It was a morning like other mornings, and yet perfect among mornings.

This book was nice. I don‘t have any unusual adjectives because it really was nice. Not as a lesser word for great but as a comforting read. The characters are very lovable and captured me immediately. Their story of love (not just romantic, but really all sorts) was so beautiful, it gave a new look on what we classify as “love”. I won‘t say this book made me cry or feel any extreme emotions, but it left a sense of comfort and warmth.

3.75⭐️

People didn‘t always love who they were right away

“You have bewitched me body and soul and I love- I love- I love you. I never want to be parted from you from this day forward.”

(I didn‘t actually check the quote since it‘s practically drilled in my head, so there might be a mistake)

When history is written by the victors the narrative can often misrepresent that shape.

Everything changes, nothing perishes

I‘m so excited to start this one! It took me two days just to start it because I thought I wanted something “light-hearted”. Who am I kidding? I thrive in the chaos.

I finished this book ages ago. But I procrastinated against writing a review… which is not good for me but here I am. Anywho, this book — albeit traumatising — is brilliant. Are there scenes which are horrifying? Yes. Are there scenes which are so vividly described you get goosebumps? Yes. How do I feel about this? I love you, Leigh Bardugo. Seriously though, it never hurts to have a bit more trauma, especially not when it‘s well written.

5⭐️!

I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me.

Not every flower belongs in every garden.

Maybe good things were the same as bad things. Sometimes you just had to let them happen.

“I want… normal”
If you ever find it, let me know.

“This is a terrible idea,” he said.
“The only kind I have.”

I let you die. To save myself. I let you die.
That is the danger in keeping company with survivors.

He ended as he had always suspected he would, alone in the dark.

Magic had almost killed him, but in the end it had saved him. Just like in the stories.

Whether you made a deal with the living or the dead, best not come up short.

Rather die than doubt

There are worse things than death.

Beggars can‘t be choosers.

Love is a shared delusion.

I didn‘t say it was fair, Stern. Not much is.

Because magic was never good or kind.

The broken monarch flapped it‘s one able wing.

If you‘re going to hell together, murder seemed like a good place to start.

It is only through mystery and madness that the heart is revealed.

Rich or poor, are all equal in death.

I finished this book — what seems like — ages ago, and I genuinely love this book. There‘s so much to say about this book; how well it was written, the lovable characters, or even the merciless author who made me cry. But no matter what I say about it, it wouldn‘t be enough to describe how brilliant this book is. I wouldn‘t recommend this to the lighthearted, but if you need an ‘ugly cry book‘ then this is the one for you.

5⭐️

Love is not a choice. And even if it were, I would choose you every time.

Do you think the sun rises because it fell?

Love doesn‘t fade when people do.

Forgetting is an essential part of grief.

The sea‘s on fire.

Control doesn‘t exist, sir. Only uncertainty does.

All my tomorrows are yours.