I just got into Juliet Marillier’s writing and I absolutely love it. The character building, and themes are exactly up my alley. Her slow build isn’t usually my pace but she does it with such elegance and ease that I can’t put the book down. Also girl you are literally so pretty!

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Aside from the Bujold books, literally all of these are on my TBR as well, haha love this for us 🤩 I think you'd honesty like The Deep Sky, purely based on the fact that we have very similar sci-fi tastes and I loved that one. Can't wait to read The Stardust Grail!! And oooh I hope the new Signe Pike books lives up to your expectations 🤍 Some of my most anticipated releases are The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi, Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy, Asunder by Kerstin Hall, The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig and Upscaled by Joseph John Lee (look at that last one's cover!!!).

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I really need to start with Signe Pike! 🧚🏻‍♀ for the rest of the year I'm looking forward to Tangleroot by Kalela Williams and The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister. I still want to read some new releases of the first half, such as The Garden of Delights and A Sweet sting of salt 😀

I knew about the 12th Penric and Desdemona, but not the 13th! I just finished The Orphans of Raspay and I love this series so much I'll have to get my hands on those two soon!

Im really looking forward to the ne Manda Scott. 🎉

I usually don’t keep up with new releases but this year I have my eye on two. The Shadowed Land, for sure! And then Le Fay by Sophie Keetch which releases in a couple days!

The Tainted Cup is very good!! Part of a series.

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I'm really looking forward to Words of Kings and Prophets. Like you, I enjoyed the first book but wasn't blown away by it....but I am very much anticipating that he second instalment will be more developed in terms of character growth. Also, I had no idea that Bridget Collins had a new book out! So thank you! I loved The Binding!

I'm reading, well finishing actually, a book that might appeal to you. It is cosy fantasy about a sorcerers' library librarian who runs away with many books from that library in order to save them from the fire ignited by revolutionaries. She arrives to her childhood home in a remote island where all kinds of people dwell and she starts a jam shop at her late parents' cottage, but her side business is selling spells to heal trees, merhorses, mermaids, fountains and crops. I can't reveal more, the title is "The Spellshop" and it comes out in the UK next July11th (I'm reading an ARC) I can't wait to read the next installment of Shauna Lawless' "Gael Song", please read the novellas when you can!

Sounds like we had the exact same experience with the First Sister series, I had similar quibbles but also loved it a lot as a whole. And ooooh that romance series is going straight onto my TBR, I have been wanting to try a more sporty romance for a while now and this sounds like the perfect gateway!! 🤩 It's been a while, but the first quarter was quite odd for me. Normally I read 80% (dark) fantasy, but now it was all cozy fantasy, romantasy and just romcoms, which I loved! Some of my favourites of the first quarter were A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, Breeze Spells & Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan, and Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver! 🥰

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My first read of the year was Sword of Kaigen and it was a massive disappointment. Especially as I had really high hopes for it. I followed it was A Deadly Education, which was a lot of fun and a great thing to pick me up after that initial flop. My first quarter of reading was really good. It was during the second quarter that I started to hit a reading slump and I'm only just getting back into the swing of things now.

I think it was... Jade City by Fonda Lee. And I gave it a full 5 star rating. I'm currently reading Jade War which is the second book in the Greenbone Saga and I totally recommend it. But I think you've already read the trilogy?

Aww he’s beautiful bless him. ❤❤

Ahh! What a lovely dog!! And how lucky he is to have found his home with you. I look forward to seeing more of him in future videos. 🐕

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Merlin is such a cute name 🥺 and he’s also a cute boy!!!

He does look like a cool fantasy character!

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As soon as I saw Merlin I thought some sort of beagle mix for sure especially when you described his behaviour! I have a beagle and though he's an old boy now when he was young I couldn't leave him alone at all as he'd get into things. I wish you happiness with Merlin!

Today I was walikng in the woods near my partent's house and I tought that you would have liked it, and then I saw that you posted a new video. Happy coincidence. It sounds like your dog is very energy intensive but also adorable

What a sweetheart! There’s a stray cat around that I named Merlin because he just seems to appear out of nowhere and will sit a vigil on the fence post. It’s a great name for animals!

I love how his ears perked up when you said he's a troublemaker 😂😩

He's adorable !

You: "I'm introducing you my dog officially!!!" Merlin *not bothered* 😂 No, but seriously I'm very happy that from now on you've got each other. I wish for the both of you many many years of love and friendship

Aw congrats!! I can't blame you for falling for those puppy eyes in those pictures, he is entirely too cute! Also, I love how his eyes shot open when you said 'trouble maker', hahaha. Enjoy your time together 🥰🥰

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I'm new to juliets books. All books happens in the same universe? Dors it have a reading order for different series?

100% agree on ur historical fiction take!!

I’ve been reading Shards of Honor off and on all year. I guess that means I’m also figuring out if I like the Vorkosagen Saga.

Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead is a Celtic take (the love triangle is a weird rumor barely mentioned to only say it is a rumor as Gwenever truly loves Arthur). And she is not a damsel in distress.

This was a really interesting deep dive. I didnt read Tamara Pierce as a child...i wish i had! I read the first Alanna book, maybe ten years ago, but never carried on. However you have really peaked my interest. Do you think i could go straight into one of the other series? Or do i need to go back and re/ read The Song of the Lioness?

I had no idea all the Tamora Pierce books were so interconnected! They only got on my radar when I thought I’d ages out of them, but you make them sound really cool and good and worth getting into even though I’m a decade+ late to the game 😂

I’ve only just read The Immortals series this year after a friend recommended it and seeing you mention it. Snow and Numair have my heart! Some of the other series sound interesting so I’m sure I’ll make my way to them eventually. Also, you’re always rocking the best earrings!

Omg this brings back so many memories! I loveeeed Tamora Pierce as a kid. During lockdown I went back and reread so many of these. As a tween I loved Song of the Lioness the most, but upon reread I really vibed with Protector of the Small.

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Thank you for this review! The Tortall world is still my favourite fantasy world 20 years after first experiencing it. The Song of the Lioness will always be my favourite because Alanna saved me from my very lonely preteen existence. She taught me to be strong and resilient. But I love them all. ❤ Interesting that after your reread, you put the Tricker duology so low, but I see your reasoning. It was my second favourite after Alanna's but I wonder if I'd still feel the same. Rereading all the series will be my new summer project. :)

Always wonderful to see a video from you, hope you have been doing well!! We seem to have the exact same tastes in sci-fi, so I am taking notes hahaha. Glad you enjoyed First Sister overall, I binged that trilogy last year, but book 1 was definitely my fave. One I'd reccomend is The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei!

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Ahh! Lovely to see a new video from you! I hope all is well. I find Sci fi to be quite hit or miss for me. I haven't read any of these that you have read, but one I read and enjoyed this year was In Ascension by Martin McInnes.

I think I'm the same with sci-fi, more speculative, less intergalactic travel and space fights 🙃

I read the book last year during Christmas. Worst mistake in my literature life. Yes, ma’am, I am very mad at the ending.

Riddle-Master is my favorite trilogy. The third book really packs a wallop and ties everything together beautifully. Maybe you can try it again in the future.

Love a good pirate book set on the sea with mermaids and sirens, however I agree with you it wasn't fully fleshed out. The last half felt rushed and I was left confused regarding the stolen hearts kept in the sea. Aside from the evil queen forcing sirens to take hearts, why were the hearts kept under the sand and not eaten?, how do the sirens harness lifespan from the hearts. And after our main character changes and wants to be a good queen what does she do with her previous hearts?, does she even feel remorseful for all the princes she killed. There was too much unresolved.

Am on my 3rd book by her. Am also loving a good movie. Would love to see one of hers made for the screen.

I'm watching some of the videos in my watch later playlist. I have also been thinking I need to decide which series I am continuing and which to quit. I just started the Vorkosigan saga and have put that book on pause a couple months. I want to try and finish that first book this month and decide if I want to continue. I recently bought The Jasmine Throne and hoping I enjoy it. I also have read several volumes in Witch Hat Atelier and need to probably make a choice soon or I'll forget everything.

I’m so glad I found your channel. I’ve been a fan of Juliet Marillier for years but I just finished the Blackthorn and Grim series and it’s taken over my entire life!! Haha I can’t stop thinking about it! I had already started to think about their enneagram before seeing this video. I agree that Blackthorn is definitely an 8. I was initially thinking Grim might be a 9 because he mostly keeps the peace but he also has a lot of anger. You made good points for 6 though too. I had thought 4 for Oran before seeing your video too. Great video!