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He has this uncanny ability to make his words a veiled threat and a whispered promise at the same time.
This. This is what YA reading gals want in their heroes in ONE LINE. This is the Edward Cullen formula, and it WORKS.
I’m not sure I have a response to that. My initial reaction is to ask why that matters. My second reaction is to wonder why I ever thought it wouldn’t.
Nicely done. (Re: Love)
“I do not feel nothing.” I pause. “But failure seems such a certainty that I have learned to guard myself from disappointment.”
I AM FEELING THIS LINE RIGHT HERE.
“In matters of the heart, I am clearly hopeless.” He puts down his final card—a prince. A wild card. I stare at him, stunned. It didn’t matter what I played. He would have won anyway. “In matters of strategy,” he finishes, “I am not.”
Okay, that was fantastically done.
“You are merciful and kind. But kindness and mercy always find their limit, beyond which they turn to weakness and fear.”
Astute observation. Points awarded.
I thought I’d be uncertain about returning to Emberfall, that somehow my family would anchor me here, that I was obligated to play a role in their drama. I don’t think I ever realized that I’m not trapped by their choices, any more than they’re trapped by mine.
ARE YOU SURE. >.> Doesn't sound 100% accurate...
