Ep2: What Makes a Perfect Fantasy Book? My Rating System and a Mini Review of Red Rising, Shadow of the Gods, and Throne of Glass

from The Blackbeak's Bookshelf · host Mackenzie T.

We begin with a July reading wrap-up, my thoughts on The Odyssey, and some other reading updates then move into a breakdown of my 9-category rating system that will be used in future book reviews. We cap things off with a mini, spoiler-free review for each of these popular sci-fi and fantasy books: Red Rising, Shadow of the Gods, and Throne of Glass

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