Stress Reader’s Reviews > The Poison Daughter > Status Update

This book - chills, tears, broke me and remade me. If you had a childhood full of abandonment/neglect, and enjoy dark, spicy, fantasy romance - I think you'll love this.

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"You have made yourself into my monster, into a monster for the women of Lunameade. You deserve someone who will be a monster for you.”

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“Consent matters.”

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"I’d rather be tortured by your presence than agonized by your absence.”

“Just because you can bear your pain better doesn’t mean you should have to."

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"The only thing more dangerous than a man w/a bruised ego is a woman with a score to settle."

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"Not admitting it doesn’t make it untrue. It only makes your inability to recognize your own feelings a liability.”

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"At least in the woods, the Drained are straightforward about being out for blood."

"Born to be a queen. Cursed to wrangle the egos of men.”

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"It’s not just some quick affection. This is a kiss I feel everywhere—a benediction that cleanses me of everything that came before and turns me into someone new."

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"So you're enjoying the honeymoon period?"

"I'm fantasizing about creative ways to kill him."

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"My wolf, what a truly unpleasant surprise. How did you know where to find me?"

"No one thinks they will break until they meet the thing that shatters them."

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“I really shouldn’t talk about it out in the open, but I have a room upstairs for the night.A little privacy would surely loosen my lips.”

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“It’s just a story...They remind us we have survived and endured enough to find pleasure."
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“I’m sorry that you have to face the possibility that your wife might have some redeeming qualities."

“No one calls it violent when a man lays hands on his wife. They call it none of their business. But the moment a woman fights back—that’s violence.”

"...when justice is dealt out by the powerful, is it ever really justice?”

"Don't you look broody," I tease.

His gaze rakes over me, and it’s like I can feel his hands on my skin again. “And you look like murder wrapped in sin.”

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So far, loving this book

"This world is plagued with men who only know how to speak with their fists, and I have made myself a monster for them."

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"It used to make me feel powerful—that I could hide such wretched agony from the world. Now it just makes me feel lonely."

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"I don’t dream of being wanted anymore. I’d rather be feared."

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“Is this a regular thing for you? Just a normal night out with a side of murder?”

“Why should I fade it? So everyone else can feel comfortable?”

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"There's freedom in being a disappointment."

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"That’s what happens when men act up. They don’t get punished. They get rewarded with a place of honor..."

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"I cannot make him sorry, but I can make him suffer. And that will have to be enough."

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"They all murmur about being loved, but they really mean being wanted."