Status Updates From Rules for Heiresses

“ But everything happens for a reason.”
The core of my being has embraced this without wavering.

“But even the worst missteps take us to where we need to be”
I am reminded of when my sister tells me how she adored me, and I pushed her away and treated her so badly when we were growing up. And now she is my pillar of strength, and I am revealed to be alone for the obliviousness I still carry.

Cremone Gardens
Definitely worth the research

“ ignoring that salacious, inner voice…”
It seems that a good portion of the narrative is devoted to same, a little editing would’ve been welcome

“ I have no idea why the hair on my head darkened, but that didn’t.”
Only redheads know what they’re talking about

“ plants and flowers, never judged. They loved attention and bloomed in return for the smallest measure of affection.” likewise, and with more overwhem, are the animals in our lives.

“ she has a saying about the things we put out into the universe coming back around, and intriguing phenomenon she calls karma”

“ I have better things to do than sit here and try to enlighten the equivalent of a rock”

“ only now he was driven by greed and narcissism that had increased tenfold with adulthood”
And who does this sound like for 11 years? This scum has had uneasy rest in our brains.

And on the next page
“ your body. Your consent. Your surrender.”

“ with her, he could fight, fuck, or flee”
Reduced to simplitude

La Fée Verte (French for "The Green Fairy") is the legendary 19th-century nickname for absinthe. It originated from the spirit's distinct emerald hue and the bohemian myth that the liquor awakened a mystical, hallucinogenic muse who granted artists their creative inspiration.

Men did not have zippers in 1864. This is a glaring error. Zippers did not come into use until 1913 and not widespread until the 1920s.

Mention of , the great eastern steam ship, which was laying the transatlantic telegraph cable shortly after 1864

“ life beyond England was a plethora of vibrant culture”

“ the law cannot be trusted to be upheld when those very men are the ones who wield it”
A truism, as we are still suffocated by the most corrupt administration in the history of America
MAGA is strangling what we have stood for
But in recognition of our spotted history where America goes chaos and death follow

Still enjoyable
“ her insults had always been clever than his”

Excellent, unexpectedly excellent
“The ruined cat was will and truly out of the bag”