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The first five-star of this series. Jean has improved so enormously from the first book to the second that my opinion on him has done a full 180 (not unlike Andrew Minyard). For being a cliffhanger, I'm more than satisfied with this ending until the
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"so unbelievably fair that brownings hates exy its not his fault everyone is batshit insane about it" — Oct 14, 2025 09:32AM
"so unbelievably fair that brownings hates exy its not his fault everyone is batshit insane about it" — Oct 14, 2025 09:32AM
“Triptolemus tapped his chin. "Well, thank you for the snake, but I'm not sure I like your tone, demigod. Perhaps I'll turn you into-"
Frank was faster. He lunged at Trip and slammed him into the wall, his fingers locked around the god's throat.
"Think about your next words," Frank warned, deadly calm. "Or instead of beating my sword into a plowshare, I will beat it into your head.”
― The House of Hades
Frank was faster. He lunged at Trip and slammed him into the wall, his fingers locked around the god's throat.
"Think about your next words," Frank warned, deadly calm. "Or instead of beating my sword into a plowshare, I will beat it into your head.”
― The House of Hades
“She gazed at Peter and thought, 'I wish I were the night, so that I might watch your sleep with a thousand eyes.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“If I'm going to die, I'll die in daylight.”
― State of Fear
― State of Fear
“Now we have radical fundamentalism and post-9/11 terrorism to make us afraid, and those are certainly real reasons for fear, but that is not my point. ... The point is, although the specific cause of our fear may change, we are never without the fear itself. Fear pervades society in all its aspects.”
― State of Fear
― State of Fear
“With angry sulking men, the secret was holding your ground. You didn't get rebellious, no—that was asking for a slap to the face. But you didn't self-flagellate, either. When you acted like you ought to be whipped, that only confirmed to them that you should. One should never cower. The secret rather was to keep talking as if you deserved no punishment at all, and then to distract them with something they wanted more than they wanted to hurt you.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
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