Kyna (Wright) Desrosiers > Recent Status Updates

“Oh, you’ve always got to smile a little, Din,” said Ana “Even during, you know, the abysmally fucking awful times.” (p. 83)

I’m enjoying Ana & Din’s banter & vibes so far 🤣🤣 Ana has me laughing so much

Only a couple chapters in & I find myself very intrigued by this initial case & the characters that are Din & Ana (I definitely see the Holmes & Watson element people have mentioned when discussing this book).

I am enjoying it so far!

“I painted all the apologies we owed one another, as any two who have lived side by side owe. I painted the life we’d secured and it’s unknotting. I painted all that I didn’t know and couldn’t say and the future I finally understood we wouldn’t have.” (p.259)

“When the mind is askew, there comes a chance for clarity while holding an instrument of precision.” (p.259)

“But if you’ve never cared enduringly for another, than I can’t suppose you know the ways love can also be stingy and mean.” (p. 202)

Crying at 2AM over this exchange:

“I can’t paint anymore.”
“But we can”

oh my, that is LOVE 😭

I have made it to book 2… Although I wish I could stay with Gerta & Maria forever but I am determined to finish this book tonight!

“I knew all too well the relief in being free of what you’ve always been. Relief to shed all expectations that drags heavy at the hem of oneself.” (p.146)

“There is a powerful freedom in having secrets, controlling what is known to whom…and it became clear that this was another power. The freedom to be seen. For my worth to be known” (p.136)

yass Gerta finally getting her mf props but I feel like Maria is not gonna like that for too long

I am completely enamored by Gerta/Pieter & Maria

“We don’t have to understand it all, just protect it.”
“From what’s outside?”
“Yes, them. But mostly from ourselves.”

“No bother. You’ll learn your own loveliness”

“Beauty is a transformation, often a messy one at that.” (p. 37)

“WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO BE KIND?”

WOW…some things have hit the fan!

I feel like Shannon bout to blow the lid off their pretty little bubble

I really really don’t like Natalie… like least favorite character i’ve ever experienced in a book!


I’m only continuing to read because I’m intrigued by everything else that’s happening right now which is A LOT. OMG

I’m not a huge fan of Natalie… I do feel a bit sorry for her but only because she is “stuck” but she did make all the decisions that had led her to this moment!

I don’t know how I feel about this book! I do know that it’s got good quotes but I am not liking Natalie so much…

WOW. My heart dropped & I almost cried when they had their argument but love wins out and they are back together again!

Their love story reminds me of my husband & I’s story somewhat so I have honestly been remembering how we started and all of those feelings have come flooding back

Favorite quotes from this chunk:

“Having your shit together is not a prerequisite for love” (p.224)

“Being up here makes me feel small, but being with you makes me feel significant” (p. 231)

Wow, reading about Sam made me cry.

I will say that how Henry makes Bennet feel is how my husband made me feel when we first met. I had built this wall up after a tough relationship and slowly after I met him, my wall started coming down and I could see myself becoming me again.

“I feel soft, safe, seen.” That’s honestly all anyone wants 🩷

Sometimes we forget that all of our “old” friends have seen so many different versions of ourselves and they still love us anyways.

They get to love us how we are now, how we were Ll the those years ago, and every single phase and moment in between!

I love that Bennet did that for Sonya & they could talk it out. I’m loving this read, it’s cute ;)

“Just because you keep everything locked up in a cage doesn’t mean the rest of us have to. Just because you think you’re all alone doesn’t mean you are. People care about you. People want to care about you. Stop pretending we’re the enemy. It’s really tiring.”

I had a friend tell me something similar and it hurt but helped me see the light a bit more, hopefully that happens for Bennet!

“I want to be this Bennet, the clean one, because the more trash you accept in your life, the more you feel like you deserve it. I don’t want to feel like I deserve it anymore.”

I love this quote, it reminds me so much of my own thoughts I’d have after grieving