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Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)

by Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author)

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Aoife said: " On the island of Fennbirn there are three queens but only one of them can eventually be the true leader. Mirabella, Katherine and Arsinoe are triplets and were split up as children and taught to hate each other - because eventually they will have to On the island of Fennbirn there are three queens but only one of them can eventually be the true leader. Mirabella, Katherine and Arsinoe are triplets and were split up as children and taught to hate each other - because eventually they will have to kill each other until only one is left standing to rule. As their 16th year approaches, the girls have to start dealing with the reality they are about to face while also dealing with the powers they were born with and some untimely romances.

I was exivted to read this and I'm so glad I got around to it cause I really enjoyed it. First things first - the map in this book is INCREDIBLE. I think it might be one of my favourite maps to ever appear in a book, just absolutely gorgeous.

This book is pretty cool because we have three main protagonists, all of which we know are on limited time. We know with a certainty that all of them are going to become murders most likely, and two of them will definitely die. But all the girls are likable in their own way and they are all so different to one another. I did feel for Katherine the most (view spoiler) as she definitely seemed to have had the worst childhood being a poisoner. Arsinoe and Mirabella definitely had a more idyllic childhood compared to hers and I think received a lot more love as well. So I found it interesting how the other started growing weaker in different ways as Katherine began to grow stronger within herself and her confidence soared.

I enjoyed the side characters in this, mainly Jules (I also really liked Luke even though he isn't in it a lot).I think Jules seems to be a great character and I love how strong a naturalist she is - however, I do think everything with Joseph lets her down a bit and I don't like her seeing her become all about him when she's a pretty cool badass woman by herself.

I did like Mirabella and as with all of the girls, I love that they all had some kind of female friendship around them. Katherine's main relationship was with Petyr (who was basically Draco Malfoy to me) but she did have a tentative friendship with her maid and her guardian.

The end of this book was just so crazy and thrilling and felt like everything happened at once. I loved it. I really enjoy the revelations and can't wait to see what happens next. The next book is going to be pretty epic! ...more "

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The Old Woman with the Knife

by Gu Byeong-mo

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Aoife’s Quotes

“As long as you exist and I exist, I will love you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

tags: blackstairs, emma-carstairs, jemma, queen-of-air-and-darkness, the-dark-artifices

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“The library possessed a life of its own, had become greater than Cornelius had ever intended. For these were not ordinary books the libraries kept. They were knowledge, given life. Wisdom, given voice. They sang when starlight streamed through the library's windows. They felt pain and suffered heartbreak. Sometimes they were sinister, grotesque- but so was the world outside. And that made the world no less worth fighting for, because wherever there was darkness, there was also so much light.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

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“How many generations of women had delayed their greatness only to have time extinguish it completely? How many women had run out of time while the men didn’t know what to do with theirs? And what a mean trick to call such things holy or selfless. How evil to praise women for giving up each and every dream.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch

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“Knowledge always has the potential to be dangerous. It is a more powerful weapon than any sword or spell.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

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