Blood Passage

Hello,

I finished a book in a reasonable time for the first time since January. How are you? I four books on hold at the library and I can't get them until tomorrow, because my anxiety won't let me get on a bus today. Plus I have a meeting. And I have to write three papers. Yay! To the book.

I finished Blood Passage, the second book in the Dark Caravan Cycle series, this morning. In this book, Nalia is physically free but she's still wish-bound to pos Malek to take him to Solomon's ring or whatever. This is a big problem, because we hate Malek and because she made an oath with Raif, the love of both of our lives, to also take him to the ring. This must go on while the Ifrit are still after Nalia, who poses a threat to the empress because she's alive. Unfortunately, we have to read in Malek's point of view as well as everyone else. His past catches up with him and now he feels things. No one feels bad for him except Nalia, and she has no control over that.

This book, once again, slapped. Slapped is a good thing, for my non-American reader(s). Nalia is a victim of life and no one can tell me any different. I just want her to have good things, and by good things, I mean Raif. I wanted her to tell him about his friend as soon as possible so they could get back together as soon as possible. Completely forgot about that one thing, the spoiler thing. That messed me up. Malek was being annoying the whole time and I wanted him to leave. He has no positive traits, not one. I think it's so crazy that he thinks that someone who he unapologetically enslaved and tortured would love him. Like, hello? What world do you live in? Raif can have the moon and the stars. I love him. He does no wrong, none at all. Well, like one wrong, but he got over that relatively quickly so it's fine. Zanari is cool, but she's pretty stubborn. I kind of wanted to shake her a little bit, she also eventually got over that. She also got a present, so that's good.

So I just finished eating lunch, and I guess eating has left me unable to make "intelligent" thoughts and statements. Just know, the book is good. Go read it. Also, unrelated, but it's supposed to be spring, and yet it's a high of 48 degrees Fareheneheit today? Like, who did this and who's going to fix it? Sorry, weather talk is boring. I have a headache. Bye.

Ship: Nalia and Raif, Phara and Zanari
Snake: Malek

8/10
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