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This book kind of put me back into a slump, but I’m still trying to push through

‘Don’t touch me, Mer,’ she wept. ‘I’ll stain you. I’ll stain you with my darkness.’
‘Stain me, then. I will go into the darkness with you, and we will break out into the light.’

crying already. mer & elara’s friendship 🥹

‘You said we couldn’t be anything more than friends, and I would have done it. After I walked you back from the baths, I knew— That I would have taken the crumbs you fed me. Taken you in sips, even when I wanted to drown, if it meant I could be near you.’

Enzo’s yearning is immaculate. AAAHHHH.

‘I don’t just want love. I want reverence.’ She looked away. ‘Is that too much to ask?’
‘I think you would be very easy to worship,’ 🧎🏻‍♀️

‘ “You will fall in love with the King of Stars, and it will kill you both.” Now, I don’t think I’d mind one bit if the prophecy was for me.’

‘Many men would be happy to die for you. Perhaps gods, too.’

DAMN 🧎‍♀️

Re-reading this before I finally start Fallen Stars!!! 🌌

I just had to.

“I’ve built my walls too high.”
“They’re worth the climb.”
“They aren’t.”
“They are. For me, they are.”

ALEX. CORBEAU. GREEN. THE MAN THAT YOU ARE.

“Doing a tremendous job of convincing me you’re not obsessed with me, Twist. Do you shout my name in your dreams, too?”
“Only when it’s a nightmare.”

Why do I love this already? The banters are top-tier!

In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in every parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well. He would not forget the joy.

and suddenly, the tears just won’t stop :(((

“If there is a life after this one, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”

well.. i’m not okay at this point 😭

“Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.“

this! yes yes yes 🥹

Only a few chapters in and I’m already in shambles 😭😭😭

This book is giving “It’s okay to love them both. I did.” —IYKYK.

I always knew who I was rooting for but this love triangle was done so right. I have way too many feelings right now!!!!

“Jem is my great sin.”

Found out what it means and now I’m emotionally unwell 🥹

A TRAGEDY! I’M NOT OKAY!

When Kaine said, “THEN USE ME” and pulled her close and tried to kiss her… PLEASE, MY HEART 😭

“Don’t die, Kaine,”
“There are far worse fates than dying, Marino.”
“I know. But that one you don’t come back from.”
“All right, then, but only because you asked.”

CRYING OVER THIS

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard. I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.”

I need these words tattooed on me!!! I’M WRECKED.

About to finish a book after a 3-month slump. We’re so back.

I need out of this slump! Jessa, work your magic.

“I’m not a good man, Keris. And if you insult Lara again, you’ll find out just how bad I can be.”

The Lara & Aren crumbs 🥹❤️

“I used to dream only of fire and ash, Now when I close my eyes, all I see is your face.”

I want chapter 33 tattooed in my mind!!!!!!

“You’re the one holding the weapon.”
“And yet I feel entirely at your mercy”

men who would rather kneel for you!!!!! 🤭

“It hurts to want it all, so many things that can't coexist within the same life.”

the longing. pain.

“Her last name is Rhodes. Now get your fucking hands off my wife.”

OKAY 🤭

I’m not ready for this to be over yet.