I love doing #booktags on Instagram so I have decided to incorporate them to my blog as well. After much research I have decided to take over the Totally Should've #BookTag, yeah! Thanks to Emmmabooks on YouTube for creating this super fun tag. So make sure to head on over to her channel and check out the video that originated this tag.

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Totally Should've #BookTag

This tag is comprised of 11 questions for us to complain about things that didn't get from all of our favorite books. So, here we go!

 

1. Totally should've gotten a sequel

And we are starting on the wrong foot....I tend to veer towards reading series so I cannot think of a single standalone that I would have loved to have a sequel to...I know. I need to read more!

2. Totally should've had a spin off series

Everyone is going with Harry Potter. And yeah it was a great series and everything but after reading Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and being seriously let down I will have to go a completely different route*.


Throne of Glass needs a spin-off. Not about Chaol, or Lysandra, or Rowan and his Cadre...but Manon Blackbeak and the Thirteen. Not that I would love to read. Please tell me I am not alone!

* Sorry. Not sorry! 

3. An author who totally should write more books

 

Dear Erin Morgenstern: please, please write more amazing stories!! The Night Circus left me completely in love with her writing style. And I need more! The feels! I am still speechless and out of wits. And so in love with The Night Circus. Please WRITE MORE!! -pretty please with a huge, juicy cherry on top!? Unless you do not like cherries, in that case we can accommodate to whatever you like.

4. A character who totally should've ended up with someone else

Tessa Clay Gray should have not had two great, handsome, men vying for her attention. I have no clue who she ended up with but, Tessa should have ended up SINGLE! She was so deserving of a slap to the face. Poor, little, spoiled brat who thought the world should function according to her liking. Typical “heroine” who saves the world without doing a damn thing. She was the lone reason for my hating of Clockwork Angel*. Well, Cassandra Clare did not help either. I had a few of her books, because I was lied to about how amazing her writing was...and after Tessa Gray I gave every single one of CC’s books away (I returned Lady Midnight to Costco without even reading it)

* I kid you not, Clockwork Angel has been the only book to piss me off. I threw that damn thing at the wall as soon as I forced myself to finish it. Argh! 

5. Totally should've ended differently

After much thinking....and quite some time of contemplation, I cannot, for the life of me, think of a book I would have liked to have ended differently. I am sure, no doubt, that there is a book that I wish had a different ending but I am drawing a blank.

Help!

6. Totally should've had a movie franchise

Daughter of Smoke & Bone has such movie potential! It has great world building, character development, romance, war, betrayal. Aah, I can already picture it! Akiva and Karou. Laini Taylor, make this happen!

7. Totally should've had a TV show

I often base my liking of a book on whether or not I can picture it as a TV show (which says something* since I do not watch TV**). I can throw a plethora of book series names at you that I would love to see on my TV like Throne of Glass***, ACOTAR, The Luncar Chronicles, etc. But being that I have to pick one...well, I would love, love, looooooove to see The Raven Cycle come to life!! I mean, Gansey, Blue, the ever-so-amazing Ronan, Noah. And let’s be honest we ALL want to hear The Murder Squash Song...yeah? Yeah!

And we also need The Lunar Chronicles...I need Iko. Iko is my spirit animal!


* What exactly? I have no clue!
** Except for Supernatural…because Dean and Cass...need I say more?
*** The series will be called Queen of Shadows and will be made by Hulu...which means that I have to buy a Hulu subscription ...argh! ACOTAR has also been optioned...so…

8. Totally should've had only one point of view

I cannot think of a single book with multiple POVs that didn’t do it for me. I keep hearing Allegiant was a good example of bad use of multiple POVs...but I didn’t make it past book 2 so I saved myself the pain to go through it.

9. Totally should have a cover change

The Covenant Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I love the series and all but those covers do not do the books any justice! I don’t think any of JLA’s books have a nice looking cover at all. The Lux series also has terrible covers.

10. Totally should've kept the original covers

The Bone Season series. I am a visual person. Give me colors! I love the first editions of The Bone Season books. The simpleton white covers just don’t do it for me. I do not like the lack of color. No umph what.so.ever!

11. Totally should've stopped at book one

Divergent. For some odd reason I was OK with the first book in the series. Gave book two a try but Trish got on my nerves every time she opened her mouth, moved, or simply breathed. I am so done with the typical heroine that excels at everything without even trying/doing anything...and the whole story was terrible. Just. No.

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“Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heav’n or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, Daughter. Stay alive.”

In one word: splendid! I haven't encountered a book in a while that has been able to leave me both speechless all warmth and tingly. Amy Harmon’s enthralling, poetic writing style has brought forth a story full of emotion and sheer beauty.

"In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left."

In a world where magic is condemned and feared, being Gifted is a curse. Once, not so long ago, Healers, Tellers, Spinners, and Changers lived freely in Jeru, openly using their Gift. But some used their god-given gifts for Evil, thus, making the Gifted hunted, reviled, and hated. For Lark, a Teller, her gift is a constant reminder of all she has lost: her mother, her voice, her freedom.

“I didn’t want to be taken care of. I wanted to run away from all the men who sought dominion over me, who thought they could own me, imprison me, use me, cut me.”

King Tiras has always tried his best to be a good man and a fair ruler of Jeru. After bearing witness to the terrors his father laid upon their people, Tiras wants nothing else than to ease Jeru’s fears and troubles. But a war is upon them. A war against an enemy of powerful creatures that know no mercy. An enemy that will stop at nothing to bring the demise of Jeru and its people.

“I think I will keep you.”

Lark’s and Tiras’ lives soon meet once again. Lark sees this as an opportunity to free herself of the grasp of her father, while Tiras, seeing her as a ray of hope, wants to use her as a pawn in the nightmarish war approaching Jeru. Lark, the silent girl with a powerful voice. The Bird, The Sword. She will be the one to determine the outcome of this horrible war. But first she has to learn to trust, not only herself, but Tiras.




Lark, pure and gentle hearted, is taken into a journey of self discovery. She begins her trek as a girl who was never taken into account, always ignored. Always alone, longing to be seen, to be heard. To be loved. But of course it is not all that simple. Too much is being asked of Lark who is remorseful of all the lives she has taken, and all those that her actions will take.

“You said I choose you because you are of use to me. And I did. But know this, Lark. I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until I cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you.”

As they get to know each other better, Tiras helps Lark find her voice by teaching her to read and write. With this new knowledge, Lark’s voice grows into that of a powerful, strong woman. In him, Lark has found herself wanted, loved, longed for, seen. Thanks to Tiras’ love Lark now understands that, no matter how small her voice, she is an important part to the world and, most of all, to him.

“I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until I cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you.”

I am not one for a story full of romance. I am not a romantic. But this story touched my heartstrings. I was left with a smile on my face. And every time I think back to Lark and Tiras I am filled with longing, for such a delightful story, full of warmth, hope, and endless possibilities.




Disclosure: I received a copy of this book as a Christmas present from my amazing husband. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. All thoughts and opinions are my own. All images are mine, unless otherwise noted.