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Thought these were just short stories based on folktales, but apparently this is part of a longer series… at least I know now?

“… these poor mortal bodies of theirs were [n]ever enough to express the terrible depths of love.”

If you see me staring into the void later, it’s because I’m thinking about these short stories. So far, “The Wind”, “Between the Shadow and the Soul” “To Sunland” “Brawler” and “Birdie” all have something that lodges into a crevice of my being… I expect the final four will as well.

She’s a little slow but that’s not a bad thing, I do appreciate a book that forces me to take my time.

“Kindness was a virtue, but in evil places, empathy punished the wearer.” (61-62)

Already such quotable passages and not even a quarter in… this may be the book that finally gets me into Steivater.

Perhaps the heaviest “fable” I’ve ever read