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432 pages, Hardcover
First published April 7, 2020
She was by the river, the cold air burning her lungs, as she stared across the bridge at the Dark One right before their last battle. Part of her always would be.
“Please, for the love of God, don’t be one of those villains who waxes poetic about existentialist nonsense, because if you are, I really will have to cut you,” she said.
“Please, for the love of God, don’t be one of those villains who waxes poetic about existentialist nonsense, because if you are, I really will have to cut you.”
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What Do You Have to Say About A Book Marketed As Adult That Reads Like YA?![]()
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How Were You Possibly Not Bored to Death?![]()
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Why Did You Like Elements of Chosen Ones Obviously Paralleling That of King of Scars, Even Though You Hated Them in the Latter?![]()
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Were You Not Confused by the Terrible Twist and Transition at the Start of Part Two?![]()
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Do You Feel Like Yourself?![]()
At the time of writing, yours magnanimously remains imprisoned in the SPAM ward, brewing an escape plan. Any attempt at rescue or help would be much appreciated.
“She had lived half her life wanting only one thing – to save the world – and the other half wanting to be left alone, which was almost the same thing as wanting nothing at all. She didn’t know what it was like to desire something between those two extremes. She wasn’t sure she was even capable of it.”
“I know, about the rage that takes over when you think about someone. About the rage that changes you.”
“They all had their own way of relating to magic, and hers was with craving, and seeking, and understanding. She knew the device, and the device knew her.”
“Now, now. Even the dark things of this world are Chosen. It’s not a badge of honor. If anything, it’s like a blinking arrow that says ‘Kill me!’”
“Perhaps there is no truth to the ancient legends at all. But perhaps there has always been a supranormal force, a little understood energy, that intrudes upon our world.”
“All the most powerful things she knew were also destructive unless diluted in some way.”
“Either way, we’ll carry it. We always do.”
“They all fell together like a house of cards, just barely holding each other upright.”
“No. You and me and Esther and Ines… we’re bound for life. It’s like a marriage. Better or worse. Sickness and health…”
“All together, they had not been great wielders of magic, but they had been like the fingers of a hand moving to make a fist.”
“They all fit together in different ways, knew different pieces of each other best.”