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such a good book!! i really enjoyed this sequel to raybearer and would definitely recommend it to anyone who liked the first book! i love how everything linked together and all the plot twists:)

It had been a not great week, but I finally got Redemptor finished! I found it a little too fast at times, not letting us really settle with new characters and plots, but I also think that was a strength, keeping things fast-paced especially for YA readers and exploring interesting and complex ideas of love and heroism through action rather than getting g didactic

This was a great follow up to book one, covers growing past some of the pain of the first book while layering a new level of isolation on top of it. There were a couple plot points that I don't think we're wrapped up well, but the world building and portrayal of Tar's emotional state we're amazing. Would recommend.

𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏⁣

I made a good start on REDEMPTOR on Sunday evening, then barely had time to read two chapters yesterday. 😭 With any luck, I‘ll make up that ground today. This book is exactly what I feel like right now.

This book builds so well off the first one, with Tarisai both growing and also confronting her mistakes and shortcomings. It's fast-paced, thought-provoking, and incredibly satisfying.

This duology is just beautiful. Though the pacing of this second book is not perfect-it drags at times I‘m the first half, and the resolution feels rushed-it is still the best and most original YA fantasy I‘ve ever read. 4.5⭐️
Another square for my #bookspinbingo and first book done for #20in4 Readathon

“My name is Tarisai Kunleo, and no one I loved would ever die again.”

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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘤e𝘪𝘷𝘦...𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺.
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The 2nd book in the Raybearer duology is perfection. The world building is still amazing, the plotline is exciting & I'm insanely invested in the characters. ⁣Thank Am, the audibook was narrated by the fantastic Abbott-Pratt again.

This book 📕 is BEAUTIFUL! I can‘t wait to dive in. 🙂 This is not part of our official book club but both my goddaughter and I are reading it. 🙂

Library book haul! It was nice to wander around the library without a book goal. Just being among the shelves is incredibly relaxing. I‘m Excited to read Redemptor (I squealed when I saw it on the shelf), curious about the Ruin of Kings (a random selection), and hoping Good Luck Charm is a cute, light read.

My #BookSpinBingo card with #Bookspin and #DoubleSpin marked! My current read is also my Book Spin, so that's a good sign. Wish me luck!
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What an incredible ending to this gorgeous duology. Tarisai is trying so hard to be the perfect and loved Empress Redemptor. Stay human and not succumb to being a god. (I AM NOT A WOMAN IM A GOD song vibes) What comes is the feeling of anxiety and it‘s negative voices. That itself struck me because of its truth in its mental battle. Felt so real, so exhausting. She fights for justice for all because she has been there, at the bottom.

Do not ask how many people you will save. Ask, ‘to what world will you save them?‘ What makes a world worth surviving in?

I‘m so excited!! Decided to get the special Illumicrate box set of this duology. The box came with this gorgeous Lion crest that Dayo and Tarisai wear. As well as an adorable set of figures of Tarisai, Dayo, Kirah and Sanjeet
As such, I‘m intrigued by the story following Tarisai as she steps into the Raybearer role. And she‘s got unsolved issues she wants - she feels the need - to do. Including the children lost to the void
This is a dust jacket

The tagged book came out this week and I'm obsessed with these covers! 😍💕📚

Weekend read!

I cannot wait for August!!!
The first of the two was incredible and I think about it so very often. It has become one of my yearly books to reread. The sequel will be much appreciated and well loved (I know it). The first left off with some unresolved problems that I can‘t wait to revisit.
Tarisai must learn whether to die for justice... or to live for it.
Either, this is absolutely gorgeous cover art