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This book is making me cry 😭 love the PTSD rep. Makes me think of Rook Di Goo.

“You’re a woman who rules equally with a man. They’ll always call you a witch.”

“I used to think the Order as a society was broken, but watching you navigate it, knowing what they’ve done to you because of it, being away from it myself; showed me that it’s not BROKEN. It’s working entirely as designed. A wheel, drenched in hate and control, churning.”

Why don’t more people know about this book??? A literal MASTERPIECE

“Do more. Do more, Empress Redemptor. You are alone.”

I feel this deep in my bones 😭

“I once promised that I would never ask you to be less than who you are. But if you set yourself on fire to warm a frozen world, I will not stand by and watch you burn.”

“Then don’t watch. Stand with me.”

Tarisai’s guilt over not doing enough to fix injustice is so relatable 😅

“Guys like that love a power structure. And the power structures they wield the most—racism, misogyny, patriarchy—thrive in places like this, especially when there’s money involved.”

I just adore this book. (Rereading in anticipation for The Ashfire King, which comes out in two weeks!!!)

Ahhh yes had to get a fake dating plotline in there XD

“If felt real, the crying. More solid than the emptiness that had pressed on her chest a moment before. It felt as though the emotions that brought color to her life had been whipped away, leaving only a black-and-white sketch of reality behind. As though she had been suffocating and was now gasping to regain her breath. What was wrong with her?”

I didn’t realize this dealt with depression. So important. 💛

“Oh, why was it so easy to fall in love with changeable things?”

Reading this both for Middle Grade March and because I get to see Millie this evening! 💛

Did NOT see that coming

A large portion of the first part of this book was from new POVs instead of being narrated from Bree’s head, as the rest of the series has been. I understand why the other POVs were necessary, but it has been odd to see so little of Bree in a story that is more or less all about her. I’m glad we’re going back to her now.

This book is such a chonk 😂

I feel like Iris and Roman reconciled too quickly after she found out who he was but otherwise I’m enjoying this!

*quiet sobbing*

All I want to do is read this book but I have to adult 😭

Me over here trying not to cry at work 🥺🥺🥺

I can already tell this book is going to destroy me

I’m not sure I ever read this first book tbh XD I know I read some of the later ones but this one is very unfamiliar to me. I think I just never went back to the beginning to see where Molly and Petula’s journey started.

I know I’m in the middle of reading OATHBOUND too but I just really want to start this!!!

Needed something fun and nostalgic today. Plus, middle grade March!

I think this book added too many types of Otherborn. It reminds me of the Red Queen series in that I have a really hard time keeping track of all the different powers (and their corresponding colors). The first book felt manageable, but this one just exploded with all the different types of Otherborn.

I’m getting through this slowly since I am reading it on my phone’s Kindle app and I always forget about those but it’s very good!!

Okay I have no idea how they’re supposed to beat her

“Roys saw how Christian leaders manipulated biblical principles—of unity, harmony, submission to authority—to crush objections and avoid scrutiny. These were not just abuses of power; these were abuses of power that carried the imprimatur of the Almighty.”

Yes Rachael Denhollander my hero 😭💜 highly highly recommend What Is a Girl Worth? It’s such an important book 💜

“Christians… want to believe that their communities are safer… than those of nonbelievers… [but] those communities are often worse *because* of the traditions and misapplied teachings of the Church. Trust can seem incompatible with transparency. Deference to authority can see irreconcilable with demands for accountability. Finding fault can seem unnecessary given the overarching emphasis on mercy.”

“God’s plan for the ages has nothing to do with America. We need Him. He doesn’t need us.”

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