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Oooh, an interlude in second person POV. I tend to love me some second person POV so this bodes well.

Already enchanted by this.

”Wait, Isa, don’t!”

Oh, god.

This is so good but I have no idea how the last half of this book will be filled and I’m scared.

Saturnino was everything she despised, a killer, but he had an enigmatic quality that drew her eye, an undercurrent of mystery that reminded her of the promise of uncut stone. His cold beauty was like marble, her favorite medium to work with.

Would she say he has the skin of a killer jw

There’s an awful lot going on here. Sci-fi commentary on imperialism, possible pending alien invasion, reality dating show, and now, murder? Something for everyone!

They're going to an inn. How many beds do you think there will be?

The ambience of reading this to a soundtrack of just "House" by Charli xcx featuring John Cale? Unmatched.

You could probably cut this book down by a third if you took out even half the mentions of his beautiful and/or large Liuprand is.

Everyone’s going to need a whole lot of therapy.

This is obscenely up my alley.

Fuck one flesh, one end, Harrow. I already gave my flesh to you, and I already gave you my end. I gave you my sword. I gave you myself. I did it while knowing I'd do it all again, without hesitation, because all I ever wanted you to do was eat me.
Which is, coincidentally, what your mother said to me last night.

I cannot think of a better example of the multitudes of this writing.

"The City doesn't care who you are, or where you've come from, or what you've done."

Are these . . . Backstreet Boys lyrics? 🧐

Fury supplants her fear with a jolt. ”Do not love us more than life. Love us more than death!”

There is very little chance I get through this book unscathed.

Okay, I'm loving this so far.

Oh no, I found a horse inaccuracy.

"Bone!" Khun suddenly shouted. She stalked over to Oktai - she was at least a foot and a half shorter than he was, but it didn't stop him from taking a startled step back. She pulled a human rib from somewhere, and waved it in his face, inches from his nose. "BONE?!?"



Pretty clear reference, yes?

Oh, this is going to consume me, isn’t it?

"You could have been faster or stronger or smarter. You might have reached the place she died in time. You might have stopped the bleeding. You might have heard the last words. You might have given comfort. You weren't there."
At last they looked up.
"I'll see you on your knees," they say hoarsely. "On your knees and begging, Ana Decretan, before I finally let you die."

To the usurper Altagracia Caviro, desecrator of Fate, the monster who breeds monsters, soaked in blood and twisted of tongue, the hulk of flesh that rots by the sea, the pillar of heartless stone, the larvae the cling to the skin of the whale, the fly which crawls across the eyes of crows, she who blasphemes the name of the Undying, she who would always steal my honey dumplings at dinner

lmao such dramatics

This series is just so captivating and fun.

”some unspecified demise will fall upon each person whose name appears in the book in turn, until only one remains”

So like a fantasy world Final Destination? I could be into this.

Wait, are we supposed to believe Henry VIII is hot??

The downside to reading this in the background of other books is that every other book’s writing pales in comparison to this.

The forest ate the girls who wandered out after dark.

A STRONG opening line.

An inn! How many beds will be available, I wonder? 🧐

There are already a lot of metaphors, similes, and awkward turns of phrase, so I’m hoping this grabs me soon so I can ignore all of that.

He was the man women would turn to only when they'd come to understand that so-called 'alpha males' will never settle for just one mate.

🤨 Hmm, don't love this line, especially given the book's themes of gender identity in all other areas.

Already the gothic vibes are vibing.