We Free the Stars by Hafash Faizal

God the slow burn and the YEARNING

Ok but like....identity and darkness and like ajdklfjaklfjla
Trauma and healing and ;fjkldsasfjkldajkldsa; How dare Hafsah Faizal hit me where I'm at.
"the striking realization..the normal lived was not at all normal"
Hey look. there's the scene from the cover. 
Hey look. There's the title. 
What I expected to be the climax happened at the middle of the book, so you know like...the author has stuff planned... 

So I am ruined. No one talk to me. I just want my physical copy of the book to come in already so that I can underline and tab the ENTIRE book. I don't know how I'm going to recover from this book. Like...I just want to read it and read it and read it and read it. 
Chef's kiss. 

592 Pages

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

So there are so many quotes in this book that just like  jksfdslajfla;jlj;dsf my heart and my brain. I love the writing style. 
Iconic.
The world building. The food. I love food.
The sass; the snark; and the dramatic boys.
I love angsty boys who see themselves as monsters, and girls who fall in love with them.....I love enemies to lovers.....stop staring at me..
I loved the system of magic in this world! The way that it works as a whole, and how it works for and with each individual person
Give me all the metaphors about darkness and evil and love and memory and pain. This is what I live for.
Also I love me an emo angsty boy with tattoos and tortured souls.
Zafira. So fierce. She could step on me and I would thank her.
Nasir and all his brooding and darkness.
Also the importance of names...like y'all....
I loved the plot and all of the Beauty and the Beast vibes it gave off....like.... I'm crying. Like.... all of the iconic scenes y'all. 
On the bright side, the next book is coming out in January. Goodbye 2020.
480 Pages