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Review: Atlas: The Story Of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whitaker
Finally it was there, the final book in the really popular “The Seven Sisters” series by Lucinda Riley. As she passed away in 2021 to cancer, she couldn’t finish this series herself. Her son Harry Whitaker granted his mom’s wish and finished the final book. He and Riley co-wrote several childeren’s books together. However, many people were eagerly awaiting this final book as the story of the mysterious Pa Salt was revealed. I was one of them and listened to the 25-hour audiobook, narrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton.
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Wrap Up | May 2023
Wow, it’s already June, can you believ it? I can’t, the first half of 2023 is nearly over. May was quite a busy month at work. We had several days off due to Labour Day and Pentecost. I witnessed the honoring of our national football champion without even attending, I just had to open the window at the office to be able to hear literally everything. Furthermore, I feel quite tired and I just don’t know why. However, I’ve read more than I initially thought, I found out when writing this post. Without further ado, here’s my month of May.
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Review: The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
As you might know by now, the Daevabad series by S.A. Chakraborty has been translated into Dutch. The final installment, The Empire of Gold, just has been released and therefore the series is now complete. I’ve reread all books in my mother tongue, I’ve read them in English in 2021. Be aware for spoilers of both The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper in this review.
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Review: The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Several years ago, I found The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen on Audible Plus. This means that no credit is needed to listen to the audiobook, which is a nice surprise. I liked the book and I was planning on listening to it’s sequel, The Traitor Queen, soon-ish. Well, that took me about 2 years, but I finally did. Actually, I read the Dutch translation of the book which just got released. In this review you can read my thoughts on it. Spoiler warning: there are spoilers for The Bridge Kingdom in this review that simply cannot be avoided.
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Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros has been known for her new adult and romance novels which are often emotional rollercoasters. Recently, she also published several adult novels such as The Last Letter and Reason To Believe as well as historical fiction, The Things We Leave Unfinished. Now, she decided to take on a different approach and published a fantasy novel, Fourth Wing. This is the first book in the “Empyrean” series.. I’ve read most of this author’s work so I was a little surprised. Furthermore, with me being so out of the loop when it comes to new releases, I only knew of this book’s publication just before release date. However, that didn’t get me less excited to read it as soon as I could. Did Yarros manage to deliver within the fantasy genre?