mare’s Reviews > Tess of the Road > Status Update

i wonder how much my dislike of seraphina comes from her as an unreliable narrator and tess’s own trauma and disdain regarding her family… because it seems they have reconciled and honestly i do believe they never hated each other

josquin tending to a sick tess.. and they’re so funny and dynamic too… it’s a lovely balance of delightfully funny and serious themes in this book

william of affle when i catch you

“together they were broken/unbroken. All/nothing. And any chasms left between were swiftly bridged.”

this was such an apt and beautiful description of what it feels like to be in bed with someone who loves and respects you

JOSQUIN JOSQUIN JOSQUIN!! UR OKAY!! YAYYY

I KNEW THE QUEEN AND SERAPHINA WERE IN LESBIANS TOGETHER… EVEN THE FUCKING MONKS AGREE AGAHSHHEHEJFKWKRKFKEKRF

seraphina naming her baby after camba. ok [screaming]

“ ‘O ignoramus,’ it said, ‘your life is not a tragedy. It’s history, and it’s yours.’ ”

SCREAMING . SCREAMING

hold on a minute while i cry

her relationship with her grandmother makes me so sad