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Empire of Dust is the second book in the Blood of Gods and Royals series. The series continues the story of Alexander and his journey in becoming the new ruler for the kingdom as he starts to make bigger decisions. Hephaestion is rejected by Alex because he kills the wrong person, a vital part of his original plan. He then finds a secret prophecy that he must conceal from Katerina as they are sent on a dangerous mission. Jacob, Kat's ex-lover, tries to discard his emotions and rid of the blood magics. Lastly, Princess Zofia tries to find the Spirit Eaters in order to change her fate so that she can be with the one she loves.  I reviewed the first book, and although I didn't like it that much, the world intrigued me and I decided to try and read the second book. In my opinion, I thought that this book was much worse because it made me really frustrated as I read it.  The perspective changes between the seven characters were more annoying than in the first book. It was hard for...

    History books are some of the most popular nonfiction books, and they are my favorite type of nonfiction books. The scope of these books can vary wildly, and they can focus on the most minute details of a historical event or they can give the entire story of a region, country, or period. The wide variety of topics covered in different history books means that there is a wide variety of writing styles, but I have separated these styles into two broad categories: Novels and Textbooks.     History books that I would call a novel are called that because of how the book is written as a story. Writing a historical book as a story mainly means that like a novel there is a setting, plot, and many times a few central people who are essential to the story and quoted frequently. These types of books are usually about a specific project or group of people, and are about more recent events (~1900-present) because the record keeping is better and more quotes are avai...

I know my last post was dogging on sequels but hopefully this one will be better than the first tier list. Last time I ranked the 1st 20 fairy tales and this time I will rank tales 21-30 (Because I feel like 20 would make this post really long). I’ll write a brief description of the tale and write a sentence or two on my initial thoughts on the story.  Starting off strong we have a classic, Cinderella. Cinderella wants to go to the ball but her stepmother does not allow her to go with her two step sisters. With the help of birds, Cinderella is able to get 3 beautiful gowns for each night of the ball and the prince is infatuated by her. All three nights she escapes before the prince can catch her but on the 3rd night her shoe got stuck on the staircase covered in pitch. The prince is trying to find the girl who can wear the shoe. The 2 step sisters try to fit into the shoe by cutting off their big toe and heel but the birds tell the prince. Cinderella fits the shoe perfectly and she...