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Laura Machado

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Writer and book designer from Brazil, trying to find the best way to give reviews on all the books I read. I have a booktok account @lauraasdevil and I only ever post in English

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	A Princesa Escondida (A Princesa Escondida, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peça-me para ficar by Malu Simões, Laura Machado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Beatriz Soares (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Princesa Famosa (A Princesa Escondida Livro 2) (Portuguese Edition) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laura Machado and 107 other people liked ꧁ ༺Minne༻ ꧂'s review of The Sixth Faction (The Sixth Faction, #1): "Roth is releasing a series set in an alternate universe WHERE TRISS DOESN'T PICK DAUNTLESS. Again Triss. Does. Not. Pick. Dauntless. This is either going to fix everything or prove that girl was doomed no matter what 😭"
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“Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
― Hans Christian Anderson, The Complete Fairy Tales

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“If I've learned anything in my position, it's that there's nothing more deceptive than the obvious.”
― Virginia Boecker, An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

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“Everything begins with an idea. Ideas are infallible, they are indestructible; the only thing stronger than an army of men is an idea whose time has come. It was with this conviction I conspired the very plot we sit on steward of.”
― Virginia Boecker, An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

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“But ideias, as strong as the are, do not write history—men do. Women. We are what give ideas life. Were an idea to die, we could not mourn it.”
― Virginia Boecker, An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

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“I've loved words and I've hated them, but I've never been indifferent to them. I've spent the last few years fearing them, the way they have the power to give life to the things you feel, things that are safer left unnamed.”
― Virginia Boecker, An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

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