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Absolutely gobbling this up, ordering books 2+3 as soon as I'm done typing this

I HAVE A GOOD FEELING!!!

This is one of those books that permanently ups your standards

'Thank the Gods she was a monster'

I don't remember the last time I read a book where the middle felt so EPIC

This is going to pull me out of my slump

If Jude says jump I say how high

Can Paige not just have five minutes of peace

I'm going to need someone to hold my hand through the next bit

Cut out my heart and stamp on it why don't you, it would hurt less

God I just feel so ALIVE

God I just feel so ALIVE

Oh my sweet dysfunctional angels

'For the Iceni, Death is a king who announces himself, not a thief who lurks in the shadows. In Rome, all the knives are hidden, and Death is spun on a web of smiles, cocooning the victim before the lethal sting'

'Sometimes a person can be so starved of kindness, they see it when it isn't there'

'This is how she will be remembered. She will no longer be Catia of the Wolf Tribe, a woman with a human heart. She will be the incarnation of Andraste, Goddess of Death, who drove the Roman armies back into the sea from which they spawned. This is what must be.'

'Better to burn than to grieve'

Odysseus is so full of shit

With this being urban fantasy with dark academia vibes it's not my usual fare BUT I was intrigued by Laura Steven's writing + plotting from Our Infinite Fates which led me to get this arc and I have to say.... This is working for me. I'm definitely not the ideal reader for this considering my usual preferences but I read 170 pages in basically one sitting.

The magic system is so unique + intriguing as well

'I wished I could go with them. I would make a mightier warrior than many passing through the gates.

But that was not a woman's lot.

We waited, and worried, and cursed time for moving so slowly.'

'Why does a man have the right to die with honour, but a woman not?'

"You don't have to be good, or useful, for someone to care about you"

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"Knights are shooting stars, Six. They come and go. But you and me, our sisterhood of Diviners - we're the moon." She smiled. "We're eternal."

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I love difficult women and this one is an absolute menace

547 pages of family drama + politics with the occasional interlude for pirates, and I am eating it up

Robin Hobb really knows how to make you hate a guy