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oh my I just literally JUMPED while READING a book

I'm shrieking yooo what a way to twist the mythology ahahaha YES

AHAHAHA THE BLACK CAULDRON

“Annwvyn,” she said. “The land of the otherfolk. The birthplace of monsters, of magic, and where Arawn used to rule.”

why hello Welsh mythology I remember well from my beloved Prydain Chronicles

'This was the problem with pain, he thought. It refused to be quieted. It devoured, the way flame consumed wood.'

catch me being punched again and again with beautiful writing like this

'This was the truth of the forest—it was life and death in equal measure. Brimming with acorns and berries, yet beneath the fallen leaves were the bodies of animals that had not survived.'

gosh darn this writing is so pretty

I'm hankering for more knowledge and possibly a role for this Otherking they keep talking about . . .

"Oh no," said Ceri, in an utterly neutral voice. "The goat got loose."

'She was a half-wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel.
She knew how things died.
And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know how to live.'

I'm already in love

pretty sure I need this more than I need oxygen

I loved Sea Witch so why is this giving me DNF urges??

UNFAIR

what a fool I was for thinking this would be a fluff book

I mean it is, but not really??

I . . . kinda need this as a movie

well this is just zipping along

A FLORIDA MAN JOKE

'What do zombies stand for? They're not even human anymore.
That's what zombies are: a loss. A loss of someone you thought you knew. More than that, a death. And then a transformation.
Into a monster.
I don't know. Looking at the world sometimes, zombies make more sense than people.'

*laughs nervously* haHa no these are mirrors of my thoughts at all nOpE

'What's the collective noun for a group of butterflies?
I think it should be an anticipation. An anticipation of butterflies nestles in my chest.'

yoooo Black-Korean-American character for the win!!!

it's weirdly immersive considering contemporary is NOT my genre of choice

however there are zombies, so I'm here

I . . . I don't know if I like this

well it's definitely gotten more interesting, but it's a very watery retelling/inspiration of the Princess Bride, so I'm not a little salty about that nope nope

this is moving too fast imo
like it's fun, it's interesting . . .
BUT I CAN'T CATCH MY BREATH AND I NEED THAT

Not worth it.
'But there were some words a person didn't say--couldn't say. In real life or in fairy tales, there were some things that could not be uttered aloud. And this fear, this deepest fear of hers, was something she dared not even whisper.'

oof this book is hitting HARD on so many personal levels for me
also, it's beautiful?? the writing is amazing?? I'm in love

anyone else going through older reads and realizing "holy shit this was a very problematic book; I shouldn't like this anymore" or is that just me??

so far this is . . . good? Has yet to reveal a true cleverness to it that is so much of what The Princess Bride is about

this is so beautiful it's breathtaking oof

from L.C.Perry

To ALL my black GR friends and to any other black users on GR:

First off, your voice matters. YOU matter. And if you are an aspiring writer, if you have a completed manuscript you are sitting on, there are great opportunities being shared on Twitter by literary agents, editors, and established authors. If you don't know where to start, I share some resources on my Twitter feed (@LPanimefreak5)

left my book at home and then saw this sitting upright on the display shelves, begging to be finally read