Cassie Bendix’s Reviews > The Godless Kingdom > Status Update

Dear reader: This series deals with so much loss — losing loved ones, losing hope, losing parts of yourself — but it’s also about what grows out of that loss. So my hope for you, Reader, is that you’ll grow a wild garden out of your heartbreaks, that you’ll surround yourself with friends who teach you how to love yourself better, and that someday you’ll be old enough to need those fairy tales again. 😭

“She’d saved the two kingdoms, saved her love, and then saved herself. Her life was like a shattered mirror, impossible to perfectly piece back together but beautiful in its breaking.”

They’d all loved and lost and fought hard for what they had. They were people who understood what it was to be lost and found and lost again. They’d helped her rebuild when she’d been broken. They fought hard for freedom and won. They were all strong in the weak places.”

“She racked her brain, but the truth was she wasn’t sure what there was left to wish for. She had the love of her life, a beautiful daughter, amazing friends who’s become family, and a kingdom that was rebuilding for the better.”

Goddamn this is the best ending ever. I couldn’t be happier.

Raven sharing Cecelia’s mom’s memory for her…ugh, coming full circle

“I love you brave and exuberant, soft and tender, angry and raging, fierce and wild. I love all parts of you. I was made to love you, and I will never stop.” ~ awww my gawwwwwd 🫠🫠🫠

Their soul bond captured me from the first chapter ~ Cecelia comforting Rainer during their vows ~ “anyone who hadn’t watched the way they silently communicated over the years might have missed it. It was the briefest of moments where Rainer’s eyes fluttered closed and a brilliant smile broke across his face.”

Best believe I’m highlighting the entire exchange of vows lol ~ “I promise to be brave with my hand and brave with my heart when it comes to you bc you have always been worth the risk. Seventeen years ago, I promised you my magic and my life. Today, I promise you my heart and my soul bc you’ve always had them anyway.”

“you reminded me that love means loneliness is a matter of perception. You reminded me that no matter how lonely I feel, I am Never actually alone bc you’re always right beside me when I need you. You’ve held on to my hurts along with me. You’ve made every burden of mine one you share. Your heart is wrapped around mine and no one has ever taken such good care of it.”