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Ceony is good at everything and she’s annoying. these two things are not mutually exclusive. if her teacher compliments her ONE MORE TIME FOR BEING A QUICK STUDY AND OH SO CLEVER I’M GOING TO—

oh, and the writing continues to be painfully clunky. everything is over-explained

/Mg. Aviosky smiled, the sort of smile she had always given Ceony at the school. The smile that made Ceony like her so much./

I looooOve how this tell-y line contradicts the only characteristics of this side character we’ve seen so far: that she’s pensive and disapproving. wow, I’m so excited for more!…

“Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.”

so many lines that make me pause and go over them again to fully take it in. what a joy and a grief to read

a sobering but profound read

thank you honestlysophie for getting me back into reading!! I’m going to finish a book this year—I swear it

oh no… the prose is SO clunky

I’m going to try, I’m going to really try and give the book a chance. I’ve been wanting to read this for almost three years and the premise sounded so exciting