**My Thoughts on "Jad Air"**

I have to say that I feel like some particularly thrilling elements could be fleshed out more, like the trials element could have been a whole book if I'm being honest and I feel like maybe should have been a whole book. Like, not included within this book you know personally speaking but I'm still really entertained by this book. I'm really flying through it, I just can't wait to see how it ends and what in the world is happening.

I also feel like there are so many secrets that Sylvia is keeping, half the secret she doesn't even know she's keeping from herself. It's like, and then Aaron has secrets and then like all the politics and stuff. I'm just, I'm curious. It was a little hard to keep up with everything at times because there were just so many different plot points.

But despite my issues with pacing and plotting in part two, this book really had a fantastic main character. I really appreciated how much we focused on who she was, her motivations, being alongside her as she began to process not only the trauma of her past but also the secrets of her past and her family. That aspect of this book I really appreciated.

I also feel like the author spent a lot of time in part one creating really believable friendships and different types of connections. Um, and I really enjoyed those chapters too. And just in part one I felt like the pacing was really methodical, Au really took their time, kind of growing and building a lot of different things with that in mind going into part two.

However, going into part two, I did feel it read very quickly, but I feel like the inclusion of this competition and just there was a lot of plot elements that were introduced or covered in part two, and I'm not quite sure enough of them or like any of them got enough time to make them feel like they had the oomph that I feel like they needed if that makes sense.

Another thing I noticed was that while the romantic complicated romantic relationship that was present in this book continued to flourish in part two, other aspects that I really loved and appreciated like the friendships kind of fell by the wayside. It was a little disappointing to see them take a backseat at times.

But despite my issues with pacing and plotting, I still say I really enjoyed this book. I read it super quickly, I honestly could not put it down. I'm really obsessed with the enemies-to-lovers and romantic pairing within this book if you want a true slowburn, true true true enemies-to-lovers, I hate you but I couldn't stop thinking about you. Romantic pairings like this is the book for you.

It's not perfect as I illustrated, but it still doesn't take away how much I was entertained by this. And I'm definitely going to be checking out book two. Also, feel like some of my issues with this can be easily resolved in later installments, and I feel like the strengths definitely outweigh the weaknesses particularly with this author's writing style.

Personally, I'm just optimistic about this series, and it really was so much fun to read. And that's what matters most to me. I was on the edge of my seat anytime our two main characters were in the same room together, and that's why you should be picking this book up.

**A Delicious Loaf of Bread**

I made a loaf of bread today, and it didn't turn out terrible. It's a little flat, but it does taste pretty good. I'm not going to lie, and I think I'm going to have a bit for a snack right now, but also I'm going to sit down with my afternoon cup of coffee and finish my book because I have about 50 pages left.

**The End**

Overall, I've really enjoyed this book. Let's chat about my overall thoughts and feelings about this book so I would say kind of... in summary the beginning, I'm still very much obsessed with... and I'm happy to report that the end, like last bit was also very good very explosive, and I can't wait for the next installment.

I do think there were pacing and plotting issues, kind of in part two. But I stand by that. I feel like there was a fantastic main character, really appreciated how much we focused on who she was, her motivations being alongside her as she began to process not only the trauma of her past but also the secrets of her past and her family.

I'm still very much optimistic about this series, and it really was so much fun to read. I would recommend this book. It's a lot of fun.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enguys it's Reagan and welcome to the start of another reading vog I am so excited for this reading Vlog because I'm going to be attempting a Romany book that I think I'm going to love so much feel like I have been desperately searching for a Romany story that it's actually slow bured with great characters great writing all of the above and I think maybe maybe the book I'm going to be featuring in this Vlog could be it so I have one book and one book only on my TBR and that is the dad air by Sarah Hassam this book has been on my radar since it's come out um based on just like the Trope usage and the synopsis but one of the reasons why it shot up on my TBR was actually some negative reviews I read it really proves how like subjective reading is because things that you might love in a book could be something that somebody else hates in a book I actually love reading negative reviews of books that are on my TBR because something from those negative reviews might Peak my interest to make me want to read it more and that's exactly what happened with the Jad air some people mention that this book was actually like a really slow burn read like The pacing was slower there's a lot of World building like there was just like a longer wait for the payoff if you will immediately made me want to read this book right away because I have been dying for a slow burn Romany read and I feel like I have been let down time and time again but I think this might be it but what is this book about so the datat ER is an Egyptian inspired uh romantic leaning fantasy story I keep calling it Romany I honestly thought this is a straight up fantasy when I initially bought it but when it was nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards it was in the Romany section so take that with what you will and I were introduced to our main character Sylvia and 10 years ago before the start of this novel The Kingdom of Jad burned and she's basically the last remaining member of the royal family associated with this group of people and now a new group of people are in charge and the new government basically hunts anyone down that has ties to this previous government and Magic our character syvia has been in hiding ever since but due to a variety of circumstances she runs into like the air of the current ruling government and things get complicated really fast as I would imagine but this is apparently like true enemies to lovers with a slow burn and Shelley Parker Chan blurbed it I'm so hopeful about this and I feel like I'm going to give a lot of my weekend over to reading it it's currently Saturday night and basically all of my plans for the rest of the weekend are to rewatch Dune 1 in preparation for dune to read this book and uh clean my house and just hang out with clay and Vibe all around my mom is coming in town tomorrow so you know I will have to hang out with my mother but in my off time I'm going to be reading the justad air and I could not be more excited but anyway welcome to the start of this Vlog I'm so excited to document the process and I'm really crossing my fingers isn't that right clay that this book is going to be a winner for me I have a feeling it could be maybe I'm being too overly optimistic which could put me in in a bad spot but anyway let's get to reading a little group hang in the backyard because it's truly a beautiful evening and we're just going to we're just going to hang out back here while we wait for our dinner to be delivered because it's Saturday so obviously we're ordering in for our big Dune uh watching event together as we should family chilling in the backyard waiting for our barbecue to arrive which I think it's arrived so we decided to share a three meat plate so obviously we have white bread cuz this is Texas our pickles we also got some corn Soule some beans our barbecue sauce and we got brisket sausage and chopped steak to share but also obviously we got an immense amount of sides including banana pudding which is truly one of the best inventions of all time potato salad very large serving of mac and cheese which I'm going to mix brisket into obviously Saturday night and we are rewatching Dune one and honestly thank God because 25 minutes into this movie I've realized I literally forgot every single thing about it but it's very good so far I actually think I'm retaining and following things better in my second watch but everything is a surprise also Hello friends Dune one has been rewatched it was honestly better than I even remembered cuz clearly I didn't remember very much but I really liked it and I feel like very settled and established in the Dune universe so I feel very prepared to go and see Dune 2 which we don't have tickets to until next weekend it was very sold out but you know it's going to be worth the wait but now I'm going to start the justad air which I'm so excited about and I'm definitely going to be reading some of this tonight and a lot tomorrow morning hi friends good morning let's do a reading update as I have read 100 pages of the Jad air I'm really happy to report that I am liking this book so much I do want to say I feel like part of My Success so far is going into this thinking about it more from a Romany point of view but like a Romany that's built for me and so far it's Landing but to take a step back let's chat about what this book is even about so in this book we're following our main character Sylvia and this is a very like political Egyptian inspired fantasy story it also has magic and it appears that maybe there's like a god element in terms of their founding ethos for this fantasy world but so far all of the elements are really working for me we're following her main character syvia and she's basically been living in this small town for the past decade um and a large part of the beginning of the book has been really centered on World building getting to know and understand our main character Sylvia now and in the past her connections her friendships this book is set in a fantasy world where there are these different ruling kingdoms overseen recently by this kind of fifth Kingdom the sort of keep keeps things balanced if you will 10 years PRI of the start of this novel there was a kingdom that was ruled by the jads and the jads have magic and at this point in the book it's kind of unclear exactly what happened 10 years ago in terms of like what caused this like all of the details and it's supposed to be murky for a variety of reasons but what we do know happened is that all of the kingdoms ban together to basically attack and overthrow the jads destroy them burn down their Kingdom the reasons why they said they did this is definitely probably propaganda and we can't really believe it but we also don't have full clarity on what exactly happened but we do know Sylvia our main character is an heir to this family and like one of the last remaining members of this family and anyone else associated with Jad magic or from that Kingdom has gone into hiding because based off of the story that is told um like magic can cause Madness it's super dangerous all of these things so they're like hunted down and imprisoned across this Kingdom which is why our main character Sylvia has been in hiding for the past 10 years and that's kind of where we find her at the beginning of the story living in this small town the first 100 Pages have honestly been pretty slow paced but I've actually really enjoyed it first and foremost we're really just like learning about Sylvia learning about how this world Works kind of learning about the past and the present alongside sort of this past element there appears to be this tournament that's up and coming where different champ ions like fight against each other for a large purse and just like riches and fame and all of that and I definitely feel like that's going to be a significant part of this book but the first 100 Pages again I feel like has done such a good job making me feel like I know and understand the main character really making me feel very committed to her friendships and connections that she's made in this town but also really being sure to communicate to us that while Sylvia clearly cares about these people she's also hiding so much of her self and she's fearful of like connecting and she's also like ready to run at any moment I just feel like like the intensity of this book has been really successfully accomplished and like this line of Sylvia clearly wanting to like have people in her life but not feeling like she could really trust anyone even if they wouldn't betray her is like a big part of this book um but yeah the first 100 pages I just feel like I'm really interested in this world I really like Sylvia I feel committed to kind of the character building and I really believe it which I feel like is important especially as I'm sure the plot is going to unfold like meaning I just feel like the pacing in this book is really well done to actually make me feel the connection between the characters which I feel like is going to create stakes and just like overall plot believability and I know there's going to be a romantic enemies to lovers situation in this and I have met that character but it has been so slow burn from the git and I just appreciate it so much like I just feel like the author is really going to draw this out and Pace it well because I feel like we've already had such great pacing with her like familial and friendship connections that we have met in the beginning of this book kind of understanding her past and just like the sprinkling of this other character that has entered the fry if you will has obviously complicated things and that figure if you're wondering is the Aaron Prince to this fifth Kingdom that oversees the other kingdoms and she despises him I obviously as she should so anyway the first 100 Pages have been really intriguing so far big focus on again big focus on World building but I'm like really intrigued by this world I like the writing style I like the characterization and I'm kind of like already hooked and I'm excited to see how the rest of the book is going to unfold and I feel like the politics are like detailed too it's not like just a backdrop for characters to sort of I don't know have their romantic moments like everything feels like well thought out out and well put together and I'm really enjoying it so I've read 100 Pages I'm definitely going to read more today but just wanted to give you a reading update this morning as we continue to progress it's Sunday so we got some breakfast tacos obviously it's too nice a day to not eat outside so that's what we're doing my mom is arriving in T-minus 2ish hour so that means it's time to frantically clean the house to make it Mom ready you guys know how it goes house is looking nice and clean also look how pretty these spring flowers are obsessed we also prepared the guest room for my mom as well and we hung up this light this little nightstand light little a little reading lamp for her but now before I head to the airport I am going to hang out with Matilda drink this cup of coffee little afternoon Sunday cup of Joe I'm going to read more of this book because I am really into it and I got to hang out with my mom I can't sneak away and read it so I got to read it now my mom is here that's the back of her head and I am just putting together dinner I picked up a rotisserie chicken from Central Market delish this is Oak smoked garlic pepper and then I just have some baked potatoes in the oven which are almost done staming some broccoli and also just sautéing a zucchini for vegetable and uh fin it should be good I think we're going to eat outside cuz the weather is so beautiful and then tonight I'm going to sneak away and read more of my book because it's excellent and dinner is served hello everyone this evening I'm hanging out commence but I am now in bed and I'm going to read more of my book we're going to see how far I can get before I inevitably fall asleep like Matilda at this moment but lucky for me I'm really liking this so I'm going to read now good morning everyone it is time for some coffee godess Donuts this morning I'm going to have a little blueberry cake donut some coffee and I'm going to sit down and read my book I owe y'all a reading update too I've read quite a bit and I'm happy to report I'm having a great time reading it it's action-packed it's angsty so good so far so I definitely need to give you guys a reading update hi friends I am here with a reading update of the Jad air and I'm really liking this book so far and I'm also happy to report this is definitely very slowburn like there are the barest of hints where I am at which is exactly what I want because our character is dealing with a lot of things and romance is definitely Far and Away not close to the Forefront of her mind you know so anyway let's take a step back so obviously as I mentioned we're following a main character syvia she has magic she is the Jad air she's in hiding she also has magic that she's not able to access she's been laying low in a village for a long time she has close friends there everything is sort of turned upside down when the air of nazal arrives his name is Aaron and she basically get gets wrapped up in like this deadly game so basically in this Kingdom there is this competition where each sub Kingdom within the kingdom puts forward a champion to compete within it and then the winner gets like Untold wies protection political power all of these things and the chatter of the small town is that the nazil air is in town because he's looking for his Champion um he also immediately catches on to Sylvia and her possibility of hiding magic and then one thing leads to another he claims Sylvia to be his champion in this competition but it's not as straightforward as you think because there's two sort of Rebel groups um left over from the Jad Empire and he thinks that for some reason they're in the area looking for a main character Sylvia but he doesn't know why but we know why because Sylvia is the heir to the throne so she is playing this incredibly dangerous game where one she's at the mercy of this Prince she's training alongside this Prince to participate in this competition but she's also like part of her identity has been revealed but not all of it so she's still having to strategically keep some things under wraps um and she's also trying to kind of figure out the legacy of her own magic like why is it contained is she able to kind of break out of this containment and also try to figure out what's going on with these Rubble groups like there's so many different inputs to this that I'm personally so intrigued by like could you make the argument that yes it's a little convoluted to get these two enemies in the same room sure but am I still like happy it's happening this way yes unbelievably yes I am just so clued into this book also I have to say I love Sylvia as our main character so much what's also really interesting about her character is when we first meet her and begin to follow her in this book she's very reserved she's very quiet she's not one to really draw attention to herself and that's because she's living under a false identity so a lot of her like natural personality she's kind of shoved down to be someone else and to like exist like she's compartmentalized her life but you sort of begin to see once she's found out in a way by this Prince like aspects of her real personality begin to shine through and her personality is so one hilarious like she's constantly bringing people to task she's not afraid to stick up for herself also she's like so strong physically and mentally within her magic every new thing I learned about our main character Sylvia not only like her skill set her past I just begin to like her more and more and more but I'm just saying it's been interesting to see like the slow build of her personality coming more to light as aspects of her disguise are like Stripped Away which I appreciate from like a writing style point of view and I also just feel like it makes us more attuned to our main character and you begin to see kind of the back and forth that is existing between Sylvia and Aaron and again it's so slow burn like I cannot emphasize enough how much this is going to be enemies to lovers because it's staely very enemies right now but it's working really well there's also like clearly so many Secrets Sylvia is keeping a lot of Secrets but so is Aaron and I just imagine there's quite a bit of an agenda left to reveal itself to us the reader and I'm looking forward to it but like all of the tropes are so fun we have training we have hidden airs already mentioned the Romantic tropes like and I really like the writing style too there's been a lot of World building I believe the character connections that are at play like I'm just really impressed with this so far I am only about 200 pages in to this book but I'll tell you what I am very invested in what's going to happen next and I love like we basically moved from kind of this small town setting where syvia has been in hiding and like a variety of things have happened I've moved in kind of into phase 2 which is the training for this competition but also investigating these other rubber groups situation and syia is trying to like parse out what's going on with this uh air if you will and I'm eating it up I'm eating it up I love Sylvia I'm loving this book so much so far it's so good I can't wait to read more but before we can do any more reading it's time for lunch it's time for lunch some adult lunch bowls a classic I have eggs oh I have salami I have cheese salami some hummus bell pepper I also I ordered um Sumo oranges from the grocery store but they gave me these instead I'm not entirely sure what these are I think they maybe are like unripe tangerines it's a mystery so I'm going to we're going to have those and yeah should be good and lunch is served Hello friends it is time for an afternoon cup of Joe and I'm going to sit down and do a little bit of breing Sprint I thought you guys could join me also I'm so happy to report the construction the emergency construction we had done on our house is officially done we now have floors again which is very exciting and beneath this carpet is the trapdoor of our dreams which allows us to access a previously inaccessible cross bace that was full of a large variety of issues from water to all sorts of Mis Mysteries I shall not name at this juncture but has since been resolved which I'm so happy about so to celebrate I'm going to have a afternoon cup of coffee not have an existential crisis and read hi friends it's Reagan and I am here with a reading update it's also a few days later since you've last seen me my mom is no longer here we had a lovely time but I've realized I struggle with vlogging when other like my families or just when other people are around so hopefully you don't mind but we're back we're back in Action let's do a reading update so I have about 200 pages left of the justad air and I'm really liking it my plan today is to actually finish it which I don't foresee being a problem because this book is like really hard to put down once you have picked it up this book I also feel like is okay I'm getting excited so I'm having a hard time articulating one of the reasons why I picked this book up was because a lot of people complain that the pacing was slow and the Slow Burn of the romance was slow like both the plot pacing and the Romantic pacing is slow and guys I'm happy to report for all those people out there looking for a slowburn it is and to great effect so many things the author is not rushing and I am here for it first off we had a very solidly composed beginning an exposition getting to know our characters her friendship where she's come from we still have Mysteries regarding her past now I'm almost 300 pages into this book we've gotten some views into her past to understand why Sylvia our main character acts the way she does all the emot stuff that she has had to go through all the horrors of her childhood and all of these things have helped comprise who she is today and it's so good I feel so connected to Sylvia as our main character and it's just been so well done the other aspect the plot pacing has been slower too we have a couple different things going on we obviously have this competition element which has been hinted to and I imagine that is actually going to happen in the next installment because most of this book has been about training for that competition which I personally love I love a training sequence I love a compound where people are like working to you know fight alongside each other and obviously this compound is much more complicated because Sylvia is literally surrounded by enemies who despise her for literally just who she is and it's like how do you survive that like how do you go about your day it's incredibly complicated and she's forming different types of relationships with the soldier that are there too which are also really interestingly explored but obviously we have the real reason why the prince is even in this region and it's not actually for this competition he's just using it as a shield but instead to look into these Rebel groups and by proxy Sylvia gets to learn about these Rebel groups and us the reader get to learn about these Rebel groups and again the author is not being straightforward not only showcasing how these Rebel groups have differing philosophies point of views and approaches and how Sylvia our main character strug with some of the decisions and choices that these groups make also feeling like a sham of an heir because she personally doesn't really want to take on the mantle of power she wants to continue to live in isolation and her personal struggle with her lack of desire for wanting to take on this role and her guilt and shame she feels because of that like all of this is explored in a huge part of this plot and then alongside of that we have such an interesting enemies to lover situation between syvia and Aaron but again it's slow the author is not one of my biggest pet peeves with enemies to lover story is like two characters that are enemies like immediately have feelings and recognize those feelings um like with each other and then it's like where are the enemies to lovers in this book Aaron and syvia are mortal enemies and they don't like each other they do not trust each other but despite like what their brain says you can see the forming of something and you also see their denial and fear of those feelings and them trying to like push it aside creating so much tension and discomfort and just like really good stuff between these two characters and like the author is trying to show how emotionally complicated it is to form feelings for your literal enemy who and you have so many reasons to despise them and it's really really good because of that like it's so much more complicated when there's actual dissonance happening between your characters and an enemies to lover situation like it makes every interaction every prolonged piece of eye contct every hand brush so much more meaningful so much more dramatic so much more impactful and like you will be flipping the pages because like every little thing feels like it has a double meaning particularly because of their Dynamic and also their denial of this Dynamic and their frustration that they feel because of what they're feeling it's like that line from Bridgerton season 2 that's like there is no corner of this Earth that I could escape from you because I despise you but I also can't stop thinking of you it's like that energy you know you know so like good politics good writing good characterization good romantic pacing I'm excited to see where the last 200 Pages takes us but I'm having a blast with this so far a blast so I'm going to read more now and I will check in a little quick lunch I made a t to salad and some crackers hi let's make some afternoon tea cuz we're back on trying to avoid heavy caffeine in the afternoon I am going to drink some caffin and sit down and do more reading of toad air which obviously I've only been saying amazing things about because it's truly just been such a fun and engaging read I'm like there was one like every conversation these two characters have with one another I'm just like it's so good anyway making tea now the tea has steeped and I'm going to join Matilda and do some reading back to watching our favorite show Hospital playlist time to read good morning everyone it's time for some coffee I'm going to caffeinate and then give youall a reading update because I definitely owe you one I had planned to finish my book yesterday but then I started watching Hospital playlist which if you didn't know is basically my entire personality at the moment I always go I'll just watch 30 minutes but each episode is an hour and a half and then you watch more than one episode and there goes your whole evening but luckily my book is also fantastic I'm going to sit down now and do some reading and update you guys hi friends let's do a reading update because I'm definitely in the home stretch up this book I'm on page 380 of 480 definitely on track to finish this book today and I'm happy to report I'm still very much entertained I wouldn't say this book is perfect but let's take a step back and kind of talk about my thoughts and feelings about the book so far so obviously I would say the first half of this book was about learning about Sylvia following her in her small town setting and then we move into kind of a keep setting a training situation as Sylvia has been picked to be the champion to represent this nailon Kingdom um and working alongside the prince of this Kingdom now we're kind of shifting into the back half of this book where we are actually kind of beginning to see the reality of this competition unfold um we have left the keep and we're traveling to different Kingdom seats which has allowed us to not only meet other powerful people across this land but also get more insight in how the politics of this land function and the different Power Players and their motivations at play and Sylvia obviously trying to navigate and survive this very dangerous game the competition itself has also started I will say I feel like given how much time was given to the first part of this book I wish it's not that the competition has felt rushed I just wish it was drawn out a bit more to sort of match the pacing of the first part of this book given that though the pacing has been like very very fast and I would say there just is a little bit of a difference in the pacing style between part one and part two plot-wise but because it's faster it does read rather quickly um another aspect of this book that's been explored more deeply is one the dissonance as I've already kind of talked about that Sylvia feels about her role and the Jad Empire and you know linking up with Jad rebeles and like her responsibility what she wants to do um but also she's beginning to realize that her memories of the past are a bit murky and her perspective of her kingdom might not be entirely accurate and so one sort of piecing together the mystery of what happened 10 years ago but also the politics of even before then of her kingdom itself and even like there's Mysteries regarding her own memory of herself so she's both conflicted because she doesn't know how she wants to approach the future but part of that is because she doesn't fully understand the past I feel like the author is trying to show like corrupted governments and evil governments now but also possibly kind of the cycle of violence that can occur where people overthrow another government and then kind of turn into the government that they overthrew and take on and adopt policy and laws that are injust just in a different way and kind of how like this cycle continues and continues and continues at least within this Kingdom so we have a lot of different Mysteries going on that I'm really intrigued by I want to know more about the past I want to know more about Sylvia's childhood I am intrigued by the politics and present day obviously the tension between our two main characters Aaron and Sylvia is very very very very good I will say the pacing in the second half well quicker things aren't maybe explored to the extent that I would personally like like I feel like there's a lot of good stuff here but we're kind of rushing through aspects of it but it is hard to put down I will say that and the trials themselves of course are interesting like who doesn't love a competition trials but I just feel like there's like a lot that the author is including in this book like we have trials we have you know multi-kingdom politics we have we have lost magic in history of the past so we're trying to like unlock and follow a lot of different fantasy plot lines it's all good but I do feel like some particularly the trials element could be fleshed out more like the trials could have been a whole book if I'm being honest and I feel like maybe should have been a whole book like not included within this book you know personally speaking but I'm still really entertained by this book I'm really flying through it I can't wait to see how it ends and what in the world is happening I just feel like there's so many Secrets Sylvia is keeping half the secret she doesn't even know she keeping from herself I feel like and then Aaron has secrets and then like all the politics and stuff I'm just I'm curious hello I made a loaf of bread and it didn't turn out terrible it's a little flat but it does taste pretty good I'm not going to lie and I think I'm going to have a bit for a snack right now but also I'm going to sit down with my afternoon cup of coffee and finish my book cuz I have about 50 pages left a lot of stuff is happening so much stuff is happening and we'll be wrapping up this Vlog very very soon hi friends I'm happy to report I've officially finished the Jad air and I would say overall I've really enjoyed this book let's chat about my overall thoughts and feelings about this book so I would say kind of overall in summary the beginning I'm still very much obsessed with and I'm happy to report that the end like last bit was also very good very explosive and I can't wait for the next installment I do think and I stand by that I do feel like there was pacing and plotting issues kind of in part two this book really had a fantastic main character I really appreciated how much we focused on who she was her motivations being alongside her as she began to process not only the trauma of her past but also the secrets of her past and her family that aspect of this book I really appreciated I also feel like the author spent a lot of time in part one creating really believable friendships and just different types of connections um and I really enjoyed those chapters too and just in part one I just felt like the pacing was really methodical Au really took their time kind of growing and building a lot of different things with that in mind going into part two I did feel it read very quickly but I feel like the inclusion of this competition and just there was a lot of plot elements that were introduced or covered in part two and I'm not quite sure enough of them or like any of them got enough time to make them feel like they had the oomph that I feel like they needed if that makes sense I also feel like while the Romantic complicated romantic relationship that was present in this book continued to flourish in part two other aspects that I really loved and appreciated like the friendships kind of fell to the Wayside in the second part of this book I really honestly just feel like the concepts of part two should have been like a whole book I just think just cuz there was like a lot of influences and a lot of things that were kind of being thrown in and at times it was was like hard to follow because there was just like a lot of different plot points um but but but I still say I really enjoyed this book I read it super quickly I honestly could not put it down I'm really obsessed with the enemies to lovers and the Romantic pairing within this book if you want a true slowburn true true true enemies to lovers I hate you but I can't stop thinking about you romantic pairing like this is the book for you it's not perfect as I Illustrated but it still doesn't take away like how much I was entertained by this and I'm definitely going to be checking out book two I also feel like some of my issues with this can be easily resolved in later installments um and I feel like the strengths definitely outweigh the weaknesses particularly with this author's writing style pleasantly I'm just like I'm optimistic and this really was so much fun to read and I'm also just happy to have finally picked up a more romantic leading fantasy story that had the Romantic pacing that I personally really enjoy and that was very much present within this book I was on the edge of my seat anytime our two main characters in the same room together and that my friends in in itself is why you should be picking this book up alongside an interesting magic system a complicated political landscape that sometimes es especially in the second part of this book is a little wishy-washy and a little unclear exactly what's happening and some things feel a lot of it rushed but the parts that were good were so so so so so good and I personally can't wait for the next installment she got me and I would recommend this this is a lot of fun all righty guys I hope you guys enjoyed this reading Vlog and I will see you soon with another one soon goodbyeguys it's Reagan and welcome to the start of another reading vog I am so excited for this reading Vlog because I'm going to be attempting a Romany book that I think I'm going to love so much feel like I have been desperately searching for a Romany story that it's actually slow bured with great characters great writing all of the above and I think maybe maybe the book I'm going to be featuring in this Vlog could be it so I have one book and one book only on my TBR and that is the dad air by Sarah Hassam this book has been on my radar since it's come out um based on just like the Trope usage and the synopsis but one of the reasons why it shot up on my TBR was actually some negative reviews I read it really proves how like subjective reading is because things that you might love in a book could be something that somebody else hates in a book I actually love reading negative reviews of books that are on my TBR because something from those negative reviews might Peak my interest to make me want to read it more and that's exactly what happened with the Jad air some people mention that this book was actually like a really slow burn read like The pacing was slower there's a lot of World building like there was just like a longer wait for the payoff if you will immediately made me want to read this book right away because I have been dying for a slow burn Romany read and I feel like I have been let down time and time again but I think this might be it but what is this book about so the datat ER is an Egyptian inspired uh romantic leaning fantasy story I keep calling it Romany I honestly thought this is a straight up fantasy when I initially bought it but when it was nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards it was in the Romany section so take that with what you will and I were introduced to our main character Sylvia and 10 years ago before the start of this novel The Kingdom of Jad burned and she's basically the last remaining member of the royal family associated with this group of people and now a new group of people are in charge and the new government basically hunts anyone down that has ties to this previous government and Magic our character syvia has been in hiding ever since but due to a variety of circumstances she runs into like the air of the current ruling government and things get complicated really fast as I would imagine but this is apparently like true enemies to lovers with a slow burn and Shelley Parker Chan blurbed it I'm so hopeful about this and I feel like I'm going to give a lot of my weekend over to reading it it's currently Saturday night and basically all of my plans for the rest of the weekend are to rewatch Dune 1 in preparation for dune to read this book and uh clean my house and just hang out with clay and Vibe all around my mom is coming in town tomorrow so you know I will have to hang out with my mother but in my off time I'm going to be reading the justad air and I could not be more excited but anyway welcome to the start of this Vlog I'm so excited to document the process and I'm really crossing my fingers isn't that right clay that this book is going to be a winner for me I have a feeling it could be maybe I'm being too overly optimistic which could put me in in a bad spot but anyway let's get to reading a little group hang in the backyard because it's truly a beautiful evening and we're just going to we're just going to hang out back here while we wait for our dinner to be delivered because it's Saturday so obviously we're ordering in for our big Dune uh watching event together as we should family chilling in the backyard waiting for our barbecue to arrive which I think it's arrived so we decided to share a three meat plate so obviously we have white bread cuz this is Texas our pickles we also got some corn Soule some beans our barbecue sauce and we got brisket sausage and chopped steak to share but also obviously we got an immense amount of sides including banana pudding which is truly one of the best inventions of all time potato salad very large serving of mac and cheese which I'm going to mix brisket into obviously Saturday night and we are rewatching Dune one and honestly thank God because 25 minutes into this movie I've realized I literally forgot every single thing about it but it's very good so far I actually think I'm retaining and following things better in my second watch but everything is a surprise also Hello friends Dune one has been rewatched it was honestly better than I even remembered cuz clearly I didn't remember very much but I really liked it and I feel like very settled and established in the Dune universe so I feel very prepared to go and see Dune 2 which we don't have tickets to until next weekend it was very sold out but you know it's going to be worth the wait but now I'm going to start the justad air which I'm so excited about and I'm definitely going to be reading some of this tonight and a lot tomorrow morning hi friends good morning let's do a reading update as I have read 100 pages of the Jad air I'm really happy to report that I am liking this book so much I do want to say I feel like part of My Success so far is going into this thinking about it more from a Romany point of view but like a Romany that's built for me and so far it's Landing but to take a step back let's chat about what this book is even about so in this book we're following our main character Sylvia and this is a very like political Egyptian inspired fantasy story it also has magic and it appears that maybe there's like a god element in terms of their founding ethos for this fantasy world but so far all of the elements are really working for me we're following her main character syvia and she's basically been living in this small town for the past decade um and a large part of the beginning of the book has been really centered on World building getting to know and understand our main character Sylvia now and in the past her connections her friendships this book is set in a fantasy world where there are these different ruling kingdoms overseen recently by this kind of fifth Kingdom the sort of keep keeps things balanced if you will 10 years PRI of the start of this novel there was a kingdom that was ruled by the jads and the jads have magic and at this point in the book it's kind of unclear exactly what happened 10 years ago in terms of like what caused this like all of the details and it's supposed to be murky for a variety of reasons but what we do know happened is that all of the kingdoms ban together to basically attack and overthrow the jads destroy them burn down their Kingdom the reasons why they said they did this is definitely probably propaganda and we can't really believe it but we also don't have full clarity on what exactly happened but we do know Sylvia our main character is an heir to this family and like one of the last remaining members of this family and anyone else associated with Jad magic or from that Kingdom has gone into hiding because based off of the story that is told um like magic can cause Madness it's super dangerous all of these things so they're like hunted down and imprisoned across this Kingdom which is why our main character Sylvia has been in hiding for the past 10 years and that's kind of where we find her at the beginning of the story living in this small town the first 100 Pages have honestly been pretty slow paced but I've actually really enjoyed it first and foremost we're really just like learning about Sylvia learning about how this world Works kind of learning about the past and the present alongside sort of this past element there appears to be this tournament that's up and coming where different champ ions like fight against each other for a large purse and just like riches and fame and all of that and I definitely feel like that's going to be a significant part of this book but the first 100 Pages again I feel like has done such a good job making me feel like I know and understand the main character really making me feel very committed to her friendships and connections that she's made in this town but also really being sure to communicate to us that while Sylvia clearly cares about these people she's also hiding so much of her self and she's fearful of like connecting and she's also like ready to run at any moment I just feel like like the intensity of this book has been really successfully accomplished and like this line of Sylvia clearly wanting to like have people in her life but not feeling like she could really trust anyone even if they wouldn't betray her is like a big part of this book um but yeah the first 100 pages I just feel like I'm really interested in this world I really like Sylvia I feel committed to kind of the character building and I really believe it which I feel like is important especially as I'm sure the plot is going to unfold like meaning I just feel like the pacing in this book is really well done to actually make me feel the connection between the characters which I feel like is going to create stakes and just like overall plot believability and I know there's going to be a romantic enemies to lovers situation in this and I have met that character but it has been so slow burn from the git and I just appreciate it so much like I just feel like the author is really going to draw this out and Pace it well because I feel like we've already had such great pacing with her like familial and friendship connections that we have met in the beginning of this book kind of understanding her past and just like the sprinkling of this other character that has entered the fry if you will has obviously complicated things and that figure if you're wondering is the Aaron Prince to this fifth Kingdom that oversees the other kingdoms and she despises him I obviously as she should so anyway the first 100 Pages have been really intriguing so far big focus on again big focus on World building but I'm like really intrigued by this world I like the writing style I like the characterization and I'm kind of like already hooked and I'm excited to see how the rest of the book is going to unfold and I feel like the politics are like detailed too it's not like just a backdrop for characters to sort of I don't know have their romantic moments like everything feels like well thought out out and well put together and I'm really enjoying it so I've read 100 Pages I'm definitely going to read more today but just wanted to give you a reading update this morning as we continue to progress it's Sunday so we got some breakfast tacos obviously it's too nice a day to not eat outside so that's what we're doing my mom is arriving in T-minus 2ish hour so that means it's time to frantically clean the house to make it Mom ready you guys know how it goes house is looking nice and clean also look how pretty these spring flowers are obsessed we also prepared the guest room for my mom as well and we hung up this light this little nightstand light little a little reading lamp for her but now before I head to the airport I am going to hang out with Matilda drink this cup of coffee little afternoon Sunday cup of Joe I'm going to read more of this book because I am really into it and I got to hang out with my mom I can't sneak away and read it so I got to read it now my mom is here that's the back of her head and I am just putting together dinner I picked up a rotisserie chicken from Central Market delish this is Oak smoked garlic pepper and then I just have some baked potatoes in the oven which are almost done staming some broccoli and also just sautéing a zucchini for vegetable and uh fin it should be good I think we're going to eat outside cuz the weather is so beautiful and then tonight I'm going to sneak away and read more of my book because it's excellent and dinner is served hello everyone this evening I'm hanging out commence but I am now in bed and I'm going to read more of my book we're going to see how far I can get before I inevitably fall asleep like Matilda at this moment but lucky for me I'm really liking this so I'm going to read now good morning everyone it is time for some coffee godess Donuts this morning I'm going to have a little blueberry cake donut some coffee and I'm going to sit down and read my book I owe y'all a reading update too I've read quite a bit and I'm happy to report I'm having a great time reading it it's action-packed it's angsty so good so far so I definitely need to give you guys a reading update hi friends I am here with a reading update of the Jad air and I'm really liking this book so far and I'm also happy to report this is definitely very slowburn like there are the barest of hints where I am at which is exactly what I want because our character is dealing with a lot of things and romance is definitely Far and Away not close to the Forefront of her mind you know so anyway let's take a step back so obviously as I mentioned we're following a main character syvia she has magic she is the Jad air she's in hiding she also has magic that she's not able to access she's been laying low in a village for a long time she has close friends there everything is sort of turned upside down when the air of nazal arrives his name is Aaron and she basically get gets wrapped up in like this deadly game so basically in this Kingdom there is this competition where each sub Kingdom within the kingdom puts forward a champion to compete within it and then the winner gets like Untold wies protection political power all of these things and the chatter of the small town is that the nazil air is in town because he's looking for his Champion um he also immediately catches on to Sylvia and her possibility of hiding magic and then one thing leads to another he claims Sylvia to be his champion in this competition but it's not as straightforward as you think because there's two sort of Rebel groups um left over from the Jad Empire and he thinks that for some reason they're in the area looking for a main character Sylvia but he doesn't know why but we know why because Sylvia is the heir to the throne so she is playing this incredibly dangerous game where one she's at the mercy of this Prince she's training alongside this Prince to participate in this competition but she's also like part of her identity has been revealed but not all of it so she's still having to strategically keep some things under wraps um and she's also trying to kind of figure out the legacy of her own magic like why is it contained is she able to kind of break out of this containment and also try to figure out what's going on with these Rubble groups like there's so many different inputs to this that I'm personally so intrigued by like could you make the argument that yes it's a little convoluted to get these two enemies in the same room sure but am I still like happy it's happening this way yes unbelievably yes I am just so clued into this book also I have to say I love Sylvia as our main character so much what's also really interesting about her character is when we first meet her and begin to follow her in this book she's very reserved she's very quiet she's not one to really draw attention to herself and that's because she's living under a false identity so a lot of her like natural personality she's kind of shoved down to be someone else and to like exist like she's compartmentalized her life but you sort of begin to see once she's found out in a way by this Prince like aspects of her real personality begin to shine through and her personality is so one hilarious like she's constantly bringing people to task she's not afraid to stick up for herself also she's like so strong physically and mentally within her magic every new thing I learned about our main character Sylvia not only like her skill set her past I just begin to like her more and more and more but I'm just saying it's been interesting to see like the slow build of her personality coming more to light as aspects of her disguise are like Stripped Away which I appreciate from like a writing style point of view and I also just feel like it makes us more attuned to our main character and you begin to see kind of the back and forth that is existing between Sylvia and Aaron and again it's so slow burn like I cannot emphasize enough how much this is going to be enemies to lovers because it's staely very enemies right now but it's working really well there's also like clearly so many Secrets Sylvia is keeping a lot of Secrets but so is Aaron and I just imagine there's quite a bit of an agenda left to reveal itself to us the reader and I'm looking forward to it but like all of the tropes are so fun we have training we have hidden airs already mentioned the Romantic tropes like and I really like the writing style too there's been a lot of World building I believe the character connections that are at play like I'm just really impressed with this so far I am only about 200 pages in to this book but I'll tell you what I am very invested in what's going to happen next and I love like we basically moved from kind of this small town setting where syvia has been in hiding and like a variety of things have happened I've moved in kind of into phase 2 which is the training for this competition but also investigating these other rubber groups situation and syia is trying to like parse out what's going on with this uh air if you will and I'm eating it up I'm eating it up I love Sylvia I'm loving this book so much so far it's so good I can't wait to read more but before we can do any more reading it's time for lunch it's time for lunch some adult lunch bowls a classic I have eggs oh I have salami I have cheese salami some hummus bell pepper I also I ordered um Sumo oranges from the grocery store but they gave me these instead I'm not entirely sure what these are I think they maybe are like unripe tangerines it's a mystery so I'm going to we're going to have those and yeah should be good and lunch is served Hello friends it is time for an afternoon cup of Joe and I'm going to sit down and do a little bit of breing Sprint I thought you guys could join me also I'm so happy to report the construction the emergency construction we had done on our house is officially done we now have floors again which is very exciting and beneath this carpet is the trapdoor of our dreams which allows us to access a previously inaccessible cross bace that was full of a large variety of issues from water to all sorts of Mis Mysteries I shall not name at this juncture but has since been resolved which I'm so happy about so to celebrate I'm going to have a afternoon cup of coffee not have an existential crisis and read hi friends it's Reagan and I am here with a reading update it's also a few days later since you've last seen me my mom is no longer here we had a lovely time but I've realized I struggle with vlogging when other like my families or just when other people are around so hopefully you don't mind but we're back we're back in Action let's do a reading update so I have about 200 pages left of the justad air and I'm really liking it my plan today is to actually finish it which I don't foresee being a problem because this book is like really hard to put down once you have picked it up this book I also feel like is okay I'm getting excited so I'm having a hard time articulating one of the reasons why I picked this book up was because a lot of people complain that the pacing was slow and the Slow Burn of the romance was slow like both the plot pacing and the Romantic pacing is slow and guys I'm happy to report for all those people out there looking for a slowburn it is and to great effect so many things the author is not rushing and I am here for it first off we had a very solidly composed beginning an exposition getting to know our characters her friendship where she's come from we still have Mysteries regarding her past now I'm almost 300 pages into this book we've gotten some views into her past to understand why Sylvia our main character acts the way she does all the emot stuff that she has had to go through all the horrors of her childhood and all of these things have helped comprise who she is today and it's so good I feel so connected to Sylvia as our main character and it's just been so well done the other aspect the plot pacing has been slower too we have a couple different things going on we obviously have this competition element which has been hinted to and I imagine that is actually going to happen in the next installment because most of this book has been about training for that competition which I personally love I love a training sequence I love a compound where people are like working to you know fight alongside each other and obviously this compound is much more complicated because Sylvia is literally surrounded by enemies who despise her for literally just who she is and it's like how do you survive that like how do you go about your day it's incredibly complicated and she's forming different types of relationships with the soldier that are there too which are also really interestingly explored but obviously we have the real reason why the prince is even in this region and it's not actually for this competition he's just using it as a shield but instead to look into these Rebel groups and by proxy Sylvia gets to learn about these Rebel groups and us the reader get to learn about these Rebel groups and again the author is not being straightforward not only showcasing how these Rebel groups have differing philosophies point of views and approaches and how Sylvia our main character strug with some of the decisions and choices that these groups make also feeling like a sham of an heir because she personally doesn't really want to take on the mantle of power she wants to continue to live in isolation and her personal struggle with her lack of desire for wanting to take on this role and her guilt and shame she feels because of that like all of this is explored in a huge part of this plot and then alongside of that we have such an interesting enemies to lover situation between syvia and Aaron but again it's slow the author is not one of my biggest pet peeves with enemies to lover story is like two characters that are enemies like immediately have feelings and recognize those feelings um like with each other and then it's like where are the enemies to lovers in this book Aaron and syvia are mortal enemies and they don't like each other they do not trust each other but despite like what their brain says you can see the forming of something and you also see their denial and fear of those feelings and them trying to like push it aside creating so much tension and discomfort and just like really good stuff between these two characters and like the author is trying to show how emotionally complicated it is to form feelings for your literal enemy who and you have so many reasons to despise them and it's really really good because of that like it's so much more complicated when there's actual dissonance happening between your characters and an enemies to lover situation like it makes every interaction every prolonged piece of eye contct every hand brush so much more meaningful so much more dramatic so much more impactful and like you will be flipping the pages because like every little thing feels like it has a double meaning particularly because of their Dynamic and also their denial of this Dynamic and their frustration that they feel because of what they're feeling it's like that line from Bridgerton season 2 that's like there is no corner of this Earth that I could escape from you because I despise you but I also can't stop thinking of you it's like that energy you know you know so like good politics good writing good characterization good romantic pacing I'm excited to see where the last 200 Pages takes us but I'm having a blast with this so far a blast so I'm going to read more now and I will check in a little quick lunch I made a t to salad and some crackers hi let's make some afternoon tea cuz we're back on trying to avoid heavy caffeine in the afternoon I am going to drink some caffin and sit down and do more reading of toad air which obviously I've only been saying amazing things about because it's truly just been such a fun and engaging read I'm like there was one like every conversation these two characters have with one another I'm just like it's so good anyway making tea now the tea has steeped and I'm going to join Matilda and do some reading back to watching our favorite show Hospital playlist time to read good morning everyone it's time for some coffee I'm going to caffeinate and then give youall a reading update because I definitely owe you one I had planned to finish my book yesterday but then I started watching Hospital playlist which if you didn't know is basically my entire personality at the moment I always go I'll just watch 30 minutes but each episode is an hour and a half and then you watch more than one episode and there goes your whole evening but luckily my book is also fantastic I'm going to sit down now and do some reading and update you guys hi friends let's do a reading update because I'm definitely in the home stretch up this book I'm on page 380 of 480 definitely on track to finish this book today and I'm happy to report I'm still very much entertained I wouldn't say this book is perfect but let's take a step back and kind of talk about my thoughts and feelings about the book so far so obviously I would say the first half of this book was about learning about Sylvia following her in her small town setting and then we move into kind of a keep setting a training situation as Sylvia has been picked to be the champion to represent this nailon Kingdom um and working alongside the prince of this Kingdom now we're kind of shifting into the back half of this book where we are actually kind of beginning to see the reality of this competition unfold um we have left the keep and we're traveling to different Kingdom seats which has allowed us to not only meet other powerful people across this land but also get more insight in how the politics of this land function and the different Power Players and their motivations at play and Sylvia obviously trying to navigate and survive this very dangerous game the competition itself has also started I will say I feel like given how much time was given to the first part of this book I wish it's not that the competition has felt rushed I just wish it was drawn out a bit more to sort of match the pacing of the first part of this book given that though the pacing has been like very very fast and I would say there just is a little bit of a difference in the pacing style between part one and part two plot-wise but because it's faster it does read rather quickly um another aspect of this book that's been explored more deeply is one the dissonance as I've already kind of talked about that Sylvia feels about her role and the Jad Empire and you know linking up with Jad rebeles and like her responsibility what she wants to do um but also she's beginning to realize that her memories of the past are a bit murky and her perspective of her kingdom might not be entirely accurate and so one sort of piecing together the mystery of what happened 10 years ago but also the politics of even before then of her kingdom itself and even like there's Mysteries regarding her own memory of herself so she's both conflicted because she doesn't know how she wants to approach the future but part of that is because she doesn't fully understand the past I feel like the author is trying to show like corrupted governments and evil governments now but also possibly kind of the cycle of violence that can occur where people overthrow another government and then kind of turn into the government that they overthrew and take on and adopt policy and laws that are injust just in a different way and kind of how like this cycle continues and continues and continues at least within this Kingdom so we have a lot of different Mysteries going on that I'm really intrigued by I want to know more about the past I want to know more about Sylvia's childhood I am intrigued by the politics and present day obviously the tension between our two main characters Aaron and Sylvia is very very very very good I will say the pacing in the second half well quicker things aren't maybe explored to the extent that I would personally like like I feel like there's a lot of good stuff here but we're kind of rushing through aspects of it but it is hard to put down I will say that and the trials themselves of course are interesting like who doesn't love a competition trials but I just feel like there's like a lot that the author is including in this book like we have trials we have you know multi-kingdom politics we have we have lost magic in history of the past so we're trying to like unlock and follow a lot of different fantasy plot lines it's all good but I do feel like some particularly the trials element could be fleshed out more like the trials could have been a whole book if I'm being honest and I feel like maybe should have been a whole book like not included within this book you know personally speaking but I'm still really entertained by this book I'm really flying through it I can't wait to see how it ends and what in the world is happening I just feel like there's so many Secrets Sylvia is keeping half the secret she doesn't even know she keeping from herself I feel like and then Aaron has secrets and then like all the politics and stuff I'm just I'm curious hello I made a loaf of bread and it didn't turn out terrible it's a little flat but it does taste pretty good I'm not going to lie and I think I'm going to have a bit for a snack right now but also I'm going to sit down with my afternoon cup of coffee and finish my book cuz I have about 50 pages left a lot of stuff is happening so much stuff is happening and we'll be wrapping up this Vlog very very soon hi friends I'm happy to report I've officially finished the Jad air and I would say overall I've really enjoyed this book let's chat about my overall thoughts and feelings about this book so I would say kind of overall in summary the beginning I'm still very much obsessed with and I'm happy to report that the end like last bit was also very good very explosive and I can't wait for the next installment I do think and I stand by that I do feel like there was pacing and plotting issues kind of in part two this book really had a fantastic main character I really appreciated how much we focused on who she was her motivations being alongside her as she began to process not only the trauma of her past but also the secrets of her past and her family that aspect of this book I really appreciated I also feel like the author spent a lot of time in part one creating really believable friendships and just different types of connections um and I really enjoyed those chapters too and just in part one I just felt like the pacing was really methodical Au really took their time kind of growing and building a lot of different things with that in mind going into part two I did feel it read very quickly but I feel like the inclusion of this competition and just there was a lot of plot elements that were introduced or covered in part two and I'm not quite sure enough of them or like any of them got enough time to make them feel like they had the oomph that I feel like they needed if that makes sense I also feel like while the Romantic complicated romantic relationship that was present in this book continued to flourish in part two other aspects that I really loved and appreciated like the friendships kind of fell to the Wayside in the second part of this book I really honestly just feel like the concepts of part two should have been like a whole book I just think just cuz there was like a lot of influences and a lot of things that were kind of being thrown in and at times it was was like hard to follow because there was just like a lot of different plot points um but but but I still say I really enjoyed this book I read it super quickly I honestly could not put it down I'm really obsessed with the enemies to lovers and the Romantic pairing within this book if you want a true slowburn true true true enemies to lovers I hate you but I can't stop thinking about you romantic pairing like this is the book for you it's not perfect as I Illustrated but it still doesn't take away like how much I was entertained by this and I'm definitely going to be checking out book two I also feel like some of my issues with this can be easily resolved in later installments um and I feel like the strengths definitely outweigh the weaknesses particularly with this author's writing style pleasantly I'm just like I'm optimistic and this really was so much fun to read and I'm also just happy to have finally picked up a more romantic leading fantasy story that had the Romantic pacing that I personally really enjoy and that was very much present within this book I was on the edge of my seat anytime our two main characters in the same room together and that my friends in in itself is why you should be picking this book up alongside an interesting magic system a complicated political landscape that sometimes es especially in the second part of this book is a little wishy-washy and a little unclear exactly what's happening and some things feel a lot of it rushed but the parts that were good were so so so so so good and I personally can't wait for the next installment she got me and I would recommend this this is a lot of fun all righty guys I hope you guys enjoyed this reading Vlog and I will see you soon with another one soon goodbye\n"