"She understood the hurt, too. The fear that there was something intrinsically wrong with you to make the people who were supposed to love you leave. The way that fear either hardened you or destroyed you. It had turned into a sort of armor for her, another weapon in her arsenal, and she suspected the same was true of Harte." - Lisa Maxwell, The Last Magician 📚 I finished listening to/reading The Last Magician around 1AM last night and WOW. I did put down the audiobook toward the end and read the physical version instead because the narrator really got on my nerves. 📚 The book itself is amazing though and I'll be writing a full review of it. The only thing keeping it from being 5/5 was the cliff-hangerish ending. It was my book for challenge 8 of the #slcreadathon 📚 I was going to start listening to Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra this morning but, fortunately, I glanced at Goodreads first. Thank you to the reviewers there for using the TW/CW because it's for something I need to avoid. 📚 Any suggestions for challenge 10: A Character On The Run are greatly appreciated. 🤓 📚 Instead, this morning I picked up the audiobook of Nyxia by Scott Reintgen, which is my pick for the readathon's challenge 5: A Book Set In Space. I'm really enjoying it so far, though it's not what I was expecting it to be. 📚 I also picked up the physical version of The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco, which is my buddy read with @katsyxo this month. 💖 It's also my pick for challenge 1: A Book With Paranormals, so yay for multitasking! 🤓 📚 #book #books #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabook #instareads #igreads #booklife #bibliophile #booklove #bookish #bookaholic #bookgeek #booknerd #bookworm #bookdragon #bookphotography #dailybookpic #booktastic #diversebookbloggers #mybookfeatures #thelastmagician #lisamaxwell