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"If I'd gone to you in Nena, I never would have come here. To Lunathion." His smile broadened as he walked out. "I never would have met Bryce." And every horror, every nightmare... all of it had been worth it for her

Sarah. J. Mass, House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)

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If you're looking for How Not to Be an Asshole, it's shelved between Bye, Loser and Get the Fuck out

Sarah. J. Mass, House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2)

[thewinternighttrilogy]

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If this is the last decision I can ever make, at least it is my decision. Let me go, Alyosha. I am not afraid.

Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

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I do not like half answers.' 'Stop asking half questions, then,' he said, and smiled with sudden charm.

Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

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Wild birds die in cages.

Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

8/10

- Adult dark fairytale, Russian folklore, magic, demons, winter, family, mystery, oppression, orthodox catholic elements

- Main character arc; naïve and rebellious child who is comfortable in the setting of her family and simple life running around the forest to an independent, stand alone heroin, hell bent on being free from the good Christian girl expectations thrust upon her

- Best quote: “All my life,” she said, “I have been told ‘go’ and ‘come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god. I would walk into the jaws of hell itself, if it were a path of my own choosing. I would rather die tomorrow in the forest than live a hundred years of the life appointed me. Please. Please let me help you.”

- Dislikes: romance is a side plot, beginning of the book drags out a little