Brilynn’s Reviews > Ninth House > Status Update

He'd been to the jungles of the Amazon, explored the markets of Marrakesh. He'd seen into the mysteries of the world, but the mysteries of the world had taken no notice of him, and after all of it, he'd still ended up here. The doors had closed. The portals too. Lance Gressang wasn't going anywhere.

Take me back. Make me into someone who has never been done harm. Go as far as you can. Make me brand-new. No bruises. No scars. […] Alex didn't really know what she missed, only that she was homesick for something, maybe for someone, she’d never been.

I let you die. To save myself, I let you die.
That is the danger in keeping company with survivors.

“Magic had almost killed him, but in the end it had saved him. Just like in stories.”