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My magic fizzes under my skin, pulling towards him like fingers seeking a drop of moisture in a desert.
So many similes in all of the other books, so I’m going to highlight and count them. However, since this book started to get so boring and filled with so much extraneous verbiage, I began scanning and most likely missed several.
And now… this goddess who seems like kind of a bitch.
Seems like? Kind of? She obviously is a bitch.
All it would take is a flick, and all three would be dead. But who else would I kill?
She’s going to be an absolute idiot on her own, isn’t she? She is clueless about the world, how to speak and act around people outside of prison, and she has no idea how to be coy.
wind tears the paper from my hand, and I watch it toss in the air like the final leaf falling in winter.
Simile
When Tyr finally released me from Atlas’s commands, it felt like drawing a proper breath for the first time
Simile
Once the guards leave, I’ll escape.
She just assumes she’s powerful enough to break out of a prison designed to keep Fae in?
keeps throwing me looks as dirty as the water we used to clean the sheets
Simile
technicolor quality in the hue
None of the books has ever made mention of technology; no TVs or films, which are what Technicolor is used for and was invented for.
I’m ready to fold like a cheap paper fan.
Simile
Then I notice that her roots are black like they’ve grown out, and it almost seems like her hair has been dyed teal
“Almost seems” like it’s been dyed? Obviously it has been dyed. Duh
dragging them open like pulling up a corroded anchor
The blue sky curves in an unnatural way, like I’m trapped inside a bubble.
My tongue is like faded canvas—dry
but I miss her like a burn singeing a hole
Simile
Open windows set high in the walls let in the crisp ocean air and the sound of waves crashing against the shore.
Perhaps complimenting the palace and sea would be nice. After all, whatever is inconvenient dor her now will be tenfold later.
“It’s beautiful,” I breathe.
She shouldn’t be complimenting the only thing in the room that is so valuable and powerful. That makes her seem suspicious. Say the thrones are beautiful and the tide pools and then the coral. She has no strategy in her brain.
It shimmers in the water like the rarest pearl,
Simile
I’ll have to earn enough trust to be allowed free movement around the palace.
Of course she will. That’s a given and doesn’t need to be spelled out to the reader. Have faith the reader isn’t an idiot, like Lor.
when he said a riot broke out?
Really? Why is she wondering something so stupid when she was there, knew Ereven’s plan, and saw the fighting? This book is really pissing me off, and I’m barely 60 pages in.
But he seems to already have his hands full in that department.
That doesn’t mean he won’t add you to the mix for your power, dumbass!
He raises them in surrender like he has no intention of dishonoring me,
Simile
Though, I remain uncomfortably aware of who I might hurt in the process.
Who is it she’s concerned about hurting?
What need is there for shoes when your world is the beach and the ocean?
When the sand on the beach burns feet, shoes are necessary.
D’Arcy tips her chin, and Bronte and Cyan exchange a look. Something tells me this isn’t information she offers up willingly or often. “It was a long time ago. But yes, I did.”
Were they bonded? Aren’t they supposed to die together?
The Coral sits in its massive tank, and I eye it desperately, wondering how I’ll access it.
She’s said it herself. Learning to mask her thoughts is something a queen needs to do.
I’m like a thundercloud rolling through a picnic
Simile
Inserting it into a small hole on the side of the cuff, I press down, and it pops off. Then I open the second cuff, followed by the one around his throat.
Why wasn’t this done BEFORE he was presented to the people as alive? Gabe has wanted him out of the cuffs for so long, yet he waits this long to unbind him?
“Put these on Atlas when you find him.”
THIS should have been done in front of the people when Tyr was presented.
That’s who I was competing with? What chance did any of us have!”
The same as anyone else, obviously. Besides, this bitch won the “prize.”
Then a thought occurs to me. What if the Coral’s caretaker is the key? Maybe he’ll talk to me.
Wow, this book really is making her out to be more of an idiot than ever before. Of course he’s her IN to getting close to the coral.
“Okay—tonight. I’ll meet you here at midnight.”
Why wait until midnight? Why not 11:45 PM? Get an early jump on it. (Spare me…I don’t know if I can stand Lor’s idiocy anymore. I might skip over her parts of the story, or at least scan them.)
“See you then,” I say, and then approach North and West, asking to be returned to my room.
That’s not much of a “walk” that she went on. Again, she’s playing her hand openly.
By noon on the following day, I’ve assembled a rope that I hope is long enough to serve my purpose. Another knock comes at my door.
She really hasn’t considered that the king’s spies are probably watching her through peepholes?
I’m as strong as a baby bird.
Simile
colorful desserts and drinks as elaborate as art.
Wind howls through the castle, like ghosts
Simile
just before midnight, reasoning that most of the palace would be asleep.
Why would a PALACE of people be asleep as early as midnight? Even without a ball or festival, who goes to bed that early in a palace? They’re busy, drinking, fucking, fighting, or scheming.
I’m wearing light grey leggings and a turquoise sleeveless top I dug out of the closet that stretches with my movements.
The closet stretches with her movements? Poorly worded.
“I’m still not sure I’m following. Can I bring the magic back?” You’ve already started it, Heart Queen. Why do you think the roses bloomed for you?
Yeah, again I have to say, DUH! She seriously didn’t figure out the roses coming back had anything to do with her?
he looks like he’s caught a cat
Simile
It’s like he’s calling to me, reeling me in like the helpless worm I am.
The guard nods as he gives me a suspicious look. Great. This is just fucking great.
Then zap the guard and take it! Don’t be a passive little bitch.
“I swear to you.”
Stop saying words like these. No one believes you or cares about you. Why should the change their minds and listen to you just because you swear?
They appear to be having some kind of silent conversation that I can’t interpret.
They are probably mates and can talk through their minds like you and Nadir, dumb ass. Seriously, why isn’t the author moving this character’s arc and internal growth forward?
Covering my head, I try to stem the worst of the damage as chaos rains from above.
You could try to shield yourself like at the Heart realm.
I take my chances and swim across the channel.
You nave no idea what kind of water monsters are in the water.
Lor wouldn’t have just left after killing me.
And she certainly wouldn’t go to your father, dude.
she asks softly as if trying to lull me into complacency or speaking to an ill-behaved child.
Someone who the Mirror already chose years ago, dooming us all to this fate.
Who? Nadir? Someone else?
I miss Lor like I miss air.
