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Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
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“Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.”
“I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.” - Rhaena Targaryen sister to Jaehaerys I.
╰┈➤ 5 stars -obviously - such a sucker for this universe.
So, you know the kind of books that you literally live within? Talk about the characters to friends and family regardless of whether they have read it or not? You just sit there and explain the whole entire thing like your in a gossip sesh?
This is THAT universe for me.
I can't even begin to explain how many times I've sat down for hours on end chopping it up about the Song of Ice and Fire (GOT) universe - and I'm SO passionate about it too. You would think these were real people in my life ffs lol.
I will admit that going into this one, I really only had one goal in mind:
I wanted to know what happened during and after The Dance of Dragons. For those who don't know it's a civil war between two opposing houses within the house Targaryen (Blacks and Greens) right after king Viscerys I's reign, although the politics of it start during his time on the Iron Throne.
This book dives into the entire Targaryen history and the kings and queens and politics quite a while before the dance. I mean I knew this but I was really just trying to get to the tea. So, needless to say, it took me a while to get there, but I finally did and it was well worth the read.
╰┈➤ To say that my heart was ripped out and torn apart is putting it mildly. If you know me, or have read any of my reviews from the main ASOIAF series, you know that I am a die hard Stark fan. I did not ever support Dany in GOT. She's better in the book but still, ya girl is a wolf. I can't even help it.
So I really loved reading about Cregan Stark and how the north not only declared for the blacks (Rhaenyra) but stood for her and marched on her behalf when no one would have batted an eye if they didn't. That Stark honor and loyalty - ugh, tears. I love them.
╰┈➤ There is so much about the war that just breaks my freaking heart. So gruesome, ruthless, cut throat and filled with rage. It's palpable.
I really need to take a little time and let everything soak in and come back and edit this review but I did want to put up a few thoughts. I plan to jump into the stories of Dunk and Egg shortly, before season two of HOTD - which, I CANNOT wait for!!
My heart SCREAMS AND BLEEDS FOR THIS QUEEN
I am yours, and you are mine. I bend the knee and take up arms against the greens.
The rightful heir- Rhaenyra Targaryen- First of her name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, protector of the realm.
"Exhausting, wasn't it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. But now they see you as you are."
“I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.” - Rhaena Targaryen sister to Jaehaerys I.
╰┈➤ 5 stars -obviously - such a sucker for this universe.
So, you know the kind of books that you literally live within? Talk about the characters to friends and family regardless of whether they have read it or not? You just sit there and explain the whole entire thing like your in a gossip sesh?
This is THAT universe for me.
I can't even begin to explain how many times I've sat down for hours on end chopping it up about the Song of Ice and Fire (GOT) universe - and I'm SO passionate about it too. You would think these were real people in my life ffs lol.
I will admit that going into this one, I really only had one goal in mind:
I wanted to know what happened during and after The Dance of Dragons. For those who don't know it's a civil war between two opposing houses within the house Targaryen (Blacks and Greens) right after king Viscerys I's reign, although the politics of it start during his time on the Iron Throne.
This book dives into the entire Targaryen history and the kings and queens and politics quite a while before the dance. I mean I knew this but I was really just trying to get to the tea. So, needless to say, it took me a while to get there, but I finally did and it was well worth the read.
╰┈➤ To say that my heart was ripped out and torn apart is putting it mildly. If you know me, or have read any of my reviews from the main ASOIAF series, you know that I am a die hard Stark fan. I did not ever support Dany in GOT. She's better in the book but still, ya girl is a wolf. I can't even help it.
So I really loved reading about Cregan Stark and how the north not only declared for the blacks (Rhaenyra) but stood for her and marched on her behalf when no one would have batted an eye if they didn't. That Stark honor and loyalty - ugh, tears. I love them.
╰┈➤ There is so much about the war that just breaks my freaking heart. So gruesome, ruthless, cut throat and filled with rage. It's palpable.
I really need to take a little time and let everything soak in and come back and edit this review but I did want to put up a few thoughts. I plan to jump into the stories of Dunk and Egg shortly, before season two of HOTD - which, I CANNOT wait for!!
My heart SCREAMS AND BLEEDS FOR THIS QUEEN
I am yours, and you are mine. I bend the knee and take up arms against the greens.
The rightful heir- Rhaenyra Targaryen- First of her name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, protector of the realm.
"Exhausting, wasn't it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. But now they see you as you are."
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Reading Progress
April 5, 2024
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Started Reading
April 5, 2024
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fantasy
April 5, 2024
– Shelved
April 5, 2024
– Shelved as:
high-epic-fantasy
April 5, 2024
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5.0%
" No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants another meal. Daemon Targaryen "
April 6, 2024
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12.0%
""I would rather feed my sons to the dragons, than have them carry spears and cups for your drunken, usurper cunt of a king.""
April 17, 2024
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38.0%
May 9, 2024
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76.0%
"Honestly, I always thought that Daenerys was wrong for burning down Kings Landing. However, now that I'm in the midst of The Dance - I get it. I still think she should have just burned down the Red Keep where Cersei was instead of the whole city. Either way, she gets a little leeway with me now.
(show and book commentary lol)"
(show and book commentary lol)"
May 10, 2024
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85.0%
"Damn, do I love Daemon Targaryen or what. 😍🥰🗡️🐉🔥
This scene got me like :
but also
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This scene got me like :
but also "
May 10, 2024
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Finished Reading
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Happy reading babe 💖
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Let's goooo! Before season 2 starts 🫶🏻
Vivian wrote: "Happy reading babe 💖"Thank you bbs! 💖
Mary ♥ wrote: "Let's goooo! Before season 2 starts 🫶🏻"omg girl- we need to text when that happens! Words cannot express how much I love this queen and her family. Might need to invent a drinking game or something lol
Happy Reading Heather , your GIF game is something else 🖤😂
Deepak wrote: "Happy Reading Heather , your GIF game is something else 🖤😂"hahaha - it helps when there is a show lol. Thank you darling 🖤
i think about the last quote every single day.
Lilyya wrote: "happy reading 🫶🏼"Thank you my love! 🖤
Happy reading my love!!! Hope you enjoy this ❤️ I loved the show. I should give the books a try sometime! Missed you xxxx
Honestly, I’ve been thinking about reading this one before aSoIaF cus i’d already watched GoT
luna_inthesouth wrote: "happy reading"Thank you bbs! 💘
bruna wrote: "happy reading bby 💗"Thank you my bestie - bru nah nah nah lol 💘
leanna wrote: "lives were changed"leanna wrote: "i think about the last quote every single day."
Girl - we are twin souls in this. I'm obsessed with this universe and think about that last quote daily too. So excited for the show to come back! I can't wait for ish to burn. I just saw the last episode of season one again today - so you can imagine. I want to stomp right over to kingslanding.
Maeghan🔆 (CATCHING UP) wrote: "Happy reading my love!!! Hope you enjoy this ❤️ I loved the show. I should give the books a try sometime! Missed you xxxx"Thank you bbs! I'm so happy to see you back!! 🫂💘 Missed youuuuu! I think it's worth a try - I got all of ASOIAF on audio and same with this one along with the hardcovers. I also just did a rewatch of this whole season to prep for season two.
I love the commitment to the books. hopefully one day I can read them as well. happy reading 💖
Omgggg so happy you picked this up! Can't wait to know how you feel about this one. Happy reading sweet pie 💖💖💖
Sabrina wrote: "I love the commitment to the books. hopefully one day I can read them as well. happy reading 💖"I love them, plus I've been doing a little mini rewatch of the shows- specific episodes from GOT and all of HoTD . I can't wait for the next season - you should totally watch with me and Mary! 💖💖
Queen of Shelves (hiatus) wrote: "Omgggg so happy you picked this up! Can't wait to know how you feel about this one. Happy reading sweet pie 💖💖💖"Thank you babes! I'm obsessed with these books/shows- are you a fan? I can't wait for the new season to start! Love love love the black queen! 🖤💖
Happy reading love!! Hope this delivers 💗
Surajat Debbie wrote: "Happy reading love!! Hope this delivers 💗"Thank you so much, sunshine. I'm positive that it will. 🖤💖
Shaher wrote: "Happy reading 🤍🤍🤍 Hope it serves 💕"
Thank you babes 🌷🧡
kendyl ʚ♡⃛ɞ (semi-hiatus) wrote: "happy reading bb!"Thank you my loveeeee 🌷🧡
Aksh ✮ (hiatus) wrote: "happiest reading babyy!! 💓"Thank you bub 🌷🧡
Shelby (Percy's Version) wrote: "happy reading!! hope you enjoy!! "Thank you hun. 💘🌷
Enjoy! I’m about halfway through and hope to get back to it before the upcoming season! I find it terribly compelling.
britta ❀ wrote: "Enjoy! I’m about halfway through and hope to get back to it before the upcoming season! I find it terribly compelling."I'm on the same timeline as you lol. I also have The Knight of Seven Kingdoms to read before the new season and I'm majorly slacking
Yayy glad to see those 5 stars!! Ill add it to my tbr
So happy to see this 5 ⭐ read for you and such a beautiful review Queen!💕😍
@paula are you familiar with the GOT / ASOIAF series? If not I’d recommend reading those books first, I feel like you should have some knowledge of the world before this one for it to be really enjoyable. 💘💘
@Lindsey thank you my darling 🖤💕
5 STARSSSSSSSS YESSSSSSThis review is incredibly gorgeous like I can't stop admiring it, the way you described the characters and the gifs are absolute perfection.🧎🏻♀️
"My heart SCREAMS AND BLEEDS FOR THIS QUEEN"
we looove a badass queen😩, I really need to get into this universe. I'm so glad you enjoyed this my love bug💋💘💗
I LOVED THIS sm this was my favourite one
Ayushi wrote: "5 STARSSSSSSSS YESSSSSSThis review is incredibly gorgeous like I can't stop admiring it, the way you described the characters and the gifs are absolute perfection.🧎🏻♀️
"My heart SCREAMS AND BL..."
Thank you so much my bby! This is apparently supposed to be the first one you read lol but I did it a little backwards and read the GOT series first then this one and now next I'm reading the Knight of Seven Kingdoms which are just stories of these two knights.
This is the prequel and the way the shows were release so I think you can do it either way, I might have enjoyed it more because I already had a good feel for the world.
Either way, hope you love it if you decide to give it a try! 🌷💗
Natilie ‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡🪐༘⋆ wrote: "I LOVED THIS sm this was my favourite one"So happy you loved it too bbs 💗
@nicholas 🖤🐉
have you watched the HBO adaptation yet?
Jennifer wrote: "have you watched the HBO adaptation yet?"I have, I'm up to date with it. Obsessed with that too and interested to see what they do in season 3. (view spoiler) I blocked it just in case - and for others. 🖤
Incredible review ! I can’t wait to read it ! Do you recommend to read this one first and then A game of thrones ?
MarineXGJ wrote: "Incredible review ! I can’t wait to read it ! Do you recommend to read this one first and then A game of thrones ?"I think you can do it either way. I basically read them backwards bc I was reading in order of how the adaptations were released but this is the prequel to before the events in GOT. And don't forget about The Knight of Seven Kingdoms. I guess it depends on which part of the story you want to start with. GOT books are chunky, if no rush then either way is probably good. 💖 Hope you love them! 💖
