#it wouldn't have made sense to have two bridgerton series release in the same year

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i'd actually be pretty stoked about a 2024 release

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Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2021

1 Best Book You've Read So Far In 2021

My favorite was probably The Invisible Life of Addie Larue but A Heart So Fierce and Broken and Heir Of Fire also killed me a little XD

2 Best Sequel You've Read So Far In 2021

Unsurprisingly XD I think in terms of love since the series is long I would go with Heir of Fire but A Heart so Fierce And Broken is also my favoooorite in the Cursebreaker trilogy. I just love the characters. * cough* Grey * cough* but I also love Rowan and that's what Heir Of Fire gave me so... XD

3 New Release You Haven't Read Yet But Want To:

Though to be fair, I plan on reading Any Way The Wind Blows after I finish Tower of Dawn. I realized I have close to none memories of the second one but I don't feel like a re-read so...

And I discovered Nalini Singh last year and I loved it so much I've been meaning to pick up this one for a while.

4. Most Anticipated Release For The Second Part Of The Year:

Winds Of Shadow by Nicki Pau Preto though technically it came out yesterday.

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell, the next Twisted Tale. This one's about Tangled, which is one of my fav so... Yeah, I know I have many others to read in this collection XD

Daughter Of The Deep by Rick Riordan because I will read anything by Rick Riordan and Yes, I know I still have two series from him to read XD

The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White. I didn't love the second one in this series as much as the first but I still want to read the third (and last I think?) one.

5. Biggest Disappointment:

The Duke And I (Bridgertons 1). I loved the show but it's one case of, really, maybe just stick to the show XD

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht. I really reaaaally wanted to love this one but it didn't work out for me. The universe was too messy and it was hard to follow and make sense of the world. That was a dnf I think.

Rebel Rose (the queen's council 1) by Emma Theriault, which is the first instalment in the latest Disney series. Except you wouldn't find one bit of the disney movies or live adaptation in that book if it hit you on the head. I hated it. Another DNF. I will try the next one since it's a different author and it is MULAN but it won't be high priority.

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. It wasn't bad but I expected to love it and... I didn't.

American Royals by Katherine McGee. I really didn't like it and honestly there are better novels out there if you want to read royalty romances.

6. Biggest Surprise

I hated Throne of Glass so much when I read it that honestly I didn't expect at all to like the sequel but now this series is one of my fav and it just goes to show I need to reread it all when i'm done XD

I was a bit wary of A Curse So Dark And Lonely just because there had been so much hype when it came out and I saw it around so much, it scared me a little, so I went in expecting the worst and I found one of my favorite new series this year.

Same goes for Aru Shah... I was a bit wary after my first try of the Rick Riordan Presents collection ( which was Race To The Sun, another disappointment albeit not as much as others) but this one was soooooo good. If you like mythology or Percy Jackson, I one hundred percent recommend.

7. Favorite New Author (Debut or New To You)

Definitely Roshani Chokshi... I had other books from her on my TBR and I want to get to them soonish.

Also Sarah J Maas. I am a convert.

8. Newest Fictional Crush:

Chaooool. And Rowan. XD

Grey from A Curse So Dark...

9. Newest Favorite Character:

MANON BLACKBEAK. ALL HAIL THE QUEEN. But honestly I could probably name half the characters in that series in this category)

Aru also because she's the best kid ever and I can't wait to read more of her stories.

10. Book That Made You Cry:

A Heart So Fierce & Broken

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

Salt To The Sea

They all broke my heart in different ways.

11 The Most Beautiful Book You've Bought So Far (Or Received):

To Sleep In a Sea of Stars is so gorgeous I have him staring out in my shelf just where the sun can hit it nad make it shine XD

And Les Chroniques de L'érable et du Cerisier has sprayed edges and it's just BEAUTIFUL. Cost a pretty penny too so it better be worth it.

12 What Book Do You Need To Read Before The End Of The Year:

I want to finish the Throne of Glass series so I've only got Kingdom Of Ash left once I'm done with Tower of Dawn. It's doable.

I want to read Les Chroniques de L'érable Et Du Cerisier too...

I would also love to read Wings Of Shadow. Not that I'm especially imaptient to know the ending but because those books are huge and I kind of want to be done with that series if it makes sense? I loved it, particularly the meticulous work of world building but it always feel like I've eaten too much once I'm done with it, you know?

13 Favorite Book-To-Movie Adaptation You've Seen This Year:

Shadow and Bones, obviously...

And Bridgerton!

If you want to do the tag, feel free! (and tell me, I would love to discover more books!)