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Born of Starlight and City of Snakes

5⭐️ 2🌶

In preparation for the third book in the trilogy, Winds of Ruin, to come out; I decided to re-read the first two books in the series.  I finished Born of Starlight a couple days ago and immediately began City of Snakes.  I finished City of Snakes last night.

5⭐️ 2🌶 
Both these books are amazing.  Born of Starlight is a loose Rapunzel retelling and City of Snakes is Beauty and the Beast with sort of an Aladdin setting.  They are deep, emotional and tense.  I was on the edge of my seat reading them the first time.  The lives of pretty much all the characters hang in the balance and it's not certain everyone will survive.  This time through I knew who lived and died so it was slightly less tense, but they both are so well written I still was drawn into the story.  I was chosen for an ARC of the third book Winds of Ruin and I got an email notification yesterday that the release date had been moved up from the 22nd to the 17th.  I immediately started WoR last night and stayed up to late reading but so far Winds of Ruin is also excellent.  I'm not quite halfway done now.  The world building in these books is expansive but not overwhelming.  There are great found family aspects, a complex magic system and 500 years or so of history.  They are fun engaging stories.
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