Hello, everyone! It’s Wednesday! That means it is time for another WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words. I’ll be answering the following questions:

1. What did you read last?
2. What are you currently reading?
3. What will you read next?

What did you read last?

The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers – 3.5⭐ – I liked this book, but it didn’t blow me away as much as I expected it would. The writing was beautiful, and the ideas were fascinating. The world-building and characters just kind of let me down a bit. You can read all of my thoughts in my review!

Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amelie Wen Zhao – 4⭐ – What an ending!!! I loved the additions to the world-building, and Zen and Lan grew so much. The pace of this book was really fast, and I do think it did somewhat of a disservice to the villains and side characters. They were all still great. I just wish there had been more time with them all. The end had me sobbing. The last chapter was so sweet, and I’m really glad there was a time jump. Overall, I was satisfied with this conclusion.

A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen – 3.25⭐ – I didn’t love this one, but I didn’t hate it either. It had a unique mix of elements, including magic academy, classism, horror, and wilderness survival. The magic academy bits were my favorite, and I liked the commentary on classism. The wilderness survival parts of the story became repetitive after a while, though, and I found myself just waiting for them to make it back. It did set up a really interesting story of revenge and political subterfuge for the future books. So, I’ll be picking up the sequel to see where things go next. I do think it is necessary to warn potential readers that the main character is an insufferable, selfish, know-it-all. It got old, fast. Luckily, there was enough interesting stuff to hold my interest despite her. lol.

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas – 3.75⭐ – This collection of novellas provided good background information. I’m glad I waited to read it until after the third book. If I’d read this first, I may have DNFd the series. The novellas aren’t bad. I just think they were better having the emotional connection to Celaena after reading the other books. Now I’m super pumped to see her confront her old master in the fourth book. I do wish there had been a bit more of Sam in these stories after how much importance the novels put on his relationship with Celaena, but I enjoyed the bits we got.

What are you currently reading?

Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan (25%) – This is such a cute story so far. I’ve really enjoyed learning about the magic systems, and the two main characters are hilarious together. They “hate” each other so much, but it is clear to everyone around them that there is more than meets the eye to their feelings. I can’t wait to see what happens as their frosty relationship continues to heat up.

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake (23%) – Ahhhh!!! The final book is finally here. I love these awful humans so much, and I’m enjoying being back inside their pretentious brains. I’m very curious to see how all of this will play out. Tristan and Callum better end up together (or at least get together). I’m enjoying the Nico and Gideon content so far, and I hope they are happy, too. Although, I have a sneaking suspicion it will all end in disaster.

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust (18%) – I finally read a little more of this one. I find it very soothing to read because of the tangential, wordy prose. It is really hard to find a place to stop, though, because there aren’t really many chapters. It just goes on and on for hundreds of pages. lol.

What will you read next?

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

I hope you’ve all had a great week! What have you been reading? Have you read any of these books? If so, what did you think? Let me know in the comments!