Taylor Raine (Lantsov-Morozova-Calore) > Recent Status Updates

"He leans on the open passenger door, the sun behind him so I can’t see his face. 'Sometimes, Ultraviolet, things feel true to us even if they’re not.'”

True, I know that feeling.

"You are all the colors in one, at full brightness."

I find her on her floor, cutting words out of books she’s collected from around the house, including some of Mom’s romance novels.

Please, it's painful to think of that. 😫

"'Hey, Theo?' I turn and she’s standing beside her car, nothing but an outline against the night. 'Just be careful with that heart of yours.'"

That reminds me of: "You better hide that heart of yours. It won't lead you anywhere you want to go.” From Maven Calore. 🤔

I crouch down and form a cup with my palms. I drink. It’s cold and fresh and tastes faintly of mud. When it doesn’t kill me, I drink again.

Well, obviously drinking that water is not going to kill you instantly??

"It must be, because enough people live here, and they can’t all think it’s ugly."

It's the people that make the place ugly, of course. The land is fine. 🙄

"That said, if someone held a gun to my head (haha—sorry, suicide humor) and made me use poison, I’d choose cyanide...But come to think of it, after a lifetime of feeling too much, maybe there’s actually something to be said for fast and sudden."

That's so interesting. I had thought about this a long time ago and decided the exact same thing.

“'So, California. That must have been a change for you. Do you like it?'
'Like what?'
'Bartlett.'
'It’s all right.'
'What about this neighborhood?'
'It’s all right too.'”

Wow... This is how literally all the conversations I have with people go. I respond like that.

The thing about eating is that there are so many other more interesting things to do. I feel the same way about sleeping. Complete wastes of time.

I know, right?? It takes up too much time that doesn't exist in a day! 🙄

"'You will work ... in teams of ... two. This will count ... for thirty-five percent ... of your final grade....'
I raise my hand again. 'Can we choose our partners?'"

I knew this was how it was going to go. 😐

“Theodore is correct that some ... of you will leave ... here at the end of ... this school year to go ... somewhere else. You’ll be departing our ... great state, and before ... you do, youshould ... see it. You should ... wander....”

Oh Stars, ellipses. That is more than I use when I usually type things, if you know what I'm talking about. 💀😳

"The thing I don’t say is: I want to stay alive. Standing on the ledge of the bell tower isn’t about dying. It’s about having control. It’s about never going to sleep again."

You might expect me to say “life,” having just woken up and all, but it’s only when I’m awake that I think about dying.

I know that too well.

"HAPPY EETERS"? Yes, now I have definitely been reminded of Slither.io. 😖

"The girl dropped the pack and fell sideways, gasping a filthy curse. Tom hadn't even imagined girls knew such words."

Hm... Well Tom, you were clearly wrong. 🙄

“'Hey!' he said. 'That’s one of my best shirts!'
'So?' she replied without looking up. 'It’s one of my best legs.'"

This is why I loved Hester.

Bigger towns searching for smaller towns to consume?

I feel ashamed that the first thing that came to mind was Slither.io. 😒

All of these plot twists, hmm. I liked this book. Finally, a proper book after Den of Vipers and Shatter Me.

"'I have to do this,' he said. 'Please don't hate me.'"

You really expect that from her?..
I KNEW IT!! Keefe, I liked you but I knew something was wrong...
Why?

Calla :(

I knew it...

Oh Alvar...

"'Why would you harm so many innocent gnomes?'

'Because sometimes you have to let things burn to let something better rise from the ashes.'"

Ooh, yes! I know who you are now. I like that.

"Keefe started to say something else, but a sneezing fit cut him off. When he finished, he had thick black hair covering his upper lip.

'You gave me a stache?' he asked, cracking an actual smile."

Keefe smiling is adorable. Imagining him with a moustache though-

"'I've been thinking about legacies,' Calla said when she found Sophie outside the next day..."

" ...Weren't legacies what people talked about when someone died? "

Foreshadowing..? I hope not...

"'And you don't come any closer unless I take a reading of all of you.'

Keefe scrambled away from the shadows. 'Uh, forget that.'"

Keefe...?