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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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I can’t tell if this is a good or bad thing.

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

May 26, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

So many thoughts. First and most important? Please get a new editor, Ms. Maas. A brutal editor or team of brutal editors is imperative for the next book. Your literary garden needs some serious weeding, lady. The blooms are there but they are choked under the kudzu. The weight of these books pushes me closer to carpal tunnel syndrome unnecessarily. End of rant. Well, maybe not…This book is another doorstop. Took me over a month to finish it. I nearly stopped reading it several times […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, Crescent City Series, Fiction, sarah j maas

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, Crescent City Series, Fiction, sarah j maas ·
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Charm and irreverance happen to be my two favorite traits.

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

May 26, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

Yep. Still riding the Maas train all the way to the station, I guess. This is the first book in the Crescent City series and it has all of the crazy world-building, will they won’t they, and wing-ed love interests that make a Maas book a Maas book. Whew. I really, really thought I was going to give up on this one until about 1/4 of the way in. Since this is an 800 page doorstop of a book, that was a good 200 pages of me […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, Crescent City Series, Fiction, sarah j maas

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, Crescent City Series, Fiction, sarah j maas ·
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