#book highlights

[luffysfakebeard]

Murderbot fights like a little feral alley cat as far as other SecUnits are concerned

[throneofem]

the cruel prince ch 7

the queen of nothing ch 21

him using almost the same exact wording i— i am not okay.

[dimitriaofficial]

Mortal Coil - 26 The Truth

Skulduggery: “What a burden it must've been. You're very brave for facing it alone.” Valkyrie: “Thank you.” Skulduggery: “Amazingly, astonishingly stupid, but brave.” Valkyrie: “Yeah.” Skulduggery: “Very foolish, is what I'm getting at.” Valkyrie: “I can see that.” Skulduggery: “Thick, basically. Just thick. Dumb as a bag of hammers. Not too bright there, Valkyrie.” Valkyrie: “You can really stop complementing me now.” Skulduggery: “You brainless moron. You simple-minded cretin. You're a half-wit. A dimwit. An imbecile. You're as sharp as a marble. Thick as a ditch. Not the sharpest knife, nor the brightest crayon, and not the brightest bulb. You just fell off the turnip truck. The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.”

[i-put-the-hyper-in-hyperfixated]

“Murder?” Tanith asked. “None for me, thank you,” Skulduggery murmured, then looked up. “Ah, Tanith. Excellent.”

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK

[ee3lys1an]

“i am sorry, my friend,” erskine ravel said, bending over him. ghastly closed his hand around ravel’s wrist, tried to keep the blade away — “no,” he whispered, “no, don’t” — but his strength was gone and ravel easily disentangled himself and pushed the knife into his throat.

and he became aware of ravel’s eyes, brimming with tears, those eyes of his that had many a lady swooning over him down the centuries. those golden eyes.

was experimenting with lighting and then this happened because i love hurting my fandom <3

[clockworkbee]

The Course of True Love (And First Dates)

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[everasolace]

Skulduggery: “Which is why he must be stopped.”

Temper: “I'm doing my bit. I'm the fly in Creed's ointment, the spammer in his works, the twig in his eyeball, the spoon in his... knife block...”

Skulduggery: “You should have stopped a few idioms ago.”

Temper: “That's what they tell me. But I never listen.”

[spookysaphira]

My Book Highlights of 2026’s First Quarter

I must say that I had a pretty good start into my reading year, and I'm really happy about that 🥰

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow: I enjoyed this novel for its gothic vibes, the spooky and kinda cute sentient house, and how these two messy and broken people find a home in each other. I love love love Harrow’s writing. Something about it just feels very pleasing to my brain.

The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman is a queer retelling of Bisclavret from the Lais of Marie de France, and it feels like a medieval fairy tale. Here lycanthropy is a metaphor for chronic illness, and I loved how identity is explored with deliberate-feeling narrative choices.

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey: This one I’ve been eyeing for a while. It’s probably not for everyone in both writing and content. I loved fully sinking into this world, which feels like a historical version of Europe. Sex and religion are deeply intertwined in this book, and I found the concept of consent interesting here. I always love some solid political intrigue in my fantasy books, and Kushiel’s Dart delivered on that really well. I also enjoyed the romantic subplot, and I think there’ll be some intriguing conflict between these two in the sequels. Despite being part of a trilogy, this first book wraps up nicely and works well as a standalone, in my opinion.

The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim, as well as its sequel, The God and the Gwisin, were both delightful combinations of Korean mythology, murder mystery and romance, starting in 90s Korea in book 1. Both books were fun if you enjoy K-dramas, but the second one was a bit more to my taste because of the angst and bittersweet pining.

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity was an atmospheric read with gothic vibes set in a fantastical late 19th-century England presented through the eyes of an immigrants’ daughter. The setting and vibes were really up my alley already. The slow simmering romance starting out with a power imbalance and the mysteriousness surrounding Weavingshaw and the morally questionable St. Silas were as well. I’m looking forward to the sequel.

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan was, to me, a mix of The Witcher and Bartimaeus. The latter probably because of the footnotes and the fun demon creature Sarmodel and his dynamic with Sebastian that was both devastatingly heart-warming and quite funny at times. This is another queer historical fantasy wolf book. It’s set mostly in France before the French Revolution, deals with the monster of Gévaudan, and is quite a bit bloodier than the other wolf book.

I have a reading sample of Witch King by Martha Wells ready to read. I've heard some great things about this book.