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It took me forever to get here, but I called it! Huh, I am so excited.

Is that a spark I see between Roan and Gareth, huh!

I should have waited for Friday to start this book! I foresee a long night ahead of me, I hope it doesn't disappoint.

I am not enjoying this book and somehow I don't want to DNF it. I don't know why because the plot is not that great. Maybe someday I will be get back to it, will see!

So boring

Last time I lost interest at 30%. I can't remember why. Lets hope take 2 is the charm🤞🤞

Freedom from slavery and lose the love of your life, or stay a slave and stay with the love of your life. Hmm🤔🤔🤔

Ugh, this is annoying! what happened to the Mara I met and loved from book 1. I hate when good characters regress! Can I blame sex, I want to blame the "relationship". The story was good when there was no romance. Ugh!

12% - But we have a saying in Zun: “You can kill me, but you can’t eat me.” Remember this, when you watch me die as I hang from a tree. No matter what you do to my body, my soul and heart are free. Remember that I allowed you to kill me. I permitted you to live because my honour required it. From this moment forward, your every breath is a slave’s gift.’ He gave her a last shake and released her. ‘My gift.’

Damn

‘You are a true daughter of the Empire, Mara of the Acoma.’

‘Who is to be more feared, one who acts from ambition or one who acts for the needs of survival?

‘Woman, you are poison, as deadly and small as that of the keti scorpion that hides under the petals of flowers.’

She really is one devious minx, I love her!

‘Do all men have their brains between their legs?’ Oh Mara you deviously innocent child 🤣

‘Wife, you are like the pusk adder of the jungles, whose markings are pretty enough to be mistaken for a flower when it lies at rest. But its strike is swift and its bite is fatal.’

Respect to Mara

‘Ruler! Never have we seen one of your queens, human. I shall hurry to my Queen and tell of your arrival.’
Now thats some girl power!

Mara reminds me of Cersei, but without the cruel and weird twin thing. She is damn smart

Nacoya is annoying, she is worse than a nagging mother

"learn the nature of self, accept all aspects of self, then the mastery can begin. Denial of self is denial-of all."

"She had tasted her first victory in the Game of the Council"

I am having a real hard time with this book, which sucks because I was so looking forward to it 😢. I am not liking both MCs. I am going to take a break maybe I will come back to it someday

If there was no Claire there was no pain. Nothingness was her pride… then she remembered she had no pride. She had lost it all the day she started to care for the man cradling her in his arms.

“According to Sun Tzu, great results can be achieved with small forces… But I choose to interpret that as: pissing off a bunch of women is a really bad idea.”

“It is not an attack on Shepherd. It’s an attack on conscience. It’s an attack on the people of Thólos.”

There's nothing I love more than a heroine who kicks ass without raising fists. Respect!

I am your mother, I am your sister, I am your daughter. Look at me. I am what you have done to yourselves.I was pair-bonded to Shepherd against my will. I carry his child. I fought back. I fought back for you. Each Thólosen who does nothing stands with evil. There are no excuses. Confront the abuse perpetrated on the streets, stand up to rape and violence. Do not turn a blind eye again. Do not make me stand alone.

“Will you go back?” he asked... She didn’t explain herself or say, “It is expected,” or “I must,” or “I have no choice.” She simply replied, “Yes.”

Yearning. There it was again. Suddenly yearning had a flavor.