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"(...) there was always something different about Jacen. Something dangerous, made more so by his brokenness. He had edges now, where a careless person might get cut. Maybe he wasn't even aware of it-or maybe he was, and he thought this would help. One small act of defiance to bridge the unbearable chasm between who he should have been and what he had become instead.

She hated how deeply she understood."

"Last, Jacen shuttered off his own mind. That was the first rule he'd learned, as a ten-year-old acolyte charged to kill for the first time: Never feel them die. To touch what lay beyond was too great a risk, an act that would drive most to madness.

Jacen had broken that rule only once. Не would never risk it again."

—I get why he is an alcoholic, cause damn, I'd probably be too.

"One of the few benefits of insignificance was that she could say whatever she pleased. Only a little power lay in that, but it was power nonetheless."

— I really love Ysira so far!! Super intriguing character

Got approved for this ARC on NetGalley a few days before launch while having a schedule already tightly packed with other ARC reads.

So unfortunately, a bit late to the party, but very excited!

Buddy read link (Anyone is welcome to join): https://app.thestorygraph.com/buddy_r...