Abby Burrus’s Reviews > Where Darkness Cannot Follow > Status Update

Started this two days ago, time for a reread 😍

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“You said you’d do anything to see an Illuminarch return. Why not this?” Vaeryn says, her thumbs wiping tears I never meant to weep, even as her own pour down her neck. “Why not this?”

😭 Oh my word- This scene.

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"But it’s so obvious, I don’t know why I bothered to ask myself.

“He wants you, Ezro,” I say. “The Illuminant has chosen you instead.”"

Yes. Yes. It makes sense now. I love this. Oh my word, yes. Ezro is perfect for this role. Not saying Vaeryn isn't, necessarily, but... Ezro <3 <3 YES.

"But six years fighting it, and I can tell you one thing. The antidote— the most powerful resistance— is loving someone. Loving them more than yourself— that conquers the need to respond to those impulses. Because you’d rather die to yourself than see them hurt."

Ezro. Is. Amazing.

"Has Ezro’s broken life just made him that much stronger than Verik?"

Oh. My. Word. Ezro <3 I love the theme here, how your brokenness can make you strong.

At this point I don't know how they're going to make this trip but you better believe I'm rooting for them. This is such a interesting dynamic, these two...

"Yeah, what you’re telling me sounds crazy, but most things that change the world are. Think I’d rather chance it than let you run into that canyon, alone, without a weapon that can even touch your enemies.”

Ezro <3 <3 <3

"If helping people is weakness, I don’t want to know what strength is."

This line...