i wish you could be kissed jane

layla, twenty something, hufflepuff. lover of unlikeable characters and ladies.

[wickd-archiving-deactivated2025]

books read in 2021: the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab

There are days when she mourns the prospect of another year, another decade, another century. There are nights when she cannot sleep, moments when she lies awake and dreams of dying. But then she wakes, and sees the pink and orange dawn against the clouds, or hears the lament of a lone fiddle, the music and the melody, and remembers there is such beauty in the world. And she does not want to miss it—any of it.

[three-magpies-in-a-trenchcoat]

Oh boy I sure hope my good friend Jonathan Harker has a much better time on his business trip this year than he did last year.

[capulets]

with a mocking smile, he placed one hand upon my shoulder and, holding me tight, bared my throat with the other, saying as he did so: “first, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. you may as well be quiet; it is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!” i was bewildered, and, strangely enough, i did not want to hinder him. i suppose it is a part of the horrible curse that such is, when his touch is on his victim.

[acotars]

100 days of character posters (78/100)

↳ “’Apparently Professor Sprout told Professor Moody I’m really good at Herbology,’ Neville said. There was a faint note of pride in his voice that Harry had rarely heard there before. ‘He thought I’d like this.’”

[hvrrycameron]

we ate, then ran to the river to wash. I savored the miracle of being able to watch him openly, to enjoy the play of dappled light on his limbs, the curving of his back as he dove beneath the water. later, we lay on the riverbank, learning the lines of each other’s bodies anew. this, and this and this.

[acotars]

Read in 2022:

“You know what, fuck it.” I slammed my hands flat on the table, my fingers flexing. “I’m in, witches. Let’s run amok.”

PAYBACK’S A WITCH by Lana Harper ★★

[acotars]

@projectliterature event 01: 2020 releases  — cemetery boys by aiden thomas

And while death wasn’t the end, he wasn’t done living yet.

[acotars]

100 days of character posters(83/100)

↳ Gansey had always felt as if there were two of him: the Gansey who was in control, able to handle any situation, able to talk to anyone, and then, the other, more fragile Gansey, strung out and unsure, embarrassingly earnest, driven by naive longing.

[purplebass]

books I've read in 2021 - the atlas six by olivie blake We all have our own curses. Our own blessings. We are the gods of our own universes, aren't we? Destructive ones.

[sitpwgs]

edit challenge vs. ​@wespers ♡  round four → favorite character from the raven cycle

In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan squandered however many second chances he gave him. Gansey was just a guy with a lot of stuff and a hole inside him that chewed away more of his heart every year.

[04hyyh]

give yourself away sometimes, sweetheart. there’s so much of you. red, white, and royal blue by casey mcquiston 

[ravencyclenet]

Their magic, their quest. Their strangeness and awfulness. Her raven boys

[lucysunderground]

favorite reads ☆ Sadie by Courtney Summers 

“How do you forgive the people who are supposed to protect you? Sometimes, I don’t know what I miss more; everything I’ve lost or everything I never had.”

[dreammetheworld]

“Why did you do that today?”

Evie had never seen Sam like this. Bewildered. Frightened. A little lost. His shirt was sweated through, and he looked ill and possibly ready to faint. She was still reeling from all the excitement, but she understood this much: Sam had done it for her. He’d risked his life to save hers.

“You’re honestly asking me that?”

Sam looked at Evie, and suddenly, she knew. Don’t see me was more than Sam’s Diviner power; it was his entire worldview. It was how he’d gotten along in life, keeping hidden, only letting people see what he wanted them to see. His whole life was a sleight of hand. And he’d risked it all. For her.

[dreammetheworld]

Right now, in this moment, she felt a strong connection to Sam, as if they were the only two people in the world. She wanted to hold on to both him and the beautiful moment and not let go.        “Sam,” Evie said.        He turned his face to her. His mouth—why had she never noticed how perfect his mouth was? Impulsively, she kissed him once on those perfect lips and stood back, waiting. His expression was unreadable, and Evie’s stomach fluttered.        He shook his head. “Evie. Don’t. […] Please don’t kiss me if you don’t mean it.”        All of Evie’s old fears bubbled up. She wanted to kiss Sam, but she was afraid of what that meant. What was right? Why was it so hard to know? “I mean it right now,” she said.        Sam kicked at a bit of gravel on the roof’s floor. “That’s always your answer, isn’t it? Don’t think about tomorrow.”        A melancholy undertow threatened. In a minute, it would drag away any hope of momentary happiness. “Now is the only thing you can count on, Sam. It’s all we really get,” she said quietly, and felt that it was the truest thing she’d said in a long time.

[parisakamali]

BLUE&GANSEY, the raven cycle

and then we’d never say anything about it again.

for @selwynkane ♡

[sitpwgs]

for those with impossible dreams and for those who feel dreaming is impossible. there is so much waiting for you on the horizon. 

— a far wilder magic by allison saft