The Final Strife (The Ending Fire Trilogy #1)

by Saara El-Arifi

When they were alone, Marigold threw away the grin from their features like soiled underwear.

I notice we refer to Marigold as “They/Them”. Non binary representation :)

She slipped a limb into the pockets of her coat and felt the packet of the hormone herbs there. Hassa had been taking them for years, transitioning into the body that felt right for her. Reaffirming surgery was also readily available throughout the empire, but it was certainly not a requirement. Anyone could identify as a woman, man, or musawa without exception. And Hassa had always been a woman.

Wow :)))))

Ghostings believed that musawa were born with two spirits, both man and woman, and Hassa felt the weight of two sets of eyes looking back at her now.

I love this so much. As a Genderfluid being, this is very comforting haha

Tell them they are lesser. And they will feel lesser. Show them they are nothing. And they will be nothing. Take their identity. And they will be no one.

You chose which is fact, but does truth need faith and faith need truth?

Sylah didn’t say anything; she was in awe of the woman in front of her. Anoor had solid plans to change things. It was more than Sylah had gotten from Jond.

FINALLY. SHES SEEING WHAT WE SEE IN ANOOR! 😭