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one thing i really loved about “the shadows between us” is that is so unapologetically a pure female fantasy. the main character is a brooding, scheming noblewoman who attracts attention wherever she goes, can get pretty much any man she likes, is a machiavellian social climber, always looks fantastic, carries a knife and knows how to use it, and spends most of the book maneuvering the situation to achieve her own very selfish ends. she’s intelligent and very forward-thinking for her time period, allowing the audience to like her and want to see her succeed even as she does Objectively Bad Things. on the rare occasion someone does manage to get the drop on her, she manages to turn the situation around and make them wish they never looked at her sideways. and she has a sweeping, epic romance to top it all off.

and it’s awesome.

i was reading this book like “this author truly Gets Me.”

like i know if this book got as big as twilight, acotar, and the mortal instruments have, people would be screaming “Mary Sue!!!!” left and right.

but like. who cares?

it’s engaging, it’s fun, and it’s an exciting story about a main character i wanted to see come out on top.

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@ JL armentrout: I cant believe you tricked me into reading a vampire/ werewolf book. I’m... not mad about it.

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A little reminder to book lovers:

you don’t have to love all the books in the series

you don’t have to love all the characters

you don’t have to agree with all the decisions your favourite character made

you can love a villain, that doesn’t mean you stan their actions

you can change your mind about a character halfway through a book or series

you don’t have to follow fandom’s opinions

you don’t have to praise everything your favourite author does

you don’t have to love a main ship

you can ship whoever you want and have as many crack ships as you like

you can criticize a book and still absolutely love it

you don’t have to feel bad if you don’t like a hyped book or a character

you shouldn’t let anyone force their opinions on you

you read because it makes you happy

you do you

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Barn Conversion, Guest Annex Library

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Perfect! 

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Friend: wow! That's a huge book! Sucks to be you

Me: *admiring all 800 pages* I think you mean lucky me

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There was a mystery about it. You were given a sharp, acute, uncomfortable grain—the actual meeting; horribly painful as often not; yet in absence, in the most unlikely places, it would flower out, open, shed its scent, let you touch, taste, look about you, get the whole feel of it and understanding, after years of lying lost.

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (via bookmania)

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Who drank Felix Felicis to get us another Harry Potter book?