Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2)

by Charlie N. Holmberg

Alas, there weren’t any straightforward rules of decorum for how to comfort a lady after she was nearly murdered by her possessed employer. Cuthbert

I just love the humour in this sentence!

the center of her head in the straightest line Elsie had ever beheld.

Never me

If there’s one pattern history teaches us, it’s that the rich start the wars and force the poor to soldier them.”

Soon enough, she would be sleeping in his.

hypnagogic,

New word

Her hopes had gotten so high, despite her best efforts to contain them. She wouldn’t survive the fall this time.

Some lines spark a future grief that I won't know how to articulate but I'll remember the stories that already have.

No one could ever forget their deepest hurts, only learn to better shoulder them.