lost in the labyrinth

a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope

[daphnevincent]

WEAVINGSHAW

the avons would have sunk to any form of depravity to keep hold of weavingshaw. they consider it the house of their blood.

[acotars]

Read in 2025:

Dreams were nothing but air, though, and real change took more than just hope.

SERVANT OF EARTH by Sarah Hawley

[daphnevincent]

ATMOSPHERE

happiness is so hard to come by. i don’t understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.

[daphnevincent]

AN ACADEMIC AFFAIR

but you’ve spent fifteen years saying mean things to me and i have loved you every second of them anyway.

[daphnevincent]

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH

“it’s not true, you know,” he said. “you don’t have to be good, or useful, for someone to care about you.”

[daphnevincent]

PASSION PROJECT

being up here makes me feel small, but being with you makes me feel significant

[galaxyspeaking]

I don’t know if any of you will remember the bottom piece, but I finally finished this Alex Stern fanart and I’m quite happy with it so, here goes nothing!

[daphnevincent]

THE SCARLET VEIL

“you’re doing it again,” he says at last. i look away quickly. “doing what?” “romanticizing nightmares.”

[daphnevincent]

BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL

i want to make up for every day of every year i spent fighting with her instead of loving her. lately, it's been seeming like she feels the same way too.

[marisajart]

the girl, the king, and the monster they became 🖤

the shepherd king duology is still one of my favorites I've read.

[buffonia]

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

[marisajart]

the Girl, the King…. and the Monster they became.

So I read One Dark Window and have fallen absolutely in love with this story and its characters.

[bevsi]

mockup One Last Stop cover

[daphnevincent]

MY DECEMBER DARLING

i’ve grown up in so many ways, but perhaps it’s time for another change. one that begins with returning to the place where my whole life began and to the man who lives there. doctor darling.

[daphnevincent]

THE BURNING KINGDOMS TRILOGY

there is power that is showy and fierce. and there is power grown slowly, and stronger for the time spent braiding its ancient strength.

[purplebass]

2024 books - hell bent by leigh bardugo (alex stern #2)

Welcome home. Welcome back. We missed you. I missed you more than I should have, more than I wanted to. I went to hell for you. I’d do it again.

[driluth]

priya and malini by nimali