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I took the saffron strip and wound it around my scabby left wrist. It came from both my parents. Let it remind me I was not alone, and protect me from myself... I'm surprised by how sad this book is! Love yourself Seraphina...

So good. Not sure if I want to smile or cry...

Clouds clustered thickly above me, and from them fluttered thousands of peculiar flakes, rose, green, yellow, more like confetti than snow. I reached out my hands to touch them; they lit upon me, shimmering and ethereal...I caught one on my tongue. It crackled in my mouth like a tiny lightening storm, and for a single heartbeat I was screaming through the sky...These were memories from my mother

The garden of the grotesque...

I'm not sure if I'm more enchanted by the idea of this place or upset that she calls them grotesque and doesn't even like to touch their hands...

This book has super short chapters. Kind of annoying...

This may end up on my DNF list but I'm going to give it a go. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised :)

Slowly but surely...

"Uneducated people rarely know much about the things they talk about every day. She probably never even knew that your name, Gen, comes from the longer name Eugenides."

Magus, magus, magus. You arrogant SOB.

I'm really enjoying Gen's "not all is as it seems" character. There's definitely more there than meets the eye..

Her not being a "maiden" and him being cool with it makes me like them both more.

So far they've had a pretty easy union. Just waiting for some conflict! Is that bad?

Hmmm...not a lot has happened. I'm still finding it entertaining though. I like the growth we see in Angel.

I wasn't exactly the go-to gal in an emergency. I was usually the one who freaked out enough to need a good hard slap.

She knows exactly who she is...mostly.

This has been surprisingly good! Angel has no illusions as to how the world sees her and vice versa. She's self deprecating and funny and honest. I've had it for years without reading it so I'm really glad we decided to include this as part of our July Zombiefest!

"And then you smile," she said. "Bursin's wings, but that's a blood-curdling sight to wake up to at any time of the day."

I love how they view each other. So playful yet honest.

"And then you smile," she said. "Bursin's wings, but that's a blood-curdling sight to wake up to at any time of the day."

I love how they view each other. So playful yet honest.

Apparently lots of things skitter in this book.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a wife with hair this long and dark. You won’t need to be ashamed when you are laid out with the others.” Um, I think he needs to work on his pillow talk. That's just a tad creepy...

“Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly bother you. Do go ahead and rest in comfortable ignorance.” “The better to kill me in my sleep?” “It would be rude to wake you first." Liking the back and forth between these two...

Cat, Cat, Cat...hopefully this is the turning point for you.

I kept thinking that the dynamic between these two reminded me of someone(s) and I finally figured it out. Is it weird that it reminds me of Forrest Gump? Cat really reminds me of Jenny and Finn Forrest in an abstract way.

I wish I hadn't started this again right before bedtime...I don't want to stop reading it. So good.