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“False?” he echoed.
Despite the heat, Cordelia shivered as James rose to his feet. […]
“I kissed you because I wanted to,” he said. “Because I’d never wanted anything so much.”

EEP!!!!!!!!! 🤭

didn’t read shit in june and july, but i’m DETERMINED to do better in august!!! and what better way to combat my reading slump than by rereading an old fave

“Were you not [a better Shadowhunter], after you became parabatai with Uncle Jem?”
“A better Shadowhunter and a better man,” said Will. “All the best of me, I learned from Jem and your mother. All I want for you and Cordelia is to have what I had, a friendship that shall shape all your days. And never to be parted.”

🥺❤️‍🩹

seeing the names Layla and Majnun makes me think of The Gilded Wolves 🥺

a chapter being nearly 30 pages long is absolutely CRIMINAL 💀

i hoped to see more interactions between Cordelia & Alastair and CC delivered 😌🤝

ooohhh things are getting complicated...

“It’s only that—I love you.”
Alastair’s voice cracked as he spoke. Charles’s voice cracked too, but his was not the sound of something breaking. It was the sound of a whip.
“You absolutely cannot say that,” Charles said. “Not where someone might hear you. You know it, Alastair.”

well PLOT FUCKING TWIST 😳

this is super good and i don’t wanna put it down, but i’m in desperate need of a nap 😩

waited 5 years for this book... can’t believe i’m finally reading it!!!