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I really, really wanted to like this book. I love a brutal education/hazing situation. Unfortunately, the heroine drove me up a wall. Ikenna was always angry and itching for a fight. Even when no one was trying to start one. Also, the love tension thing was not there for this couple. I couldn't handle another 4.5 hours of reading the same thing over and over again. #hailthebail

"Blood is my gift. And blood is what they will get if anyone gets in my godsdamned way."

I need book 2...ASAP!!

DNFing for now. Reading a little young at the beginning and I‘m not in the mood for a military school book. I may revisit later.

Dystopian YA where young adults have to survive deadly trials to become warriors. Ikenna has another mission though, and it‘s to find out who killed her grandfather. Liked the audiobook version of this one, though occasionally Ikenna‘s impulsiveness got old. But she‘s grieving and angry and mistrustful of pretty much everyone around her, so her stress outburst also make sense. Definitely reading book two. Curious about how things will turn out.

A sci-fi fantasy set in a futuristic world where several wars results in a segregated and elitist society. Ikenna, a bipoc, kickass warrior enlists in a deadly gauntlet competition in order to join the government's elite soldier guard but is met with constant racism and misogyny. However, she has an ulterior motive in solving a family member's murder, uncovering a conspiracy, and developing a burgeoning power.

Book #19 of the year: “The Blood Trials” by N.E. Davenport

It is, unsurprisingly, bloody. This YA fiction follows the just-turned-18 Amari as she deals with the loss of her grandfather, the bigotry of her nation, a gift from a goddess, and impending war. It‘s good, if a little long.

How am I supposed to go on!? How do I continue living without knowing what happens next?! I need more! I am betrayed and sad and angry and I need answers!!!!!! And the second book isn‘t out until 2023!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I cannot sit still. On one hand I‘m bouncing up and down in outrage. And on the other hand I think I‘m reading into a enemy‘s to lovers romance that doesn‘t exist. Help. How do I stop reading into it? Is it even viable? Or am I just falling for yet another villain?😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫