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Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2)
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๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ โข ๐๐ต๐น๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด
โ โ โ .๐ณ๐ฑ
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐
- Fantasy
- Inspired by Antony and Cleopatra
- Political court intrigue
- Unique magic system
- Morally grey characters
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐
I absolutely adored book one, Immortal Longings, it was easily one of my top books of 2023. So, why do I feel oddly disappointed with this second installment?
I remain deeply in love with Calla. Sheโs fierce, smart, quick to anger, slow to love, but when sheโs on a characters side you simply know that that character will come out on top. In fact, I enjoyed all the characters except maybe Otta, simply because thereโs too much mystery and uncertainty she is shrouded in.
I loved the cutthroat games of the first book. However, I found this installment confusing and overwhelmingly political. There were so many plot points that were brushed over and itโs left me half-satisfied. Iโm hoping that the third installment will stamp out any lingering bafflement and this series will soar to a new favourite of mine, as all CGโs books seem wont to do.
What really shines in this book is the writing and the romance; both intense, both seductive, and both entirely enthralling.
๐ค๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ,โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, โ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ต. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ.โ
- ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ
- ๐ง๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ/๐ซ
โ โ โ .๐ณ๐ฑ
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐
- Fantasy
- Inspired by Antony and Cleopatra
- Political court intrigue
- Unique magic system
- Morally grey characters
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐
I absolutely adored book one, Immortal Longings, it was easily one of my top books of 2023. So, why do I feel oddly disappointed with this second installment?
I remain deeply in love with Calla. Sheโs fierce, smart, quick to anger, slow to love, but when sheโs on a characters side you simply know that that character will come out on top. In fact, I enjoyed all the characters except maybe Otta, simply because thereโs too much mystery and uncertainty she is shrouded in.
I loved the cutthroat games of the first book. However, I found this installment confusing and overwhelmingly political. There were so many plot points that were brushed over and itโs left me half-satisfied. Iโm hoping that the third installment will stamp out any lingering bafflement and this series will soar to a new favourite of mine, as all CGโs books seem wont to do.
What really shines in this book is the writing and the romance; both intense, both seductive, and both entirely enthralling.
๐ค๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ,โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, โ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ต. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ.โ
- ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ
- ๐ง๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ/๐ซ
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August 26, 2024
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August 26, 2024
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August 29, 2024
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