The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #2)

by Megan Whalen Turner

She wished that she had such a tool as Eugenides to use against him, but only Eddis had the tradition of a Queen’s Thief.

expecting the hatred she often saw in the faces in her prison,

ah yes this is very emotionally healthy behaviour attolia. well done good job

Once, as a child, she’d thrown her slipper in a rage and had knocked an amphora of oil from its pedestal. The amphora had been a favorite of hers. It had smashed, and the scent of the hair oil inside had lingered for days. She remembered the scent still, though she didn’t know what in the stinking cell had brought it to mind.

REPETITIVE MOTIF MY BEST FRIEND REPETITIVE MOTIF

“When she’s angry, she sits, and when she’s sad, she sits. If she was ever happy, she’d just sit, I think.”

most emotionally devastating line on both first read and reread because it's so simple. she's never happy. she wouldn't know what to do with it if she was.

“She was within her rights,” Eugenides said behind her.

MENTALLY ILL BEHAVIOUR insane what being in love does to this dude

“Before you make a decision,” he said, “I want you to know that I love you.”

eddis's biggest export is actually critical levels of Simping directed and managed by eugenides

She’s like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorway narrower.”

CATEGORY FIVE WOMAN MOMENT also what if i said relatable? what if i said same? what if i said YEAH I GET IT??

“Insane to think of loving me,” said Attolia, and the emotions that colored her usually emotionless voice were bitterness and self-mockery.

look who it is, trust issues mcgee