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Now THIS is a juicy love triangle. Hoooo boy.

"Who was it who said that a flower's true perfume can only be found when it is crushed?"
"The great poet Cho, Your Majesty," someone called, through more laughter.
"Yes," Sethon said, "and we must always follow the truth of our poets."

I can't wait for Sethon to die.

Oh shit oh shit oh shit. There goes THAT plan.

Yes, women really used to dye their teeth black.

I'm sure the plan to save him is going to go smoothly.

Ryko should stop whining and be lucky he's alive. "You can take my will"... wah wah wah. Get over it.

Oh man, all hell's breaking loose now.

If anyone had asked me a few hours ago, I would have said that nearly five years of boyhood had hammered me into constant fear and excessive caution. But now I realized it had done the opposite. It had shaped me into someone who stepped forward and reached for what she wanted. It was too late for me to tuck my hands behind my back and wait like a good woman.

So I'm really glad that Dela brought up the fact that Eona could possibly heal Ryko (thought it sure took her long enough.) But then ... of course things aren't going to go the way I thought they would. The tension, suspense, twists, and turns these two books have are insane. I never know what's going to happen next.

I'm setting this one aside and blaming Lucy for picking it :p
She wanted a summer book and so I let her pick a realistic coming-of-age coming-out story ... definitely not something that can hold my attention right now! I need dragons, fairies, vampires, werewolves ... fantasy! It's not a bad book but I don't see myself finishing it any time soon.

92 chapters, done! This series manages to be both melodramatic and boring at the same time and the only thing that saved it were Rai's fumblings with technology and the new world around him. Not sure I care enough to continue though ...

THANK YOU, WENDY!
Gaaaaah! I can't wait to read these! And look at the pretty bookmarks! And isn't that the coolest postcard ever?! Yaaaaaaay! :D

I just realized my Prime membership expired. Well, that ruined my week.

I almost never, EVER read the next book in a series right after the last. I'm pretty sure it's been years since I've done so. I have to keep reading though, and see who has lived and died and what's going to happen to everyone! Aaahhh, so much suspense!

Man, that was intense!

I find myself increasingly nervous for what's to come ... the suspense is killing me!

Well, that did NOT go the way I thought it would go. Holy crap.

You know, you would think with all of the mentions of "balance," Eon would realize she needs her moon energy ...

"You are wrong when you say there is no power in being a woman. When I think of my mother and the women in my tribe, and even the hidden women in the harem, I know there are many types of power in this world." She turned around to face me. "I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way."

"It's in Woman Script."
"In what?"
Lady Dela smiled at the look on my face. "It's very old. Passed from mother to daughter. I think it started as a way for women to write to each other. To express their feelings. Nothing very learned, of course, but since we are not allowed men's letters, it is a way for us to share our thoughts."

Hey! That's what hiragana used to be in Japan ... my degree is useful!

I knew he was right; women did not have power. Or if they did, it was from the shapeliness of their body. Not from their spirit. And certainly not from their mind.

ಠ_ಠ

"I don't know why you bother," I heard Irsa say. I opened my eyes. She was in the doorway, briskly brushing down her skirt. "The freak doesn't understand your words." She smoothed the looped braid of her hair.
Chart and I exchanged glances. No doubt the miller's man was going home happy.
"Sl...u...t," Chart said loudly.

For some reason this feels like historical Cinder to me (though of course I know this was published before it.) Disfigured/shunned main character, Asian setting, lush descriptions ... Lol, I don't know why I keep comparing everything to Cinder lately, but maybe it's because I LOVED THAT BOOK.

Reading with Galla and CJ.

Not a fan and glad it's over.

So, stuff is finally happening but man, it's still so BORING. I don't care about any of the characters, my big question hasn't been answered (and I don't think it will be), and the villain is a laughable caricature. I don't want to read any more of this, but, only 20% to go ... gah.

So everyone is talking about their Stormdancer ARCs ...

I also got one from NetGalley today!

And one from using this form!

Whoops.

I also have the hardcover preordered!

...

Does this mean I have to read/review it 3 times now?

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Still waiting for something to happen ...

This book pretty much has everything in it that could get it banned. Wonder how many schools/libraries/organizations have called for it to be banned already ...

"Just wait, dude," Jamie had said. "I'm serious. It's fucking hard-core." Since Jamie described everything from zombie movies to his parents' fights to the new enchilada platter at Taco John's as "fucking hard-core," none of us could gauge much by it.