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"I promised you, that I'd do everything in my power to give you what I can of the world you wanted."

I AM CRYING SO HARD

I already thought this book was extremely similar to Daughter of the Moon Goddess in a lot of ways but now we're even talking about Hou'yi and the nine sunbirds

so none of them had called upon their armies yet? who was fighting the mo, then? makes no sense

"You showed me what makes a mortal human, how it feels to be afraid and to be brave in spite of your fear; to want to risk everything to protect those you love." He pauses, and I swear, no one has ever held me in their eyes like he does in this instant. "The mó don't have souls, but I'd like to think if I did, mine would be carved through with memories of you."

THIS MAN.

I can't remember ever feeling this understood, feeling like someone has taken the walls I have spent all these years building around myself, knocked them down, and pulled out the girl I long buried deep inside.

"I want to be the one to take you to see all the oceans. I want to be the one you see this world with. Our realm, and all the realms; what the sunrise looks like in each, what the wind feels like, and what the water tastes like"

"I told myself that so long as you were happy, you should be with whomever you wished, live your life however you wanted - and I would be content with watching you from the side, keeping you safe, and loving you in silence. And that still holds true"

I get why he loves her, really. But I still think this is more of a platonic love. She doesn't truly love him. He's the one you choose with your head, not your heart

"the real cruelty of death is the suffering it causes the living"

how is she even allowed to do that with the covenant in place? this is not making sense to me

"The mirth and nonchalance with which he regarded me over the past weeks is completely gone; the way he looks at me burns with a rawness and desperation that catches fire in my heart."

Girl deep down you know he is the one, you want to convince yourself you want the golden good guy but you don't.