Cassie Bendix’s Reviews > In the Wake of the Ruined > Status Update

“Power sundered is power lost.”

“Loving you is not the end, it’s the beginning of everything.”

“Let her be a reminder of your treachery, of your abject powerlessness, of your deficit.”

😭😭😭

Poor Halla

I would want him endlessly. Always.

“One last journey to the gates of hell, then. Let’s see if they open for us this time.”

“This is precisely how one should be loved. Boldly, madly, should to shoulder against the world and all its dangers.”

YESSS 🙌🙌🙌

“We tried to sever this. We’ve tried to do what is right and honor our crown and I have not pulled in a painless breath since…this cannot be my fate - to miss you for the rest of my miserably long life. Give me the hope of some Godsdamned relief.”

💔💔💔

I will fucking riot if Halla & Theo consummate this marriage.

Each Mage Seer has been both incredibly interesting and disgusting. That is all.

“Shhhh, I brought you here to read.”

This is melting my face off!!!

“More soon.” 🫠🫠🫠

😭🥺😩

Imogen describes her vision of Halla as a baby…

“That is who you have chosen to be loyal to, Halla. A mother who thinks you are expendable and a monster who thinks you are worthless.”

Oh my heart BREAKS 💔