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Amelia Halgren
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read in October 2025
Amelia Halgren said:
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EbookThis was super absorbing and I read most of this in a single day! I must go get the sequel immediately!!! "
Amelia Halgren
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read in April 2025
Amelia Halgren said:
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This is a really fun little coming of age type adventure. And as always, Kingfisher’s dogs do not disappoint. It’s not an especially complicated story but that’s part of the appeal. I can definitely see myself rereading this.
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"“It was hard to be frightened of the unknown when the unknown kept chickens.”" — Feb 26, 2026 01:57PM
"“It was hard to be frightened of the unknown when the unknown kept chickens.”" — Feb 26, 2026 01:57PM
If you meet some standard of objective attractiveness, people think you’re better than you actually are—smarter, more interesting, worthier of existing. Combined with the right personality, this can be powerful.
“Your voice is a weapon. Never forget that.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Home is where you feel like yourself,”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“That’s what I dislike most of all in people – cold irony. It’s a very cowardly attitude to mock or belittle everything, never be committed to anything, not feel tied to anything. Like an impotent man who can’t experience pleasure himself, but will do all he can to ruin it for others.”
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“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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