I love reading (I don't know if you could tell), but one of the downsides to reading in high quantities is that sometimes I forget about some of the books I've read. Of course, that means that when a book pops back up on my radar I get to go "ohh yeah, that one was excellent!" and reminisce, so I guess it isn't all bad. My sister suggested I do some flashback posts to highlight older books I've read, so I thought I would start off with some 2019 nostalgia!
So...what was I reading the first week of March two years ago?
Half Lost is the final book in the Half Bad trilogy, which follows seventeen-year-old witch Nathan Byrn and a group of rebels trying to overthrow England's corrupt Council of White Witches. I thought it was a worthy ending for an amazing series. I gave it five stars, with a warning not to read it right before you have to attend a party (although that shouldn't be a problem right now!)
Ignite the Stars follows criminal mastermind Ia Cocha, scourge of the the Olympus Commonwealth, whom everyone assumes is a man (thanks, patriarchy). What will happen when seventeen-year-old female Ia is captured and her identity revealed? I gave this one three stars overall - it was really captivating for about the first half, then took a bit of a dip before the action picked back up. If I recall correctly, I read this one out loud with my husband, so in fairness if I had read it on my own and been able to read faster, I probably would have bumped it up to four stars.
It kind of tickles me that both books follow seventeen-year-olds at the head of a revolution. Somehow I did not put those pieces together when I was reading them!
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