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“Everything always cost more when you had less.”

“Briar watched him go, the buns warming his hand through the paper bag, and a not dissimilar feeling welling in his chest. It was the sort of kindness he itched to repay, and the kind of generosity he struggled to mirror. Not for lack of wanting.”

“Briar’s curse was somewhere in between, neither friendly nor grave enough to befit a rival or nemesis. It was an inconvenience. A condemnation of Celyn as too unimportant for something grander.
That Briar hadn’t used actual magic was irrelevant. Celyn might still have matching socks tomorrow, but he’d have a harder time locating his dignity.”

I don’t have much good to say about this book so far to be honest