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Jun 10, 2025 02:15PM

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In your opinion is it written better than Shadow and Bone?? It's been on my TBR forever, but I just could not get the hype of Shadow and Bone so I have been reluctant to start it. I also did watch the show first... oopsies.

I've heard so many mixed things, I def need to read this at some point!

In your opinion is it written better than Shadow and Bone?? It's been on my TBR forever, but I just could not get the h..."
I think so yes. it's quite different to Shadow and Bone. it's way more engaging and tense, and the characters are more interesting and complex. the show's quite different to the books. Six of Crows books takes place after the events of Shadow and Bone books. there's no overlap like in the show and the plot's totally different and better imo (at least from what I saw at the start - a few eps in, I didn't like how they'd changed it and was no longer interested lol). Six of Crows duology 100% lived up to the hype for me.

The Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos
Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo
The Poppy War by RF Kuang (check tw)
The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli
Kindred's Curse by Penn Cole
The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros
The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig
Crowns of Nyaxia by Carissa Broadbent
The Octacian Chronicles by Kylie Snow

Have you ever seen a tiny flickering light in the darkness and wondered what it could be?
Kay Mackenzie has. When Kay sees a glowing light dancing in her garden one night, she and her brother, Rob, decide to catch it. Thus begins their adventure into Nymphas' World, a secret place full of wonder and enchantment. Kay and Rob experience the delights of Edenland, home of the ever Nymphas, guided by their newfound Nympha friend, Alva.
When Rob is captured by the wicked Onyx Nymphas, Kay and Alva must go on a dangerous journey to rescue him from a terrible fate. On the way, Kay learns about magic and friendship and discovers a special gift of her own. Kay and Alva do battle with the Onyx, but the odds are stacked against them. Will they defeat the Onyx? Will Kay and Rob ever be able to return home? Step into the magic and find out
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In your opinion is it written better than Shadow and Bone?? It's been on my TBR forever, but I just coul..."
Okok I will def have to read it! Shadow and Bone scared me off a little bit so I'm glad it's different.

The Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos
Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo
The Poppy War by RF Kuang (check tw)
The Crimson Moth by..."
Girl we have the SAME taste! I appreciate you so much!!

WOODBOUND: ASHES OF FATE
Fantasy | 13,347 words | Book 1 of a planned trilogy (with potential for 5+ books)
A man awakens beneath a forest older than the stars, his name lost, his past stripped away. In his lap rests a living branch of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, calling him toward a purpose he cannot yet remember. Guided only by a raven he carves from its wood, Endrin follows the ancient roots into a fate woven long before his first breath.
But the forest is dying. Beneath its sacred soil, an ancient being known as the Seer spreads a corruption that twists life and memory alike. As the darkness coils through the roots of Yggdrasil and into the realms beyond, Endrin must confront visions of a life forgotten and a future undone. To stand as Guardian, he must not only master the wild magic now awakening within him, he must risk everything he loves to preserve the fragile threads that hold the worlds together.
Blending lyrical prose, emotional depth, and vivid mythic worldbuilding, WoodBound: Ashes of Fate is an intimate, character-driven fantasy exploring the sacred bonds between nature, memory, and the human heart. It will appeal to readers ofBear and the Nightingale, The Witcher, and The Broken Earth Trilogy.
Ashes of Fate is the first installment in a planned trilogy, with the world, characters, and narrative arc developed for seamless expansion into a five-book series and beyond.
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