Christina (A Reader of Fictions) > Recent Status Updates

People who have read this book, I feel like this is the second time Alyssa learned something, forgot and learned again. First, that she got hurt trying to protect a butterfly in the garden, which she remembered before going down, then remembered AGAIN when Morpheus mentioned it. Now, she guessed that Morpheus caused her nightmares, even though he said he communicated w/ dreams on page 159. Thoughts?

It continues:

"Holding his gaze, I remember what meld means. I take the lead and press our birthmarks together. Heat sparks the joining like when Alison healed my ankle and knee, though this is a more volatile reaction. Warmth simmers through my entire body, leaving me flushed head to toe."

So she figured out Morpheus was a creepy liar, BUT decides to trust him anyway. And then this:

"He's a contradiction: taut magic coiled to strike, gentleness at war with severity, a tongue as sharp as a whip's edge, yet skin so soft he could be swathed in clouds."

*gags*

"Leather suit and crumpled mask, that morbidly sexy hat." A world of no.

Amnesia should not be convenient. Also, I can see why KM said I wouldn't like Morpheus.

These twins are fucking annoying.

I really am not shipping her with Jeb. If he dates the icky Tae bc he wants to help her, not bc he likes her, UGH.

Well, that wasn't wise...but Avry kicks so much ass. She'll figure it out.

Barbara Kingsolver's political views at length, served up through a redneck lens. Sigh.

Will I finish in time?

Please get interesting. PLEASE.

Now that I know how to post gifs on GR easily, it will be all gifs all the time up in here. Why? BECAUSE I LOVE THEIR FACES.

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Hmmm, so apparently we get third person limited from Kerrick's perspective. I'm not really a huge fan of changing the narrative style in book two. However, I do love Kerrick. So...we'll see.

"I dropped the topic. For now. Kerrick and I had just admitted our feelings for each other. We had seven more days until we reached Peti, and I didn't want to spend that time arguing with him. So much better to do. . . other, more intimate activities while we rested."

GET IT, GIRL!

"She loves teasing me because I haven't done it with a boy yet and I Know Nothing Whatsoever about men and I didn't even know that if you squeeze a boy's willy long enough this squirty stuff comes out, which you have to admit sounds too disgusting to be real and not something you'd think up yourself, unless someone puts the thought into your head. (Then once there it's hard to budge it.)

Lol.

I'm going to like this!

It's not bad, but I'm struggling. :/

Ooh, an unreliable narrator!

Oh dear, this writing is awful! Is it necessary to be so repetitive and run metaphors into the ground?

Boy doesn't like to read?

Hell yeah, glbt!

Yet again, Doctorow is oddly accurate about the future.

Check in for the page count challenge October.

This is what happens when people get between me and books or food.