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Flamefall (The Aurelian Cycle, #2)
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bookshelves: 2021-releases, dragons, ya-fantasy, reviewed-2022, reviewed-2023, favorites, ya, rated-5-stars
Mar 27, 2021
bookshelves: 2021-releases, dragons, ya-fantasy, reviewed-2022, reviewed-2023, favorites, ya, rated-5-stars
Read 3 times. Last read November 20, 2023 to November 21, 2023.
Update: 11/21/23
“Logs on fire. Fires to burn the world down. A lifetime in the ashes of such a fire has taught me that it doesn't end there. Anyone can start a fire. The problem is what happens after.”
TW: animal cruelty, animal death, blood, bullying, classism, child death, death, death of a loved one, emotional abuse, fire/fire injury, genocide, grief, injury/injury detail, physical abuse, sexism, sexual assault/coercion, slavery, torture, violence, vomit, war.
As with each book in this series, my awe and love for this book only grew upon rereading it. The foreshadowing, the parallels, the characters, the discussions of grief.... There are so many lines in Flamefall that are so beautiful, so poignant that I always take time to reread them again and again before moving on.
I'm once again not prepared for Furysong or for the emotional desolation I feel whilst reading it :)
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Update: 8/10/22
This book left me speechless the first time I read it and a little over a year later, I find myself speechless again. The only thing I can say is that - beginning to end - this book is a work of art. From the way it handles grief and trauma, to the way it makes you feel so damn much.
My opinions haven't changed much in my reread, except that I felt a bit more compassion for Lee this time around. I was still irritated at how irrational and sullen he was being, but I understood it more this time. (Yes, he's an idiot; yes, I'll defend him to the death.)
I hate Megara just as much as the first time around though :)
I'm also a complete mess about Delo and Griff rn and I'm terrified for Furysong. Keep them FAR away from urns, Rosaria Munda, I beg you. Please. They deserve happiness and peace and all we have right now is pain. So. Much. Pain.
As for that ending, I shall repeat my review from last year... "Excuse me WHAT"
I could talk about this book forever and I wouldn't begin to touch the surface of how much it means to me, or how amazed I was by every chapter and Rosaria Munda's absolute gift with words. I noticed so many parallels this time around and I left even more awed than the first time around.
Now... onto Furysong....
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Original Read: 3/7/21
Excuse me WHAT
“Logs on fire. Fires to burn the world down. A lifetime in the ashes of such a fire has taught me that it doesn't end there. Anyone can start a fire. The problem is what happens after.”
TW: animal cruelty, animal death, blood, bullying, classism, child death, death, death of a loved one, emotional abuse, fire/fire injury, genocide, grief, injury/injury detail, physical abuse, sexism, sexual assault/coercion, slavery, torture, violence, vomit, war.
As with each book in this series, my awe and love for this book only grew upon rereading it. The foreshadowing, the parallels, the characters, the discussions of grief.... There are so many lines in Flamefall that are so beautiful, so poignant that I always take time to reread them again and again before moving on.
I'm once again not prepared for Furysong or for the emotional desolation I feel whilst reading it :)
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Update: 8/10/22
This book left me speechless the first time I read it and a little over a year later, I find myself speechless again. The only thing I can say is that - beginning to end - this book is a work of art. From the way it handles grief and trauma, to the way it makes you feel so damn much.
My opinions haven't changed much in my reread, except that I felt a bit more compassion for Lee this time around. I was still irritated at how irrational and sullen he was being, but I understood it more this time. (Yes, he's an idiot; yes, I'll defend him to the death.)
I hate Megara just as much as the first time around though :)
I'm also a complete mess about Delo and Griff rn and I'm terrified for Furysong. Keep them FAR away from urns, Rosaria Munda, I beg you. Please. They deserve happiness and peace and all we have right now is pain. So. Much. Pain.
As for that ending, I shall repeat my review from last year... "Excuse me WHAT"
I could talk about this book forever and I wouldn't begin to touch the surface of how much it means to me, or how amazed I was by every chapter and Rosaria Munda's absolute gift with words. I noticed so many parallels this time around and I left even more awed than the first time around.
Now... onto Furysong....
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Original Read: 3/7/21
Excuse me WHAT
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Reading Progress
February 21, 2021
– Shelved
February 21, 2021
– Shelved as:
to-read
March 26, 2021
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Started Reading
March 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
ya-fantasy
March 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
dragons
March 27, 2021
– Shelved as:
2021-releases
March 27, 2021
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Finished Reading
August 9, 2022
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Started Reading
August 10, 2022
– Shelved as:
reviewed-2022
August 10, 2022
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Finished Reading
November 20, 2023
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Started Reading
November 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
reviewed-2023
November 21, 2023
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Finished Reading
December 9, 2023
– Shelved as:
favorites
July 31, 2024
– Shelved as:
ya
August 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
rated-5-stars
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Mar 23, 2024 05:00AM
Girl I just finished reading this for the first time. And WHAT?! 🤣 the way I gasped so loud at work. Like excuse me what
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Taylormadee40 wrote: "Girl I just finished reading this for the first time. And WHAT?! 🤣 the way I gasped so loud at work. Like excuse me what"I knowwww!! This whole series is a freaking roller coaster, I love it so much lol.
