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I'm back on Goodreads! I've kinda missed it here

I haven't been using Goodreads much due to some privacy concerns, and I've been looking for a replacement. So far, I must say that I really like The StoryGraph and I will probably be switching over to them. I also use LibraryThing and it's a little outdated for my preferences.

I am not sure if I will delete my Goodreads account or not. If I don't use it much, what's the point? I dunno, we'll see

“He’s alone and hurting. You’re alone and hurting,” she said. “But you need to heal together. Go to him. Stay with him. Talk. Cry. Laugh. Do whatever it takes to fix things between you. I was once in your place, and I didn’t do what it took. Things got tough, and I didn’t try to keep the man I loved. I lost him. Though I haven’t seen him since then, I think about him each and every day—and of what I’ve lost.”

Nero glanced down at my feet, clearly not fooled. “Patience is a virtue, Pandora.”
“But sinning is so much more fun than virtue.”
“Those are not the words of an angel.”
“Maybe not in public, but all the angels are totally thinking it, and you know it.”
He chuckled deep in his throat. “Maybe so.”

“Well, then it’s a good thing for you that Nero is thousands of miles away right now,” I said with a smile.

And guess who walks through the doors with a gush of wind preceding him? General Nero Windstriker, of course, and he has taken over this training. Seriously Leda, you should have seen that coming. LMAO

“Yeah, you could say my life was a nonstop blockbuster action movie”

Lol, yup

“I don’t care if you believe me,” I snapped at him. “It’s the truth. And my self-worth is not dependent on your approval.”

One day, I'm going to write a big long review on this entire series and include all my favorite quotes, like this one

“Ruby…[...]If you can’t change anything, then what’s the point of it?”

I wrapped my fingers around his and gave his hand a steady squeeze. “I don’t know. But when I figure that out, you’ll be the first to know.”

The feeling [hatred for Clancy] was like smoke, changing its scent and shape with the months and years that passed. I would never be rid of it. It would only grow, and grow, and grow until one day it finally smothered me.

Say it, girlfriend!

"Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?” He fingered the edges of his old paperback. “A good question from Nietzsche. I know my answer. Do you know yours?”

“Yes,” I said. “You have to go after her.”
He raised his eyebrows in challenge.
“It’ll get infected,” I reminded him.
“She would drive a saint to murder. Like, ten-stab-wounds-to-the-torso murder.”
“Good thing you’re not a saint.”

I gotcha Chubs, I can totally relate with that statement...

“I’m so tired of this,” I told him. “I know I don’t have any right to be; I know I did this to us, to myself, but I don’t want to fight anymore. I’m so tired of everything, of all of this, and knowing it’s never going to get any better—that nothing I do will ever make anything better. I’m so sick of it all.”

I was afraid. That was the truth. I was terrified of the guilt and shame that would come flooding in when I retraced my steps, turned the lock, and found the girl I had abandoned. I didn’t want to know what the darkness there had done to her, if she would even recognize herself in my face.

“I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d be up for hearing about the one-eyed chick,” Vida said with a shrug.
“You are actually the worst person I have ever met,” Chubs said.
“And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.”
“Guys…” I started.

Lmao, that's rich!

"Ghosts don’t haunt people—their memories do."

That's deep, Ruby.

"He put on a good leader act, but he wasn’t like…he wasn’t like Lee—or Jack. He didn’t want to help kids because he believed everyone deserved to feel strong and protect themselves. Clancy was only ever thinking of himself. He would never have jumped in front of another person and…He would never have taken a bullet.”

“Far be it from me to even approach untangling that hellhole of a mind,” he said, carefully. “But I think he just liked being in control. In charge. It made him feel powerful to manipulate people because he knew outside of this place he was just as vulnerable as the rest of us. There are some people like that, you know? The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces."

I leaned over and pressed a kiss to his forehead. “You really don’t hate me,” I breathed out. “You’re not scared—not even a little?”
His battered face twisted with what I thought was supposed to be a smile. “I’m scared to death of you, but for a completely different reason.”
“I’m a monster, you know. I’m one of the dangerous ones.”
“No you aren’t,” he promised. “You’re one of us.”

OMG, I'm loving this book! It's so real and touching and just so... Real. Wow.

This book has been a nice read. It doesn't have a bunch of action, but it's not boring either. During this depression season in my life, this book just seemed comforting with it's themes of dealing with brokenness and pressing on through trials and seemingly hopeless situations

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I knew it! I so knew it! Tamlin is horrible! Well, overprotective really. And Feyre, let me tell you that living with an overprotective control freak is another form of hell that will lead you to depression, end of story. I'm glad you have Rhys there, that's great

Tamlin, Tamlin, Tamlin... If I was Feyre at this point I'd leave Tamlin because I hate being a prisoner and I've been one too long already. Geez, stop being so damn controlling and defensive!

I've realized why I like Rhysand—its the games he plays that are slightly amusing and a test of wills. If I had a Rhysand... Why do I feel like I'm going to run into one someday?... Creepy

Why am I finding Rhysand amusing?...

Now things are really getting interesting, how smart are you Feyre? We shall see, we shall see...

I was right! It's reached the climax! If I had nails I'd be chewing them, but I already chewed them off so... yeah XD

I had mixed feelings about this book but it's getting better and better and i can't stop reading now 😆