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Suffering from the very famous 'main characters are Idiots'. Syndrome

Suffering from the very famous 'main characters are Idiots'.

Youngest Child Propaganda

“I’ve been a constant thief,”A frequent liar, an occasional fraud and, according to need or rage, a murderer."

"But. I’ve never yet abandoned a friend.”

“I have so few, you see? So it rarely becomes an issue.”

Was someone charging Anthony Ryan by the chapters?? Why are there frequently 30 page+ chapters.

If I hadn't already read and loved Blood Song by the author I wouldn't have given 20% for this book to get it's groove. But it seems worth it now.

It's killing me why a book this good is just available for free.. But thank heavens for that.

Apart from the murders, she is also a very dedicated hater of everything that comes into her eyeline.
This is so good!!!

Thirty-three years of grief and longing. Thirty-three years since 1992, that golden year when a woman with a sly smile and a laugh like the tinkling of bells flounced into his life and sent him falling, head over heels.
Thirty-three years since the Scarlet Fox died.

We are so Back.

“Freud says that in big issues, like who to marry, it’s only a question of what you feel.”
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Not someone you should take relationship advice from, to be honest.

It was clear she knew how tender and fragile men are in these matters.
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Or maybe it's just Guido being whiny.

Guido had wondered if she knew how to cook. Her slight air of otherworldliness suggested that she did not, while her precision indicated that she did—in the way the Japanese did.
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Guido is jumping through some very large hoops in his mind.

You could not call something that lasted for a day a love affair.
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There goes half of my relationships.

You could not call something that lasted for a day a love affair.
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There goes half of my relationships.

Guido was not in the habit of falling in love with girls he saw on buses or in museums.
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Unlike me who falls in love with someone every time I travel to delhi.

“You don’t believe in the gods, Nimbus?”
He smiled wryly. “Oh, I most certainly believe in them, Your Eminence. I just don’t think they believe in me.”

“See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.”

Question , How Fucked are we?


Ghazel will land without opposition and slaughter everyone. Eventually they’ll reach here, break in, and butcher us.”

“No,” Hadrian said, shaking his head. “See, that’s where you’re wrong. The Ghazel will eat us alive, and they’ll take their time savoring every moment. Trust me."
They hung in silence.

“How do we win?” Wyatt asked.
“By killing all of them before they kill all of us.”


I started the series again only to read this fight scene.

“What did you do? I told you not to offend them!”

“We didn’t offend them,” Hadrian explained. “We killed their beloved seer.”

Hadrian nodded.

“I’ve met most of the warlords of the Gur Em, but I’m sure everyone’s forgotten me by now.”

“Then it’s settled. You are officially the…”
“Imperial Tutor to Her Eminence, the Empress Modina?” Nimbus supplied.

“Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days.”

“That does not sound too difficult. Has she done much public speaking?”

Amilia forced a smile.

“A week ago she said the word no.”

“You think you’re a very clever fellow, don’t you?” Saldur challenged.

“No, Your Grace,” Merrick replied.

“Clever is the man who makes a fortune selling dried-up cows, explaining how it saves the farmers the trouble of getting up every morning to milk them. I’m not clever—I’m a genius.”

From the farthest corner of my heart I fucking hate the FMC!!!

“Well, for your information, I’m an aspiring vegetarian.”
“How does that work?” he asks.
“I’m always aspiring. Never vegetarian,” I answer.

Here’s the secret to making other people happy: you accept that what makes them happy is what makes them happy, and you don’t question it.

This is so fucking Good.

Personal Life has gone to hell. Depression Lingers.

But hey after three and half books I am near the Grand Battle Scene.