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The writing is excellent so far. Now to see how the last half pans out…

Almost 10% in, first impressions… Not bad. I enjoy that neither of the main girls seem to be entirely angelic damsels. I haven’t read court intrigue in years so it’s a change of pace. The prose itself is great. I can tell the author has a background of excellent writing.

kind of a tough read, not gonna lie…

THE SUDDEN SECOND-PERSON PROSE IS TERRIFYING ME.

now it’s picking up…

i can already tell the book will be more psychological than i thought… the complete detachment from the characters by not giving them names (thus far) is messing with my head.

The night made you panic. I win.

Even with these swift airborne bodies, I will fail to conjure that age of seamless knowledge again. I feel the loss of it. I am the only part of me that remembers, I think. I, the greatest, the most complex of everything that is left. But there was a time…

“But right then it was because she was the only person I had in the world, and if I exploded on her, then that would just have been more weight for her to carry.“

i ship mai and juna… the one book lately i wish had a romance arc? hopefully we get crumbs

“In exchange for taking everything away, Death gives life value.”

“So there was only one explanation. Occam’s razor.”

“Eventually, something came back.”

“This wasn’t a decision born of thought, but buried deep in her genes. These genes could be traced to four billion years ago, when the decision was first made.”

“For the first time in history, Death itself was no longer fair.”

“No banquet was eternal. Everything had an end. Everything.”

“This question tortures me. It’s the most incredible thing in the universe.”