tell me this whole time.
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Let me open this portal, let me bring them through, let's fight together.
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It does not work out.
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No, it doesn't.
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She opens a portal and she lands in a magical, mystical, crazy land that she has never seen before, and she's so confused.
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And guess what, guys?
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Guess, like seriously, guess.
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Okay, I'm gonna tell you.
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I think she's in the night court, I think that's where she's at because our favorite people make an appearance.
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So here she is, she's just dropped in there, and she doesn't know what anybody's saying, and they're looking at her like a threat, but then like they're curious, like, where does she come from?
00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:54.480
So I actually I'm not sure who initially finds her, because you know, obviously she doesn't know who anybody is, so I I don't know who initially finds her.
00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:57.280
Obviously, it's a character that we know and love.
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If you read you know the court series and everything like that, but she gets taken and like they put a blindfold on her, of course, and then they fly with her away, and then she's in a house.
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And guess who we get to see?
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Bum bum bum.
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You guessed it.
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Rassand is there, everybody's there, they're all watching her, nobody can understand her.
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She's speaking a language that you know they don't understand, and vice versa.
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And she's kind of like, look at these people all dressed up, you know, like like it's the old, you know, like fay world.
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Like, this is kind of weird.
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Where am I?
00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:50.079
Anyway, she thinks she's in hell, so she keeps asking for the prints, and they're like, We don't know what the hell she's talking about.
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I'm assuming Amran is the one who understands her because she Bryce decides, like, okay, let me speak a different language.
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She's like, the only other language I know is like old Fei language that nobody uses anymore.
00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:05.440
She's like, but maybe.
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So then she she's asking, like, is this hell?
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Like, where's the prince?
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And she asks in the old Fei language, and then I'm assuming it's Amran who understands her because who else would?
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And she's like, nobody else, or she's like, nobody has spoken that language, or I haven't heard that language in thousands of years, you know, not here.
00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:35.360
So that's why I think it's Amran because she's you know, obviously not from there, she's from a different world.
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Oh my goodness, yeah, there's a lot happening, guys.
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I was so freaking excited.
00:51:41.840 --> 00:51:50.880
I knew at some point that there's a crossover, and I heard that at the end of the second book um something exciting happened.
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So I was hoping that it would be the crossover, and it is.
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I mean, granted, it's only one bit of like the last chapter, but still, I'm so freaking excited.
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I can't wait to read the third book simply because of this crossover.
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This is literally why I started the series in the first place.
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I'm so so excited.
00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:19.679
Anyhow, yeah, it leaves it off like a little confused, not not confusing to where I'm like, what's happening?
00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:22.159
I know it's happening, but I'm like, what is going to happen?
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What's gonna happen?
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Um, so I'm excited about that.
00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:29.519
I really like that series a lot better.
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The series is okay.
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I just think I don't know.
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I don't know why I don't love this one as much.
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Like Crescent City is not so much my thing, um, but I'm pushing through.
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I've got to the crossover finally.
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I know the third book is a lot more in-depth with the crossover, and so I'm excited to see what that brings, but yeah, as of now, you know, only Amoren and Bryce can talk to each other.
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They're translating.
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We do get to see uh Farah make an appearance like quickly, and we get to see Rassand make an appearance also.
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Uh, you know, I and that's really where it leaves off.
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They're just kind of trying to figure each other out, and she's obviously Bryce is scared and she's desperate, and she's like, I need to get home.
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She does know that she's not in her world anymore.
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Amran tells her that much, and that's that's how the book ends, pretty much.
00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:37.599
So that was the end of the book.
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Um, yeah, so Bryce is in a different world, probably nightcore, and everybody else is trapped, they're all trapped with the Asteria, the weird alien things that are not gods.
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They're not gods, they're parasites, so they are trapped with them right now.
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I'm assuming they're all gonna be like tortured and kept there, and who knows what's gonna happen, right?
00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:16.559
Um, and then we do hear from I'm trying to think of his name.
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I forgot it for some reason, but the oh, Ethan, the the wolf.
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Okay, so he he didn't go with them, he is still looking for that alpha wolf that was like with the mystic.
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So he's looking for her.
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Then it goes on to like an epilogue, and it's just Ethan's chapter, and he finds her again, he goes down to the tanks, and then she he's like, you know, I just want her, I just want to save her.
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We need an alpha.
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I want to save her and get her out of here, and she opens her eyes, and then that is how the book ends completely.
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That is it.
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So I did it, I finished it.
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I think I've I've heard a lot from like people in my book club that have read this book, and then also from just like seeing, you know, comments and threads online.
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I heard a lot of people didn't like the second book that much, and that the first book and the third book are favorites.
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I kind of disagree.
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I did not like the first book very much.
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I thought it was really hard to get through for me, and I had to force myself to just sit down and find time to push through, mainly to move on to the next book and then you know, to record my episode and stuff.
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Um, and you know, not just kind of skim through it.
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So I forced myself through book one.
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Book two, I was a little bit more invested.
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I actually like this book a lot more than the first one, and I think the third book might be my favorite one, but you know, time will tell.
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I'll have to actually read it or listen to it.
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I have the graphic audio for the third book too, so I'm so excited to dive into that.
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Um, yeah, but that is all.
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And thank you guys for sticking through this episode.
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If you did, I appreciate it.
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Thank you for listening to my messy thoughts.
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Let me know if we read the same book, and I will see you guys next week.
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Hey everyone, it's Sadie here and welcome to Did we read the same book?
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So for this week, I am currently reading House of Sky and Breath, which is the second book in Crescent City by Sarah J.
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Mause.
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Sorry, I think my voice is starting to go.
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Anyways, so I I'm not super far into the book quite yet, but so far it's good.
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It is okay.
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If you read the description of the book, first of all, it sounds so wild.
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Okay, like I I am waiting for the big reveal because it says, and maybe this is just the um the like Google description.
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I don't think the back of the book actually says this.
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I might, but it says something about this astery regime, um, and then they uncover that their rulers are parasitic alien tyrants.
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I'm just saying, if I did not start this book with book one and you know, kind of knowing like the style of the author, I probably wouldn't have read this because that sounds super silly and a little bit crazy.
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Um, but it isn't bad, and this book is it's okay.
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I I'm getting into it a lot more than I did the first book.
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I if you guys listen to the to book one, then I talk a lot about how it was really hard to get into that freaking book, and I had to pick it up numerous times.
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I think like my fourth try, I finally committed and just downloaded the audiobook and just listened through, you know?
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But I'm not really having that that issue with this one.
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This one's pretty good.
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Um, I was very confused in the beginning.
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So the start of the book is from a different point of view.
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It's not Bryce, it is from Sophie's point of view, and she's like trying to run away and she escapes something, she's looking for her brother, her little brother, and um, she escaped like a camp and then somewhere else, but she has a power that should not exist because they were destroyed.
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It's the um not songbirds, the thunderbirds.
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So the thunderbirds who were destroyed, I guess a while ago because they have power that's you know scary, nobody wants it.
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But she is a Thunderbird, and so is her brother Emile.
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Anyhow, so how does that tie into Bryce's story?
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You're probably wondering, because I know I was.
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I was very confused and like, wait a minute, am I reading the right book?
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It says it's picking up with Bryce and uh, you know, her dude, Hunt, but it's yeah, so it ties in because the mermaid person, the myrrh person, Therian, he is under the river queen.
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He was in the first book, too.
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I really liked him, but he's a little bit more present in this book, so he is trying to also find this girl, the Thunderbird thing, right?
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Sophie, because the river queen wants her, so he's digging it up and trying to find information, and then he eventually just goes to Bryce because it links back to her friend Danica, who also who died in the first book.
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But so her Bryce's best friend Danica was involved with this Sophie person and trying to find them like uh an asylum, pretty much.
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I don't know, is that the right word?
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Oh goodness, bear with me, you guys.
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I I haven't had caffeine yet.
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Anyhow, so it all comes back, and So Theon's like, I'm just gonna go ask Bryce.
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So he goes to ask Bryce.
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She's like, I have no I clear, no idea what you're talking about.
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But yet again, Danica has kept secrets and lied to her, so she feels a little upset about it, but she's kind of like, I just want to know the truth.
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Like, what is what is this girl hiding?
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We were supposed to be best friends.
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I want to know why she's hiding things from me, and also I want to help these people because one of them is 13, the the boy, and she's like, he's just a kid, so that's not fair.
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I don't want him to be used as some weapon or worse, you know.
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So she's like, All right, I'm in, right?
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She's like, I'm in, I'll help.
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I'm gonna find him too.
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Meanwhile, mermaid guy is like, no, it's okay, it's fine.
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I just want to know if you had information, but I really don't need your help.
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It's okay.
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Um, anyhow, that's kind of where I left off.
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Now, for the that's like that's like the major thing happening right now, right?
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Is finding these people, but on the side, this the chemistry between Bryce and Hunt is a little weird right now.
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So apparently, I don't I I think I don't think it was mentioned in book one, and if it was, I missed it.
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But apparently they made like a deal that they'll still work together, they'll still live together, uh, and they'll still work on like building their bond and their feelings for each other, but they're not gonna just jump into bed right now with each other because they're like way too much shit has happened.
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Um, let's not like trauma bond right now, let's actually get to know each other.
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And then after I think six months is what they agreed on, if I remember correctly, but after a set of you know months, then they can have physical relationships.
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So they're both struggling with that because they're like, oh man, you know, you just look at you, you're so sexy and hot with your wings and you know, whatever is happening, and they have to control themselves and their urges, but everybody else around them is like, oh my god, guys, just you know, hook up, like just be together, just tell each other that you love each other and then move on, you know.
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But they're not.
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So then another crazy thing in the book, right?
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Is some prince shows up and he's like, Hey, Bryce, so guess what?
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We are betrothed now, we're getting married.
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She's like, The hell I am.
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So she's adamant that she's not gonna marry this prince guy, but he's like, our parents already said, you know, they talked to talk to each other since you're a princess now, and you know, you're starborn and everything.
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Like, you don't have a say in this because of your royalty, and we are gonna get married because it's for the good of the people.
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So that's happening.
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Nobody's really distraught about it.
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Hunt is just kind of like all right, let's see what happens, you know.
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But he's not a super possessive, broody male character in this book.
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So it is what it is.
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At least right now he's not, he's not a typical romanticy guy.
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So Bryce is trying to navigate all of that, and I just I gotta see where this is going, you know.
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Like, is she gonna marry the guy?
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Is she not?
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How is she gonna get out of it?
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I'm sure she'll get out of it because her and Bryce are meant or her and Bryce, her and Hunt are meant to be together.
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I'm sure that they are like mated bonds or whatever, they're bonded to each other somehow.
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So we will find out, anyways.
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That's where I'm at right now.
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I will continue reading and I'll let you guys know what I think in a little bit.
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Okay, so I am finished with part one now, and I'm a little bit into part two already.
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I I think that this book is a little bit better with pacing, maybe, but it is starting to get a little redundant.
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Uh, they're still looking for those two people.
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Specifically, they're looking for like a meal right now, the boy, the 13-year-old kid, and they think that he's somewhere hidden in Crescent City, and they're they're just trying to find him.
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So there's like a whole team of people right now, actually.
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It isn't just Hunt and Bryce anymore.
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They have the mermaid guy, they have the mermaid guy, they have Rune, he's a part of like the group.
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I forgot the wolf's name.
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Oh my goodness, but he there's a wolf involved.
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He got kicked out of his pack kind of because he in the first book he didn't listen, and he went to go help the kids and everything that were being attacked.
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So, anyway, so he's staying with Bryce and Hunt at the moment, and so he's also a part of the group that knows about these two firebirds, right?
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Everybody's looking for them, everybody's aware of them.
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Oh, and Bryce's new betrothed guy, whatever, the prince, he is also a part of the group as well.
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And then we learn that he he's he's not he's just playing the part, you know, everybody has to play a part, so he's not obviously like in love with Bryce, and he's not really using her for like power too much either.
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He's just following orders.
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Also, he thought what better way to get like to meet her and to get to see her because he wanted to see what her powers look like, and he also did still wants to find he wants to find the girl.
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I forgot her name, Sophie.
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He wants to find Sophie, so Danica, like he was looking into Sophie and trying to find her too, and then you know, pointed to Danica, and then obviously Bryce is Danica's best friend, so he's like, hmm, all right, cool, yeah, I'll marry her, just so he can get access, pretty much.
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But this all comes out, so they're all everybody's on the same page, they're all working together.
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I I don't feel like a whole lot have of la la.
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Sorry, I don't feel like a whole lot of things have really happened.
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It's just uh it's focusing.
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This book is weird, so it's focusing a lot on Bryce and Hunt right now and the relationship and the aspect about that.
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So there's there's a lot more sexy times, super um, I want to say super spicy, actually, or maybe medium spice, you know, because it is kind of graphic, it's definitely not like a teen book, but it's getting there, okay?
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So so far they have had a few spicy scenes.
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They just they finally said to hell with it, you know, we're not waiting the six months.
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Like Bryce tells him, and so he's like, awesome, cool.
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I don't want to wait the six months either.
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Let's do this.
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So they haven't done the full deed, they're just really doing a whole lot of other spicy things.
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Um, but it's good, you know, the scenes are okay and everything.
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Oh, okay.
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So I literally just stopped reading shortly after they said the I love you.
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So they're you know, they're doing their thing.
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He's like going down on her, and then she's she's like, I love you, right?
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Well, maybe she whispered it, but she probably didn't scream it like I did.
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But she's like, I love you, and he's he's like, Yes, it's all I needed to hear.
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Now I'm gonna be fully into this one super turned on.
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And so he does his thing, she does her thing, they reach to the O, or she does at least, and then he's like, I love you too, right?
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So now the words are out.
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They go back to her apartment and they like brush the teeth and get ready for bed, and now they're just having like silly fun banter about it, and you know, they open up and they're both like, Well, I've never actually said that to anybody.
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So she asks, What are we?
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Are we boyfriend and girlfriend?
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Are you my boyfriend?
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And he's like, you know, well, you can call me whatever you want, and they're having like this, it's not, it's like a weird conversation because it's not like really a deep conversation, but it's also like a very important topic, so it kind of is, but they're still being silly and stuff about it.
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But ultimately, he comes up with just calling her his mate, and she's like, Whoa, wait, okay, but that holds a lot of like meaning, you know, like being somebody's mate for Faye, because remember, she's half Faye and he is an angel, so they're not the same.
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Um, I don't know, whatever magical being thing, whatever.
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So he she's like, oh wait, okay.
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But do you know what that means to me?
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You know, like that's really that's an important title, and it's not just a title, it's it's usually something that they can't control, right?
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It's faded, and so he's like, Well, I think that's you know, I think it's an appropriate title.
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I'm good with it.
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She's like, Okay, yeah, all right.
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If you're good with it, then I'm good with it, and maybe we are mated, actually.
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Like, I don't know for sure, you know, we could be.
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So that is where they're at in their weird relationship.
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They still have that hurdle because she's still engaged to somebody technically, and they are gonna like they're putting on for show, you know, that she is engaged, and they're trying to be secretive about their physical relationship, just so it doesn't stir any outcry and anything like that, and they're not in trouble.
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So she is trying to play her part, but she's also, you know, like I'm not really gonna marry him.
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Yeah, it's all for show right now.
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Everybody's on the same page, even the prince, you know, like he's tracking.
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So I don't know, I'm excited to see what's gonna happen.
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I did hear that in this book there is a very exciting ending, so I'm looking forward to that.
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I would say so far, this isn't as much information as book number one, and that's probably why it's way easier to just kind of follow along and get into it because I felt so lost in book one.
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There's just so much world building happening and like care new characters left and right, I feel like.
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Um, so I was struggling to pay attention.
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This book, I'm familiar with the characters now, even though Lord help me, I keep forgetting everybody's name, but I do know who they are.
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So when I hear them, I'm like, oh okay.
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Oh, and I'm doing the graphic audio, guys.
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I don't know if I mentioned that, but everybody keeps telling me that the graphic audio is so worth it for these books for this series specifically.
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So I decided to just get it.
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I downloaded it on Libby.
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I don't know if you guys have like the Libby app, but I highly recommend having that if you don't, because you can just register with your library and borrow books for free.
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So I am lucky enough to have the whole series in graphic audio now that I looked into it, and I am doing that for book two, and it's been fun.
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I don't I don't know if I like the extra like background noises so much, but I do love the full cast.
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So the full cast is super cool.
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Um it could be a little distracting with the sounds in the background, like the music and the clings and whatever else is going on.
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But overall, I highly recommend it.
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Yeah, so definitely do audio or the graphic audio if you can.
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All right, well, I am going to get back to listening to my book, and I'll let you guys know in a little bit what where I'm at and what I'm thinking.
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Okay, so I am about halfway done with the book now, and I didn't realize how long this book is, but it's okay.
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Um there's a lot happening again in this one.
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I feel like the series is really, really fast-paced, and there's so many characters, so I'm not losing interest like I was in the first one.
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I think it's mainly because at this point I kind of like have a grasp of who's who, and that helps a lot because the last book I was super confused, but there's a lot of point of views happening, you know.
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So we hear from Ethan's point of view in this one, we hear from Theon's point of view, Hunt's point of view, Bryce's point of view.
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Like there's just a lot of different characters and people and things happening in each little story.
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But let's see, what is actually happening, anyways.
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Bryce and Hunt are looking for answers, and I mean, so is everybody else, but they are like, okay, we're actually gonna go to the bone bone court?
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I don't remember, but it's like where the dead live pretty much or stay, they're not alive, but it's where the dead are, so they go there, and then they get trapped down there because the king person is like actually, I kind of feast on magic and souls, so they're not living in peace down here, they're getting uh pretty much eaten and ripped apart.
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So they find out a horrible truth that they don't like when they die, their souls don't go live in like everlasting peace, and they're not happy and frolicking around in fields and whatever.
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They're they're suffering and they're getting chunks of their magic and power and everything taken away from them.
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So now they're super sad about that, but they have to escape, so they do because of course, you know, they're main characters, they have to.
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So they get out of there and then they tell that truth to a few people, like Thero knows, I think, and I don't remember who else, but they're like, Okay, what about our friends?
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Like, we need to know what's happening to them.
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So now they go to the mystics, I think.
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It's it's just all very I'm getting a little confused again.
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I think there's just too many things happening all at once, and I'm like, okay, wait, these characters are doing this, these characters are doing that, but anyways, they end up in like these mystic things where there's seers pretty much, and they're being they're being taken advantage of, so they're not allowed to exist anymore, really, but they are being used, right?
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So people could come down there and they can pay a large amount of money, and then they can ask questions pretty much, and the seers can tell them like what they see, or they could talk, you know.
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I don't know.
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It's it was weird.
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It was weird.
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Bryce is wanting to save them, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble or bring suspicion to her or her group, so they just go down there for answers, and then she they leave, they get some answers.
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They know that her friend Danica and Cormac are I think it's cormick.
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Is that his name?
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Uh the other one that died, her other friend, but they're they're hiding, they're in a I don't know.
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Anyways, they're not they're not dead dead, you know?
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So they're cool, they're chill.
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I thought I actually really thought that this scene in the book was pretty cool, and now I'm struggling to remember exactly what happened because I don't know.
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I actually like that part of the book a lot.
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I was like, wow, that's fascinating, you know.
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They have the sears there, and even though they're being kind of like held hostage and used, they're that's a pretty cool thing that they could do, you know.
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Anyhow, that's where I left off.
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And oh, oh, we do find out that the other wolf, I forget his name every time, I think it is Ethan.
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Yeah, so he like is in love with Quinn, and he's trying to like play it off like he's not, and he's you know, hurt and everything like that.
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But yeah, so we find that out that he has had a huge crush on her this whole time.
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Oh, oh my god, okay.
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And then so Rune, right?
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Like Bryce's brother.
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Rune is doing like spy work now, pretty much.
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And he's he's just relaying messages.
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And so they link him up with another spy named Day.
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And then so his nickname is Knight.
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Super funny, super cute.
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Not really, but you know.
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So whatever.
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Anyway, so so Day, he doesn't know who she is, but she so she appears to him in like uh in fire, pretty much, you know, hence day, and then he appears cloaked in darkness and like starlight, so night, right?
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So that makes sense and it's cute, anyways.
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They're kind of like forming a friendship right now, and I think it's super sweet.
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And I can't wait to see where that goes.
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But he's also betrothed to Hypaxia, the witch, and so that's tricky because I kind of am like rooting for him and Dade to get to know each other more and to be closer because that would be cool.
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Um, I am excited to see who she is actually in real life because as of right now, we don't know that, and I have a feeling that we might know her.
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So um, yeah, I'm looking forward to that reveal, whatever that looks like.
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That all right, I'm gonna continue reading and I will be back.
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Okay, so I am actually almost done with the book now.
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I just have not had time to come and record.
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I'm gonna miss a whole bunch of stuff.
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I already know, but let's see what has been going on.
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So the hell prints and everything is like he's appearing and he's trying to make sure that he's trying to make sure that Bryce is like full power and he's like challenging her and all this stuff, and he's communicating with her now, and he's also visited Hunt in the past, too.
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Anyways, so yeah, so there's that hell, Prince, and stuff making random visits and check-ins.
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I'm assuming he's gonna be an ally later.
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That's just my assumption.
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I don't think he's on the wrong side, but I don't know.
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I mean, it's hell, right?
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Okay, and then so Bryce is just finding out all sorts of crazy shit about her friend Danica.
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And I'm like, girl, were you guys even friends?
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Like, she didn't tell you anything like at all.
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I don't think you guys were best friends.
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She probably had best friends somewhere else.
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Uh but, anyways, so she keeps finding out more and more hidden secrets or whatever.
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Uh so they finally found Emile, the boy, the Viper Queen found him and had her, had him.
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I mean, then they discover that he doesn't have any powers, and so Danica's been keeping that, or like trying to spin it, or not Danica, his sister.
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I do not remember her name, but she died.
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So we learned that too.
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His sister, the starborn one, or what she's not starborn, but the other one that had all the power, she drowned, she died, she had a bunch of stuff written all over her body, and they think it's a message or a code, but they don't know what it is.
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So we find out that we find out the boy is alive, vibrant queen has him.
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Bryce asks for him and uses her like princess title to get him back, and then now he's living with Bryce's parents, so they're taking care of him because he's still a teenager, and kind of keeping his identity under wraps and all that stuff.
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So that's pretty cool.
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I don't know what else has happened a lot.
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Oh man, they go to this, like I think it's a ball or a party, I don't remember what it was, but they go somewhere and Bryce makes a big spectacle about her and Hunt being together because remember, she's betrothed to somebody else.
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Turns out the king doesn't want her to marry Hunt or be with Hunt because they're both too powerful, and he's kind of afraid of that union, so he's like, no, let's damper that.
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So that's why there's that betrothal.
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Uh oh, and I don't think I mentioned, but they actually are mates, so I know that they were like, you know, lovey dubby and they said the L word and all that earlier in the book, but they end up doing the thing finally, and she teleports during that because it's like all intense and stuff, and he like gives her some of his magic uh accidentally and power, so then she's able to like do cool shit now, so she could teleport, and they find out that they are mates, they are actual mates, right?
00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.519
Not just in name, but for real.
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So her dad, the king, autumn king, is like, yeah, no, I really don't care.
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You're still gonna marry the other dude, like you're gonna marry him.
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I don't care.
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And so she they go to this big public event, this party or whatever it is, and she walks in with her betrothed and with Hunt behind them, and then she makes a big announcement that the patrol is off, the wedding is off, the engagement, because she found her mate, and she's so happy that uh that Cormac can, you know, like escort her, and that he's so you know understanding about the whole thing.
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So, anyways, I thought it was funny.
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I was like, okay, that's the way to do it.
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I was wondering how she's gonna get out of that engagement, so that makes sense, anyways.
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It angered a bunch of people, obviously, and it made her dad like you know, play nice because they're in public and act like he knew so he doesn't look stupid.
00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.559
So there's that.
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What else has happened?
00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:03.279
Uh they're on a quest still, they want to find out the truth still.
00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.200
Oh, Ethan, okay, the wolf.
00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:22.240
Ethan, he is like determined to save all of the the people that are or the you know, the whatever they are, all the creatures, magical beings that are being trapped in the mystic place.
00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.359
So I think that was the last thing I talked about, actually, was the mystic.
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But he's like, I'm gonna find a way to get them all out.
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He goes back, he does take some of the fire fairies or whatever, and he does take a dragon out, so they escape, but he wants to save a wolf.
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So there is a uh alpha wolf that's also being kept there, but he he he doesn't take her.
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So now his new mission is to go back and to save her, and then it's revealed that um Sabine, the Alpha Wolf, now is like, wait a minute, no, we are not saving her, you can keep her there, but really it's because that would be her replacement, and now she's super freaked out, and he's even more determined to save her, so that way Sabine doesn't go back and like kill her herself, you know.
00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:23.359
So there's that little story happening.
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There's so many side quests going on, but then uh the mermaid they're on.
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He he is unhappy living down in the sea, you know.
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Seaweed is not always greener, and so he wants to be part of this world, and he wants to live on land with his friends and technology and all those things, so he finally like musters up the courage, I guess, to let his betrothed know that like I don't really want to marry you, and I don't want to live in this river.
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So she's super mad and she's like, I'm gonna tell my mom, and so she leaves.
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Now he's worried, he's like, Oh my god, I have 30 minutes to figure something out before I get dragged under there, and then I'm a prisoner, and I can never ever leave.
00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:27.119
So then he runs to the uh what is her name?
00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.960
I was just talking about her too.
00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.839
My goodness.
00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:32.799
He runs to the slithery snake lady.
00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:38.559
I don't remember her title, it will come to me in just a minute.
00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:44.160
But he runs to her and then he's like, Hey, I want to be, you know, like I want to be your slave.
00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.799
Please like let me do that.
00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.200
And he she's like, What?
00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.960
No, no, why?
00:31:51.119 --> 00:32:03.359
And he's like, No, I mean, like, I you can buy me whatever, or I just I'll just do it, I'll just do it for funsies, like just save me because I don't want to go back to the river queen.
00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:06.799
So she's like, fine, I will.
00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:11.440
So now he's tied to her, to the slithery snake lady.
00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.680
And super weird.
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.119
I don't really know what's gonna happen with his story, but I like him.
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.960
He's he's pretty funny.
00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.200
What else is going on?
00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:28.160
Now they are oh okay.
00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:32.640
So, all right, back to Bryce and not knowing anything about her friend Annika.
00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:59.200
So then now she just finds out that this one guy, and I I actually don't really know who he is, and I think he's been like a little tiny side character throughout the book, and I just have glossed over him so much, but I think I know that he's not a likable person, like nobody's liked him before or anything.
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:12.640
But, anyways, it turned out that he is actually um her friend's mate, and so so Bryce is like, Wait, what and how long has this been going on?
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.279
And he's like, Well, you know, we kept it a secret for two years.
00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.119
She's like, Two years?
00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.759
Uh yeah, two years before she died.
00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:28.240
She had she Danica was mated with somebody, and she kept that shit to herself, did not share that with Bryce, her best friend, once again.
00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:31.359
But so now Bryce is super sad again.
00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:35.119
She's like, Why is she why didn't she tell me anything about her life?
00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.279
Like, I didn't even know her.
00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:42.799
But she's staying fiercely dedicated and protective of her friends.
00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:48.559
So she's like, Oh well, I guess let's still try to figure out what she was up to, you know?
00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:50.960
And so now they're trying to figure out what she's up to.
00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:57.039
But this mate, Danica's mate, does know a lot of stuff because of course Danica talked to him and not Bryce.
00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:07.279
So he knows a lot more about what was happening with her, and so he's like, Oh, yeah, the girl, it starts with an S.
00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.239
What was her name?
00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:12.480
Anyways, the young girl that you know drowned and died and that they're looking for earlier.
00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:21.039
Yeah, Danica knew her, and she she actually was like doing a secret mission for Danica, and you know, but she died.
00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.199
And they're like, Yeah, but she had all these symbols on her.
00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.159
Do you know what that means?
00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:27.119
And he's like, I do know what that means.
00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:42.000
He's like, Yes, there's this room in a palace, and there's like a code, and there's something in that room that's hidden that nobody wants like to be figured out, or doesn't want like the public to know.
00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:53.840
So that's probably what it is, and now they're on a mission to figure out how to get into that room, break in, get whatever information out of there that they need that will change the world.
00:34:54.239 --> 00:35:02.800
So I am assuming it's gonna be information about the alien people, you know.
00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:08.320
Remember from the description I read earlier about them hysteria being aliens.
00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:15.760
That's what I am expecting to be the big reveal that's been locked away.
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.880
Bear with me.
00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:23.280
I'm almost done with the book, not quite yet, but I will let you guys know if that's what happens.
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.679
Um, oh, oh my goodness.
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.440
I forgot Rune's story.
00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:47.440
So Rune is Rune, he's been talking to that one person, like in his mind and stuff, like a bridge, you know, so not they're not like really talking in physical form, but they do plan to meet each other at the party ball thing, whatever it was.
00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:58.800
So they plan on doing that because they're starting to get a really close connection now, but she's really wary because she's like, I don't know, I don't think it's a good idea, this could ruin everything.
00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:00.800
And what if I'm not what you expect?
00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:04.880
And he's like, No, I don't care, like, I really want to meet you.
00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:25.679
So they do plan a little like meetup spot to rendezvous or get a glance of each other or whatever, and so he goes out and like he doesn't know she's out there, but there's the hind and the I want to say hunt, I don't think that's what it is, anyways.
00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:41.519
There's these two like the bad guys, they're I don't know, they're supposed to be like cruel and mean and bad and everything like that, so they're there outside, and then he gets all like spooked out, like, oh no, I definitely don't want them to know.
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:43.840
So he he goes back in, anyways.
00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:53.760
He meets up with her later with Day in the Mind Bridge, and she's like, I s I saw you, I saw you out there, and he's like, Really?
00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:58.400
And he goes, Well, I didn't think it was safe, and she's like, No, yeah, no, it's it wasn't, it's not.
00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:01.360
There's too many people, I don't know what we were thinking.
00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:12.639
She goes, But I did see you looking for me, and I know who you are, and he's like, Well, then now you know who I am, and she's like, Yeah, and he's like, So then who are you?
00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.639
And she's like, I'm still not gonna tell you.
00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.719
So, anyways, it's a big secret.
00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:36.239
I just got to the another part in the book where they meet up again, and they have a spicy scene, and it's full spicy, it's not just like leading up to like you know, kissing and stuff, like they do the do, but they do it in like the mind bridge thing.
00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:39.039
So, you know, he's like, I don't know if we can do this here.
00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:44.400
She's like, Well, I don't see why we couldn't, and so he still doesn't know her identity.
00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:50.719
I don't really have a strong guess on who it could be.
00:37:50.880 --> 00:38:02.639
At first, I thought, like, maybe it is the person he's supposed to marry, which is Hypaxia, but then I was thinking, like, no, that doesn't make sense, and then we find out Hypaxia has a girlfriend, okay?
00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.320
So there's that.
00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:34.000
So I was like, no, okay, it's definitely not her, which would have been kind of fun if it was, just because you know they're already supposed to get married, so that would have been fun to see, but it's not so now I'm thinking it probably was one of the two bad people that were like outside, and he got like scared and got cold feet, so it's probably one of them, and then they I don't know.
00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.719
We'll see.
00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.840
I'll let you guys know.
00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:42.960
I'm still I'm not trying to spoil anything for myself, so I am gonna continue reading it.
00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:48.480
I'm gonna finish the book and then I will jump back on and let you guys know what the hell is happening.
00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.920
Okay, everybody.
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:59.199
I have finally finished the book, and the ending is a doozy.
00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:03.679
Okay, so a lot again has happened.
00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:08.400
I know I leave a lot of things out, but you know, if you haven't read it, read it.
00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:15.199
Um, if you read it, then you you know, hopefully you're keeping up and you you remember everything and you know what I'm talking about.
00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:25.760
But so they finally get they break into the archives like they're planning on, so they can learn the secret that's going on.
00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:32.719
So we finally get to learn about these aliens, and it makes more sense.
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:36.239
I mean, it it makes sense, it just sounds so silly when you read it.
00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:49.519
I guess I think it's just the Google description because I don't think the book says it on the back, but anyways, so there's a lot of people involved.
00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.719
Not everybody goes.
00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:56.960
I think the mermaid stays back, and um the wolf stays back.
00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.199
So, so who's on this mission?
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:04.159
It is Bryce, Hunt, and Rune.
00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:06.320
I think it's just those three.
00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:12.880
Yeah, so they're on this mission and they're like, let's go find out what's what Danica knew or was trying to find out.
00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:17.760
So they do, they're able to break into the archives pretty easily, actually.
00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:28.559
So obviously, you know, you know it's a trap because things just don't come that simple and easy for like super secretive important information, right?
00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:32.000
Like nobody's just gonna be able to just get in.
00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:40.159
So they do, they don't realize right away, like that it is a trap, then boom, dun-dun dun.
00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:50.239
After Bryce finally learns the truth, which is the Astera are parasites, pretty much.
00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:57.360
They're like these other beings that have been able to travel to different worlds um through like portals and stuff like that.
00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:03.920
So they're able to travel to different worlds and then they conquer the worlds and they like pretty much feed on the magic, right?
00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:11.119
So they feed on all these other magical beings to stay young and beautiful and alive forever and ever.
00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:32.159
There are only six of them right now that they know of because they have been defeated in the past by other worlds, other you know, places have caught on to them pretty quickly and have been able to outsmart and outmagic them pretty much and banish them, which including hell.
00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:37.840
So I knew I was like, I know hell is gonna be involved somehow and maybe be an ally.
00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:59.199
So yes, they are allies, they have defeated these weird uh leeches pretty much, so they've gotten rid of them, and then they have like a personal vendetta against them, so they're like we got rid of them from here, but we also want to get rid of them from everywhere, like we don't want them to come back.
00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:18.079
So Hell has been rallying their armies not to defeat like Bryce, but to like have her as an ally and to have her open the portal and let them through so that way the armies can come in and get rid of the Astery once and for all.
00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:39.039
Now, the Astere is like, we're gonna let you guys get in here and gain access and have information because ultimately they want to use Bryce as like their portal and their weapon because the last place that they went basically trapped them in the world that they're stuck in now, which is like Crescent City, you know?
00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:48.400
Um, so they're trapped, they can't open portals anymore, they can't like find new places to conquer.
00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:53.599
And so they're like, crap, all right, how do we get out of here?
00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:56.800
So Bryce was the key because she has the horn in her back.
00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.920
So they're like, Okay, yes, yes, yes, yes, let's use her.
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:02.000
And how do we know all of this?
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:03.519
You might be wondering.
00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:11.679
Um, because one of the Asteri goes on his evil monologue, and he's like, Let me tell you everything.
00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.960
Ha ha ha.
00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:19.360
I am gonna tell you about the world briefly, not in depth.
00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.320
But she does read through.
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:30.559
So she like opens a map and she's able to like see different worlds and they like keep notes and stuff on it, like, okay, defeated this one, drained it, used all the children, didn't defeat this one.
00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:34.880
They were more powerful, pretty much, and got rid of us, you know.
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.760
So they have notes, and she's trying to find the origin here.
00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.239
And then one of these dairy is like, You're you're not gonna find the origin.
00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.840
We don't even know where we come from.
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:53.519
It's been so long, you know, like we've been doing this so long that we don't even know where our home land is at or planet or whatever.
00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:58.639
And so then he goes on this whole thing and he's like, Let me tell you everything.
00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.760
Okay, okay, ready?
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.119
Sit down.
00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:03.360
I got some tea to spill.
00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.800
Basically.
00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.920
So he does.
00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:07.119
He spills the beans.
00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:11.199
He's like, yes, we are conquerors.
00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:18.960
We are stealing the essence from everybody, pretty much, you know, little by little.
00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.960
And then we move on.
00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.719
But we can't move on right now.
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.880
We can't because you know what?
00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:31.039
Like, first of all, we know you're trying, we know hell is trying to talk to you.
00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:34.639
We don't like them because they got rid of us.
00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:38.400
So don't ally with them, Bryce.
00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:41.920
Like, leave them, leave them alone because we are gonna kill you.
00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:47.920
We're gonna use you in order to kill you, and we don't want you to have any friends or any allies, especially Hell, right?
00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:50.239
So basically, it's like stupid.
00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.840
Why are you giving her this information?
00:44:52.079 --> 00:45:11.519
And then he's like, Oh, also, there's another world out there that got rid of us, and then they closed the portals, and now we can't open them anymore, but you can because you have a horn on your back, and we want to use that, so we can't kill you right now, but you probably will die eventually, right?
00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:18.480
So we got all this information because he's pretty much just telling her, and I'm like, that doesn't seem realistic at all.
00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:20.639
Why would he tell her any of this?
00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:22.880
But no, alas, he does.
00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:30.239
So now we have all this background info because she snoops, and then also has like a pretty in-depth confession here.
00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:32.400
So, where does that leave us?
00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:37.039
So now they're all in danger, she runs away.
00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:48.480
Oh, we find out who Agent Day is too, and I'm surprised, but I'm not super surprised.
00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:51.599
I was kind of like, what no?
00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:56.320
Then I'm like, all right, well, it makes it makes sense a little bit now.
00:45:56.960 --> 00:46:01.360
It is um, is the hind, okay?
00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:11.360
So the hind who is like super scary, and she's been like an agent this whole time and working for the hysteria.
00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:21.440
Yeah, she's not really so much of a bad guy, but she is a bad guy because she's killed a lot of people for the stere and she's done a lot of like bad shit.
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:25.920
So, Rune, of course, finds this out and he is baffled.
00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:35.280
He blocks her from his mind, and he is not trying to hear anything she has to say because he is he's like, I don't, I can't deal with this right now.
00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:37.840
This is too much, this is too much information.
00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:45.280
She's bad, like she is not good, but I think I love her.
00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.039
This is confusing.
00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:48.800
So, you know, that's kind of where he's at.
00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:50.480
He doesn't want to deal with it right now.
00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:57.679
She's trying to talk to him through like his mind and all of that, like mind to mind, but he's not letting it happen.
00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:59.920
He's putting up like walls like crazy.
00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.039
Like, no, no, no.
00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.639
Stay out of my head.
00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.920
I need a process.
00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:06.079
So that's kind of where they're left.
00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:09.199
She ends up killing.
00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.239
Oh my gosh.
00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:19.119
She ends up killing um the the the dude that she's with, you know, um, because he's like, I knew it.
00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.559
I knew you were a spy and all this stuff.
00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:23.679
Like, I've been on to you.
00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:25.280
So, anyways, he dies.
00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:29.760
Him and Rune or her and Room Rune kill him.
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:35.760
Um, and then she's she's like, you know, you have to make this look like real.
00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:51.280
So then Bryce punches her in the face and this whole thing, and then anyhow, there's like this whole scene happening, and then they finally come, they take them all away, and they're dragging them to the dungeons, leaves.
00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.119
There's a fight scene.
00:47:53.199 --> 00:48:04.639
I kind of sorry, I I probably should have re-listened to exactly what happened here, but at the time I had my family was talking to me, so I kind of like like had to tune out for a minute.
00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:09.440
Um, and then when I like was able to pay attention again, Bryce opened a portal and she left.
00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:13.679
So I was like, oh shoot, what I miss, but you know, oh well.
00:48:13.840 --> 00:48:14.639
I missed something.
00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:16.719
I missed something important happening.
00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:21.039
All I know is Bryce opened a portal, everybody got taken away.
00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:32.639
She I know her cuffs were um loose because the hind like made sure they were loose, so she or not, they weren't loose, they were not all the way, I guess, on.
00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:35.039
So she can just like slip out, which she does.
00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:36.880
So she leaves, she takes off running.
00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:39.119
Everybody's like, oh, chaos.
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:41.760
She leaves, she opens a portal, she's out of there.
00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:44.159
She's trying to open a portal to hell, okay?
00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:49.199
Because she's like, I need these allies now that I know what they've been trying to tell me this whole time.
00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:54.159
Let me open this portal, let me bring them through, let's fight together.
00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:56.480
It does not work out.
00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:58.480
No, it doesn't.
00:48:58.719 --> 00:49:07.519
She opens a portal and she lands in a magical, mystical, crazy land that she has never seen before, and she's so confused.
00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.880
And guess what, guys?
00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:11.039
Guess, like seriously, guess.
00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:13.199
Okay, I'm gonna tell you.
00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:25.519
I think she's in the night court, I think that's where she's at because our favorite people make an appearance.
00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:40.320
So here she is, she's just dropped in there, and she doesn't know what anybody's saying, and they're looking at her like a threat, but then like they're curious, like, where does she come from?
00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:54.480
So I actually I'm not sure who initially finds her, because you know, obviously she doesn't know who anybody is, so I I don't know who initially finds her.
00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:57.280
Obviously, it's a character that we know and love.
00:49:57.360 --> 00:50:13.360
If you read you know the court series and everything like that, but she gets taken and like they put a blindfold on her, of course, and then they fly with her away, and then she's in a house.
00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:15.840
And guess who we get to see?
00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:17.440
Bum bum bum.
00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:18.480
You guessed it.
00:50:18.719 --> 00:50:25.360
Rassand is there, everybody's there, they're all watching her, nobody can understand her.
00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:30.320
She's speaking a language that you know they don't understand, and vice versa.
00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:40.320
And she's kind of like, look at these people all dressed up, you know, like like it's the old, you know, like fay world.
00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:42.400
Like, this is kind of weird.
00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.280
Where am I?
00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:50.079
Anyway, she thinks she's in hell, so she keeps asking for the prints, and they're like, We don't know what the hell she's talking about.
00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:58.159
I'm assuming Amran is the one who understands her because she Bryce decides, like, okay, let me speak a different language.
00:50:58.239 --> 00:51:03.920
She's like, the only other language I know is like old Fei language that nobody uses anymore.
00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:05.440
She's like, but maybe.
00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:09.280
So then she she's asking, like, is this hell?
00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:10.400
Like, where's the prince?
00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:17.360
And she asks in the old Fei language, and then I'm assuming it's Amran who understands her because who else would?
00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:27.360
And she's like, nobody else, or she's like, nobody has spoken that language, or I haven't heard that language in thousands of years, you know, not here.
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So that's why I think it's Amran because she's you know, obviously not from there, she's from a different world.
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Oh my goodness, yeah, there's a lot happening, guys.
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I was so freaking excited.
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I knew at some point that there's a crossover, and I heard that at the end of the second book um something exciting happened.
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So I was hoping that it would be the crossover, and it is.
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I mean, granted, it's only one bit of like the last chapter, but still, I'm so freaking excited.
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I can't wait to read the third book simply because of this crossover.
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This is literally why I started the series in the first place.
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I'm so so excited.
00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:19.679
Anyhow, yeah, it leaves it off like a little confused, not not confusing to where I'm like, what's happening?
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I know it's happening, but I'm like, what is going to happen?
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What's gonna happen?
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Um, so I'm excited about that.
00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:29.519
I really like that series a lot better.
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The series is okay.
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I just think I don't know.
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I don't know why I don't love this one as much.
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Like Crescent City is not so much my thing, um, but I'm pushing through.
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I've got to the crossover finally.
00:52:46.559 --> 00:53:03.599
I know the third book is a lot more in-depth with the crossover, and so I'm excited to see what that brings, but yeah, as of now, you know, only Amoren and Bryce can talk to each other.
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They're translating.
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We do get to see uh Farah make an appearance like quickly, and we get to see Rassand make an appearance also.
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Uh, you know, I and that's really where it leaves off.
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They're just kind of trying to figure each other out, and she's obviously Bryce is scared and she's desperate, and she's like, I need to get home.
00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:29.840
She does know that she's not in her world anymore.
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Amran tells her that much, and that's that's how the book ends, pretty much.
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So that was the end of the book.
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Um, yeah, so Bryce is in a different world, probably nightcore, and everybody else is trapped, they're all trapped with the Asteria, the weird alien things that are not gods.
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They're not gods, they're parasites, so they are trapped with them right now.
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I'm assuming they're all gonna be like tortured and kept there, and who knows what's gonna happen, right?
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Um, and then we do hear from I'm trying to think of his name.
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I forgot it for some reason, but the oh, Ethan, the the wolf.
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Okay, so he he didn't go with them, he is still looking for that alpha wolf that was like with the mystic.
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So he's looking for her.
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Then it goes on to like an epilogue, and it's just Ethan's chapter, and he finds her again, he goes down to the tanks, and then she he's like, you know, I just want her, I just want to save her.
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We need an alpha.
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I want to save her and get her out of here, and she opens her eyes, and then that is how the book ends completely.
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That is it.
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So I did it, I finished it.
00:54:57.679 --> 00:55:09.760
I think I've I've heard a lot from like people in my book club that have read this book, and then also from just like seeing, you know, comments and threads online.
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I heard a lot of people didn't like the second book that much, and that the first book and the third book are favorites.
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I kind of disagree.
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I did not like the first book very much.
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I thought it was really hard to get through for me, and I had to force myself to just sit down and find time to push through, mainly to move on to the next book and then you know, to record my episode and stuff.
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Um, and you know, not just kind of skim through it.
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So I forced myself through book one.
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Book two, I was a little bit more invested.
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I actually like this book a lot more than the first one, and I think the third book might be my favorite one, but you know, time will tell.
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I'll have to actually read it or listen to it.
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I have the graphic audio for the third book too, so I'm so excited to dive into that.
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Um, yeah, but that is all.
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And thank you guys for sticking through this episode.
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If you did, I appreciate it.
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Thank you for listening to my messy thoughts.
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Let me know if we read the same book, and I will see you guys next week.
