I wanted—and tried—to like this book, I swear. It received such a big marketing push in the months leading up to its release, I was excited to read it. Unfortunately, the blurbs and the buzz deceived me. The Ruin of Kings (more like Ruin My Month) by Jenn Lyons tells the story of Kihrin, a …
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Book Review | An Ember in the Ashes
An Ember in the Ashes is Sabaa Tahir’s debut, the first in the Ember Quartet. It tells the story of a girl, Laia, a Scholar living under the violent, oppressive rule of the Martial Empire. After her brother is arrested for treason and her grandparents are killed, she finds the shadowy Scholar Resistance, a group …
Righter of Words 