(don't worry there's no spoilers) if you feel like reading a sci-fi that will wreck your soul and leave you devastated, I think I have the books for you.

I am so mad rn. I CRIED last night, because of this book. I NEVER cry over books, this is literally the first I have ever cried over a book, like i was barely crying, but by my standards, that's basically bawling my eyes out.

I LOVE THESE BOOKS SO MUCH BUT WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT- WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO TEAR APART MY SOUL LIMB FROM LIMB AND THEN THROW IT IN THE INCINERATOR????? AFTER I FINISHED THE LAST ONE LAST NIGHT I JUST SAT THERE IN SILENCE FOR A SOLID TEN MINUTES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE AUTHORS COULD POSSIBLY EXPECT ME TO FUNCTION LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING AFTER THIS OHMYSOLS.

*cue internal sobbing*

ok I'm back after having yet another breakdown. Here's the gist of the series:

It's a sci-fi retelling of Les Miserables (which I've never read/seen but kinda want to now but also don't want to suffer like this again). It takes place on the planet of Laterre, and follows mainly three POVs. Marcellus (an officer of the Ministére, son of a traitor, grandson of the general), CHatine (a thief whose recruited by the Ministére to spy on Marcellus), and Alouette (a guardian of the last library on the planet). There's backstabbing (both literal and metaphorical), puzzles, revolutions and corrupt governments, romance, and its fast-paced but also slow-paced and the characters are amazing and the mysteries and there are so many REVEALS and how so many of the different characters just fit together- its just so amazing I love these books so much.

The three books are all around 500-700 pages, but they go by SO fast and half the time I was so confused about the authors could fit SO MUCH PLOT in one books it just WORKS and I need more people to read it because apparently the fandom is tiny and I NEED MORE IM PANICKING HERE.

also teh books are YA, but they're really for ages 12+, they're clean, no usual cursing (they have their own curses that are cool to say), overall just such an amazing read I cannot recommend them enough.

wow I can't believe I was able to do that without a single spoiler.