Ati Gor’s Reviews > The Oleander Sword > Status Update

“‘what is a star’ he thought, in aditya’s slurred, smiling voice, ‘but distant fire, reaching for you across worlds?’”

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

…oh. oh rao. oh aditya.

…oh.

“‘beg me,’ she whispered in return. ‘grovel with your face to the floor. cry. maybe if you’re pitiful enough, i’ll consider rising to the pyre.’ she cocked her head to the side in his grip. ‘go on,’ she urged.”

yea that’s hot.

“i’ve dreamt of naming you my own. my heart. my wife.”

“that is a cruel thing to let yourself dream of, isn’t it?”

this book hasn’t even finished but the next one is going to hurt like a bitch isn’t it?

“priya. sweetheart. show me.”

FUCK. THEYRE FUCKING.

“‘try and break me,’ priya said. ‘if i’m—i’m so much, if you think i’m so much more than any other person, then—then bring me back down to just skin. make me human. try and break me. *try*.”

HOOOOOOOOO BABY. I CANNOT BREATHE

“he wouldn’t hurt her. that wasn’t the kind of man he was.”

ARE YOU FUCKING SURE ABOUT THAT????? THE LITERAL CONTINUOUS SMELL OF SMOKE YOU HAVE IN YOUR PALACE FROM BURNING WOMEN WOULD SAY OTHERWISE??????????

“‘you are like ink’ malini thought helplessly. ‘ink, and all i want is to make poetry of you’”

BROTHER I CANNOT—

“it was the wrong choice. and it was not *our* choice. it was your own. you chose this path, despite my concern, despite my sage’s cautions. every lord and prince of parijatdvipa in my army heard you claim this path as your own, and they will know that the deaths of their men are your responsibility.”

i love women telling men “i told you so”.

“you already look at him like he holds the stars in his hands.”

rao,,,,,,