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Bodies fell from the sky like stars that had lost their grip on the galaxy.
Possibly the worst opening line I’ve read this year
Isla Crown
Dumb name
She held her starstick tightly,
She held her what now?
“You are enough, little bird. Better than any of them.”
What is with women in fantasy books being nicknamed after birds??
Wildling, Starling, Moonling, Skyling, Sunling, and Nightshade—
I giggled
“If we had”—his eyes dipped for just a moment—“it wouldn’t have been just once.”
Instant sexual harassment nice
Interesting.
I, for one, am not interested
Every hundred years since the curses had been cast, the island of Lightlark appeared for just a hundred days, freed from its impassable storm.
Yeah we know…you’ve already told us that
Azul and Grim were both ancient, more than five hundred years old.
Please tell me she isn’t a teenager
They were legends—compared to them, she was no one.
Pleaseeee don’t be a teenager
Lightlark was a shining, cliffy thing.
Cliffy
Star Isle for the Starlings, Sky Isle for the Skylings, Moon Isle for the Moonlings, and Sun Isle for the Sunlings.
Did chatgpt write this book
And, by all accounts, he was insufferable.
Ah, so he’s the second love interest
The king of Lightlark was trapped in the darkness of his chambers, only able to surface at night.
Oh my god please tell me his curse is vampirism
That was why he trod so carefully.
Trod
And just like she did back home when she was alone in her room, whenever she felt anxious and lonely and trapped, she began to sing.
I’ve finally found a cure for my anxiety
And there was clapping.
This is so unexpected
Every hundred years, for a hundred days, the six realms were given a chance to save themselves, because of that sacrifice.
Oh my god we get it
Oro,
Oreo
As the youngest and least experienced,
Please don’t be a teenager please don’t be a teenager
She applied kohl to her green eyes,
Like….on the eyeball?
Over time, she had learned how to go undercover, to blend into a crowd so seamlessly that no one would guess she didn’t belong.
You can’t try and go for the whole “locked away prisoner” thing and then also do this shit, it doesn’t make sense
“I like to take advantage of any time I can be out.”
I bet he also likes to take advantage of women that are too young for him
Grim’s expression turned serious. “If you would like me to leave you alone, I will. Say the word, and I’ll vanish.”
I love when authors add something like this in to try and make their male characters seem less awful
By breaking the curse of being born powerless, she would finally receive the Wildling ability that had been denied to her at birth. And her realm would be rid of its suffering.
I bet she’s actually a nightshade or something
she had sneaked into Poppy’s quarters.
I know sneaked is technically not wrong, but it feels wrong. Just say snuck
carved into the page with a knife.
How does one carve paper
He announced the first pair—Oro against Azul.
Bet she’s going to have to fight Grim and he’s going to be a creepy old man
The king’s sword was made of solid gold to match his priceless armor.
Oro has clearly never played Minecraft. Everyone knows gold is the weakest metal
He didn’t know that when Isla was twelve, Terra had left her hanging onto the branch of a tree, fifty feet above the ground, for five hours.
I audibly laughed
The room changed. Suddenly, there were a hundred Grims, standing between each chair. All smirking.
Horrifying
she bent down and picked up his crown. “You dropped this,” she whispered
NO WAY HAHAHA
Isla wondered if Oro had always been the way he was now . . . or if five hundred years of curses had taken their toll on the king.
Yeah no shit dumbass
She studied the space and frowned. There were no hidden back rooms.
Girl I think the point of hidden back rooms is that they’re hidden….as in, not out in the open
Grim had made her invisible, just because she had asked. He had no reason to help her.
Bro he’s trying to fuck you
did you know that?” Isla nodded, though she most certainly hadn’t known.
The most relatable she’s been so far
“I used to come here as a child, with friends,” he said, smiling.
How does this 500 year old man remember his childhood? I can’t even remember what I did yesterday
Grim would have already left the agora. Instead of finding him in the bar, she had to go to his bedroom.
If I have to read a sex scene right now I will kill myself
Isla didn’t bother announcing herself as she readied for her turn. There was one thing she needed. From the king.
Leave him aloneeee. She’s constantly using that poor man as a prop
Grim sat in a chair bathed in shadows, nearly all the way hidden.
Why is he in a cuck chair
“I believe I’ve made it clear what I want,” he said, running a finger down the arm that had been seared.
Get this old man AWAY from her
The last thing Isla wanted was to be forced to spend time with the Lightlark ruler. Not just because he was insufferable,
He’s literally been the least insufferable so far
It had been ten days since Grim had sought her out. She should have been relieved. But part of her wilted at the fact that Celeste had likely been right.
Oh my god he groomed her lmao
He looked down at her like she was a fool, a naive ruler.
God forbid the 20 year old is naive
It wasn’t until she was done and slumped against a tree that she realized she had been biting into Oro’s hand.
HAH
Never again would plants harm her. Never again would she be powerless against them.
Me when I decided to go vegetarian
side. “The most beautiful girl on the island, that’s what I requested.” She reached out a silvery finger, making to touch Isla’s cheek. “And you’re perfect.”
Stop making main characters the most beautiful girls in the world 2024
“I have watched you. You are a chameleon, becoming everything everyone wants you to be, all of the time.
This is literally not true lmao
“Hearteater,” he said into her ear. “You’re killing me.”
I wish
“The sea is a strange shade there . . . dark green. The color of your eyes.”
The less mean Oro becomes the more I dislike him
