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Brink of Death (Hidden Faces #1)

by Brandilyn Collins (Goodreads Author)

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So far...not a fan. The whole thing feels a bit cliche and shallow, particularly the characters. Too dramatic but not well-done in the drama." — Dec 17, 2025 08:10PM

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Shades’s Quotes

“He hated sand, hated the way its crunchy granules found their way into every nook and cranny.”
― Alli Earnest, Cities of Smoke and Starlight

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“The edge of life can be marked in black faster than one would suppose. Why not ring all the bells?”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

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“He said he wished you to be wise, and good, and true to the beatings of your own heart, and hoped that you could be spared the extremes of society, both the very poor and the very rich, so that neither need nor indulgence would spoil the soul he loved more than anything else in the world.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

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“My friends do not go to war alone." Pierce”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

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“Hawkes began slowly. “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.” “It feels impossible, for longer than is comforting. And then too tentative to trust.” “It does. But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

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