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I don’t like the direction this is headed in 😅

Valérie has to be one of the most insufferable characters I’ve encountered in a long time

You had me at reincarnated lovers 🤩🤩🤩

”This kind of tale, this dubious mythmaking, was for heroes with shields and armor, for divinely born twins, for those anointed by lucky stars.

She was but a girl from nowhere.”

🥺

wow I have no idea what’s happening here

The first book was so much better :/ this isn't really holding my attention atm

nasir ghameq ❤️❤️❤️

I'm so hooked omg

”We have met Englishmen and -women of superlative education and refinement, who discuss the philosophies of the Enlightenment and the general human condition with piercing insight and clarity. Those same individuals then prove themselves perfectly willing to regard the people of the Subcontinent as subhuman, far better off as secondclass citizens in their own land than as masters of their own destiny.” YUP

The YEARNING

“Nur loved in a way that was adamant, persistent, and reckless. Her heart wasn’t smart enough to set limits on its generosity.” I love her 🥺😭

Duran is so talented at creating characters with nuanced motivations, and we definitely see this talent on full display here.

So the second I found out Danielle Jensen wrote a fantasy romance I SCRAMBLED to get my hands on this. How have I only just discovered its existence??

OOO this took a turn I was not expecting and I love it.

I wish this book had been around when I was growing up 🥺

”Perhaps she had always been a monster, but even the lady monsters of the world couldn’t escape the expectations that came of being women.”

"The life of an Arab Palestinian in the West, particularly in America, is disheartening. There exists here an almost unanimous consensus that politically he does not exist, and when it is allowed that he does, it is either as a nuisance or as an Oriental." I feel SEEN

"Uncle might be innocent, but I'd definitely be guilty of slapping some sense into these brutes. With my parasol if need be. I motioned to Thomas, who was still glaring at the police collectively, then swept from the room like a storm rushing through the streets, cleansing all the grit in a mad downpour.

To Hell with them all."

I love this girl more and more with each passing page.

What better way to usher in the new year (and a new decade) than reading this beloved novel ❤️

I'm really liking this so far--I love the way dragons are depicted and incorporated into the story.

“His talons shot out from his fingers. A growl rose in his throat. If the King’s Bitch survived at Arianna’s expense, he would switch them personally in the chambers of Lord Xin. He would steal his Fenthri’s soul back from the gods themselves.” 😭😭😭

I’ve been reading this book at a snail’s pace foreverrrr—not because it’s boring, but because college really sucks the life out of me.

The main character, Alice, is the literary equivalent of the meme where Kourtney Kardashian says "Kim, there's people that are dying" and I'm honestly living for it.

God this is such a BORE :(