[BOOK REVIEW] This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.00 stars

Genres: Science Fiction, LGBT

Trigger warnings: war, violence

“Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.”

August 2020 Wrap-Up and September 2020 TBR

Hello! After finishing summer school in July, I finally had the time to sit down and read a ton of books. This month, I read a total of 17 books! While a portion of them were graphic novels, I read way more than what I usually read. I hope I can keep up this pace in September before school resumes again. This month’s reads consisted of mainly rereads: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and Saga. I reread PJO and HoO for ~nostalgia~ while I reread Saga because, well, I really missed it. I also read three new books this month, two of which I really enjoyed. 

Here are the books I read in the month of August!

Books mentioned:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (Books 1-5)

The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (Books 1-5)

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Vol. 1-4)

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

[SERIES REREAD] The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.00 stars

Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Mythology

Trigger warnings: violence, death

“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire the world must fall.

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.”

Hello! In addition to reading PJO, I also reread the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan! It has been about 5 years since I read the last book, but I did manage to remember most of the important plot points in this series! As with PJO, I focused more on the plot and character development rather than the writing style this time (since this series is also middle grade).