Michelle

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Michelle is Currently Reading

Michelle is currently reading

The Thief and the Traitor Bride (The Hand and the Heart #2)

by V.L. Bovalino (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: arc, netgalley, currently-reading

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Wild Goose Chase

by Sarah Adler (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: preordered, arc, netgalley, currently-reading, fall

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May 15, 2026 07:14AM

“Every time we went outside at night, she'd ask me to look for it. And often it wasn't visible, but when it was, she made a wish on it. Sometimes I go to the planetarium and send the view to the Butterfly Cluster, and I sit there talking to her. I pretend she's listening to me ramble, and occasionally I laugh at the absurdity of it."

..."But what if it's not absurd at all?" he says. "I painted you here months ago. The same stars Clara wished on every chance she got.... Millie, she pointed me right at you.”
― Jillian Meadows, Give Me Butterflies

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“The snow may fall, but the sun also rises.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

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“I love you like all-fire.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

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“I wish you could see how much you've done for us," he whispers. "I've laid all the shattered pieces of myself in front of you over the last few months. All the broken fragments I've been trying to glue back together on my own. The grief and the pain and all my flaws and insecurities." He cups my face in his palm. "But you weren't afraid of it. In fact, you've been helping me put it all back together in little ways since I met you.”
― Jillian Meadows, Give Me Butterflies

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“I glance at Millie and find her biting her lips like she’s trying to contain her laughter at my expense.

I want to laugh. It’s right there, the smile pushing against my cheeks to find the humor in our predicament. But I rein it back in with my signature frown instead.

I’ve avoided this woman for months because something about her sunshine-bright personality make me want to run the other way.

She’s glowing all the time, illuminating everything around her, and the blazing light feels like a third-degree sunburn for a man who has been in the dark for too long.”
― Jillian Meadows, Give Me Butterflies

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