Cassie Bendix’s Reviews > Blood Orange > Status Update

That. Fucking. Ending.

Savage.

Sprinting to book 2.

“He’s not some man I just happened to fall in love with.
He’s the man I’ve already loved.
I’ve carried his child twice.
I was married to him.
I’ve died by his side.
And he’s here.
I found him again like I promised I would.”

“I may have believed in God, but people were wrong about Hell. Hell isn’t a place. It’s inside you.”

“I will find you again. I will find you in another lifetime. My heart will always find yours.” 💔😭

“She’s brought me her darkness, but in doing so has made my world so much brighter. There’s this perverse understanding between us, this rare and precious way that we give ourselves to each other, not just in our bodies but with something deeper. I often question I have a soul…she does have one and I feel as if when I’m with her, she lets me borrow her soul and wear it for a while. She feels good one me.”

“I’m not a delicate man. I can be rough. I can cause pain. I may make you hate me sometimes. But I will always be on your side. I will always make you feel chosen.”

“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever experienced. And I’m never letting you go. Not in this lifetime, not in the next.” 💔

“I am choosing you. And if you accept me, there is no turning back.”
“What do I get out of it?”
“You get to feel things you’d only dreamed of feeling. You get to do things you were too afraid of doing. To live in the very darkness you run from. Isn’t that what you want most of all? To be so pushed past the point of terror that you no longer fear anything at all?”

“I don’t want you to be ashamed of your darkness. I don’t want you to be afraid of it. I am not a delicate man. I am brash, volatile, controlling and demanding and I always, always get what I want. What I want is your darkness to play with mine. I want to make it come so beautifully alive, so we can revel in it together.” ~ I think my ovaries are quivering.

Why doesn’t he recognize Dahlia for what she is?! He knew immediately with Lucille, having only heard her laugh, he knew…what happened?!? Why did he forget?! 😭🥺