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Highlights for ‘From Blood and Ash’
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Death always found a way in
p. 38


The loss of a parent or a family member lingers long after they’re gone, the pain lessening but never fading. Years later, you’ll still find yourself thinking that you’d do anything to get them back.
p. 110


Death is like an old friend who pays a visit, sometimes when it’s least expected and other times when you’re waiting for her. It’s neither the first nor the last time she’ll pay a visit, but that doesn’t make any death less harsh or unforgiving.
p. 112


I have a suspicion that tonight will be anything but boring if I spend it with you.
p. 119


She plucked up a small, round powdery pastry and popped it into her mouth. Somehow, she didn’t get a single dusting of sugar on her. Meanwhile, if I so much as breathed in the direction of those pastries, I ended up with a fine coating of white powder in places that made no sense
p. 147


“It’s still him.” Her words were a little muffled. “He’s…he’s still in there.”
p. 172


Like when I saw a spider, I behaved as if it were the size of a horse with the cold calculation of an assassin.
p. 213


An Atlantian was deep within our midst
🔖 : Thats funny
p. 268


“Run,” he gasped, blood trickling from the corner of his lips. “Run.
p. 281


“I will bathe in your blood and feast on your entrails.”
“That sounds delightful.”
p. 290


Death is like an old friend who pays a visit, sometimes when it’s least expected and other times when you’re waiting for her.
p. 296


“Those trees have been here for hundreds of years—
“And they have lived a long, healthy life.”
p. 298


“You’re incredibly lucky, young Maiden.”
I wasn’t lucky.
I had been prepared.
p. 300


🌻 “You would’ve defended yourself.” I totally believed that. “I’ve seen how vicious you get when there is only one sweet cake left.”

“But that is a sweet cake. I would push the Duchess off a balcony to get to the last one.”
p. 330


“I have her”
“Do you?”
“With my sword and with my life.”
p. 335


If I had spiders in my gown, I wouldn’t be fidgeting. I’d be screaming and stripping down to nothing. I wouldn’t care at all who witnessed it
p. 361


Except for Tawny. She looked half-asleep as she stood there
p. 365


“If you want to make a run for it, I’ll tell Vikter you jumped out the window,” Tawny offered.
p. 389


“With my sword and with my life, I vow to keep you safe, Penellaphe.
From this moment until the last moment, I am yours.”
p. 414


🌻 “Your hormones must be clouding your rational thought.”
“My hormones are always clouding my rational thought, thank you very much.”
p. 423


Things are about to get so much more exciting around here.
p. 428


I wanted to kick her…like a Maiden, of course
p. 440


You’re so incredibly violent.” He paused. “I think I like it.
p. 577


I have a feeling that if you don’t leave, he’s just going to stand there and drain precious air from my room—”
“While looking exceptionally handsome,” he added. “You forgot to add that.
p. 597


How it feels like I’ve known you longer. You feel that, too
p. 612


🌻“You’re not all that old.”
He blinked. “Thanks.” A pause. “I think.
p. 613


🌻Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside
p. 618


“The next time you go out, wear better shoes and thicker clothing. Those slippers are likely to be the death of you, and that dress…the death of me.”
p. 624


“But, girl, your aim is deadly.
Don’t ever forget that.”
p. 634


My heart skipped a beat, but I ignored the stupid organ.
p. 661


Of all the ways I’d thought I might die, it had never occurred to me that it could happen while borrowing a book from the Atheneum.
p. 721


“You are so violent,” Hawke all but purred.
p. 754


🌻 “You look…lovely,” he said, and my stomach dipped in the most pleasant way possible.
He turned to Tawny. “As do you.”
Tawny smiled. “Thank you.”
He glanced at Vikter. “You, as well.”
Vikter snorted,
p. 800


I didn’t want to spend another night wishing I was living instead of actually doing it
p. 819


“If someone saw me…saw you—”
“Saw us? Holding hands? Dear gods, the scandal.”
p. 820


🌻 Only the bad can be influenced, Princess
p. 821


Nothing is ever simple. And when it is, it’s rarely ever worth it
p. 853


And I’m not…I’m not being a good friend or guard right now. I’m not…
p. 855


Hawke’s body shook as he moaned. “You’re not helping.”
“I’m a bad Maiden.”
“No.” He kissed my other temple. “You’re a perfectly normal girl. What is expected of you is what’s bad.” He paused.
“And, yes, you’re also a very bad Maiden.”
p. 866


Truths do not always set one free. Only a fool who has spent their entire life being fed lies believes that.
p. 964


It wasn’t like I thought that what we were or what we meant to one another had grown to a place where Hawke would go into exile with me. That was silly. That was…
p. 1056


Fear could heighten the senses, but panic slowed everything down.
p. 1070


And I trusted him with my life. With everything.
p. 1118


“My need for you is far too great, Poppy.
If I stay, you will not walk out this door the Maiden.”
p. 1121


Hawke wasn’t the catalyst.
He was the reward.
p. 1124


🌻 “You’re perfect”
“No, I’m not. You deserve someone who is, but I’m too much of a bastard to allow that.”
p. 1129


“Don’t forget this.”
“Promise me, Promise me you won’t forget this, Poppy. That no matter what happens tomorrow, the next day, next week, you won’t forget this—forget that this was real.”
p. 1148


“And you’re still a monster,” I told him.
“I am, but I wasn’t born that way. I was made this way”
p. 1275


🌻 Not everything was a lie, Poppy. Not everything.
p. 1280


But I did.
Because I was an imbecile.

“I’m going to die an imbecile,” I murmured.
His brows knitted.
🔖: Amazing last words, lmao
p. 1314


And made me fall in love with the Dark One
p. 1344


“I tried to kill you.”
“I know. I can’t really blame you.”
I stared, dumbfounded as he swooped down.
p. 1372


🌻 What I thought was that talking to Kieran was an exercise in patience and energy
p. 1385


No matter what I felt for him, I could never trust him, and what I felt for him was also something I could no longer pretend didn’t exist.
I loved him.
I was in love with him.
p. 1394


“And then he’d be…intrigued.”
My mouth opened, but my mind took that and leapt with it.
p. 1399


🌻 “Among my people, it’s not polite to stare at a naked woman in a bathtub.”
“Your people sound incredibly boring.”
“Get out!” I shrieked.
Chuckling, Kieran rose.
p. 1400


Are you sure?” Delano asked him, and when I looked at him, I could see the shock in his eyes as his gaze moved over me.
🔖 : Awee Delano!! 🫶🏻
p. 1431

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