"Blood of my blood, soul of my soul, thine hand is over my heart. When you ache, then shall I ache; when you perish, then I shall perish."
NOT ONLY one"Blood of my blood, soul of my soul, thine hand is over my heart. When you ache, then shall I ache; when you perish, then I shall perish."
NOT ONLY one of my favourite books of the year but equally one of the best fantasies I have ever read!!!
When we said bring back yearning this is what we meant! The Second Death of Locke was so full of angst, such a warranted sense of desire, found family and a magic system that felt so fresh amongst the current wave of fantasy romance releases. I adored these characters so much and would find myself simultaneously blushing, giggling and yet, trying not to cry in SO many chapters.
I would highly recommend if you love: - a quest - childhood friends to lovers - a lady knight!!!! (I need more of this in my life) - found family - gorgeous writing - the dreamiest medieval fantasy setting
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️) It's difficult to write a review for a book when even thinking about it reduces you to tears, but I'll attempt it anyway.
This was AMAZIN⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️) It's difficult to write a review for a book when even thinking about it reduces you to tears, but I'll attempt it anyway.
This was AMAZING. Fredrik Backman has such a way with words: description, storytelling, his ability to perfectly examine, pick apart and display characters... that makes me so thankful to be a reader. My Friends is a story of loss, infatuation, friendship, childhood and on moving on. It carries flaws (characters, never in writing), that make you feel as if the characters are standing right in front of you, and my gosh are they real in my brain. The plot, as heartbreaking as it was heartwarming, examines what it means to live on the fringes of society and find the joy in what is left. This book is human at its core.
I'm endlessly astounded by the way Ocean Vuong is able to put the aching, joyousness and mundanity of bOcean Vuong try not to make me cry challenge...
I'm endlessly astounded by the way Ocean Vuong is able to put the aching, joyousness and mundanity of being human in a way that feels as melancholic and raw as it does beautiful, and this was absolutely no different. The Emperor of Gladness is an astounding story on two people living on the fringes of society (the elderly and the young adult) and how their differences are exactly what make them similar. I'll be thinking about this one forever, please read it...more
MY FIRST 5⭐️ OF THE YEAR!!! (and new favourite fantasy duology)
This was somehow even BETTER than the Crimson Moth... which is a fantasy book that I alMY FIRST 5⭐️ OF THE YEAR!!! (and new favourite fantasy duology)
This was somehow even BETTER than the Crimson Moth... which is a fantasy book that I already hold in such high regard. I'm often hesitant that sequels won't carry the weight of its first part but oh my The Rebel Witch did it tenfold. If you're ever looking for a witch x witch hunter duology I CANNOT recommend this enough
The tension! the political intrigue! the stakes! the yearning!!!! I'm convinced that nobody does it like Kristen Ciccarelli
the writing! the conversation on mortality and the innate desire to be remembered / become a martyr! the characters! I feel like I've just been punchethe writing! the conversation on mortality and the innate desire to be remembered / become a martyr! the characters! I feel like I've just been punched in the stomach this was beautiful...more
"a home is a space-time curvature where the tiniest portion of matter says 'I' and vice versa, where personality, emotions, memory and sense render su"a home is a space-time curvature where the tiniest portion of matter says 'I' and vice versa, where personality, emotions, memory and sense render subjects and objects indistinguishable. we need to build homes to give life to objects and to draw them all of the soul that our body cannot produce and accommodate. this is what we try to grasp each time we imagine the presence of ghosts and spectres: a home is no more than the clearest, most disturbing symptom of the fact that the mind can live everywhere and circulates freely from human beings to objects and from objects to human beings."...more
One of the most heart wrenching, astounding, eloquent and haunting books I have EVER read! Following a girl in the afterlife desperately longing to reOne of the most heart wrenching, astounding, eloquent and haunting books I have EVER read! Following a girl in the afterlife desperately longing to remember her name and the life that she lived previous ~ this is a book that will stick to you.
Wholeheartedly recommend this if you love: the walking dead (the zombie narrative is to die for), cannibal*sm as a personification for survival, notes on mortality, post-apocalyptic fiction and books that'll make you question EVERYTHING...more
"two old people dying on the same day, because the world would never be cruel enough to make either one of us exist without the other..."
oh my god. I "two old people dying on the same day, because the world would never be cruel enough to make either one of us exist without the other..."
oh my god. I DEVOURED this and it has instantly become a new favourite romance! I was fairly apprehensive going into my first abby jimenez aware of the praise that her novels get but I understand it so wholeheartedly now... please read this! ...more
existential, steeped in commentary on grief, beautifully written, fever dream and gross (don't read this if you have daddy issues) existential, steeped in commentary on grief, beautifully written, fever dream and gross (don't read this if you have daddy issues) ...more
over a year of reading these stories (in all of their philosophies, melancholy and small joys) and it's over... a prime example of why I love reading!over a year of reading these stories (in all of their philosophies, melancholy and small joys) and it's over... a prime example of why I love reading! why I love life! ...more
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