#i finished dark heir

[eleyras]

Even if he already knew his friends were going to face him with hatred and resentment, because since he was a child he had known only violence and disgust at the hand of his own mother, even if he was facing mortal danger and betrayal from them, until the very end Will only thought about protecting them because they were the first people in his whole life he called friends, the first people in his whole life he allowed himself to grow emotionally attached to. And even when he realized that the illusion had shattered, that even Violet, his best friend and the person he believed in and whose affection he valued the most, hated him, he still couldn't transform his hurt in resentment, he couldn't forget his affection for them because it has been maybe the only reason he had wanted to fight, to live for after Bowhill.

And when James came back to him, when Will thought there was still one single person in the world who knew the truth and didn't hate him, there was still a chance to be loved for what he truly was without secrets and lies, the hurt and the betrayal didn't matter anymore because in Will's eyes the love and the acceptance of one single person was ENOUGH to wipe the sorrow and the guilt away, it was ENOUGH for Will to not feel alone in the world anymore, because even if he had lost his friends, his mother, his sisters, Violet, he still had James.

And then he realized that he couldn't have even that, the Collar around James's neck a cruel reminder that, again, he was unlovable, that the only way a person would choose him was under constriction, and not by free will, that every single word James were saying was hollow, like his past with his mother, like the life he was going to live for the rest of his days, a hunted animal, a hated monster, a fearful unnatural thing that should not even be in the world, that should be killed for sins he didn't even commit or remember, because it didn't matter that he was Will, it didn't matter that he was a child, a lost boy. The story repeated itself, the violence and the hatred coming at him again and again, without a way out, a chance to free himself from their vicious circle. All Will had ever wanted was to be Will, a friend, a brother, a son, a lover. And what hurt the most in the end is the realization that he would never have the chance again because no one would give him one.

[wordsifelt]

Every time I think it cannot get possibly worse C.S. Pacat hits me in the gut with a bowling ball.

Help me, how long do I need to wait for book 3

[laur-the-cat-prince]

angst. so much angst.

[domokunrainbowkinz]

not arguing w a dude that has big brown eyes. whatever u say beautiful

(I’m only on ch 29 no spoilers pls!!!!) go wild with spoilers I am now done the book and am extremely mentally unwell

[the-ronan-cycle]

Incredibly strong CS Pacat characters with complicated half sibling relationships and lion motifs are actually so important to me

[booksimppp]

me, picking up the foxhole court: main character and his mom ran from a scary man for years and she caused him trauma before unceremoniously dying? cool.

me, picking up dark rise: main character and his mom ran from a scary man for years and she caused him trauma before unceremoniously dying? cool.

if i had two nickels for everytime i picked a book up where the main character and his mom ran from a scary man for years and she caused him trauma before unceremoniously dying, i would have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, but its weird that it happened twice, right?

[sllhouettedreams]

One could say im coping quite well after dark heir

They'd be wrong, of course

[waroftheposes]

Maybe Sarcean did become evil and Will will do evil things

But I really want to believe that he was pushed to it, though that might be because I love Will

also there's a line in Violet's last chapter where she's like "Will was the only one pushing for us to stop the army" like later she'll realize that he was trying to be good and I think that's important

also also I'm the kind of girl who sees things like "Sun King" and "Sun Queen" and immediately goes that's sus

[renegadeem]

[arkhangelssky]

IM FINALLY DONE...

this scene made me literally put down Dark Heir just to sketch this back in November and I've finally finished coloring it. I love Visander and Phillip very much I wish them a very happy married life despite all the horrors 🙏🙏🙏

[yours-always-j]

no way. NO WAY—

[eleyras]

The fact that Dark Heir takes place in Umbria, the most mystical region of Italy, and that Scheggino and the Undahar are literally located on the other side of the mountains where lived one of the most important Italian Saints AND that part of Sarcean's story somehow seems to share analogies with her story is making me FERAL

[thepixiepaige]

Having very strong feelings about Dark Heir right now to the tune of magic?????? Fucking????????????? Magic fucking. Have you CONSIDERED James "my magic is a form of touch" st Claire using his power for p l e a s u r e???????

Like don't even get me started on how much life it gives me to see him CHOOSING touch and taking control of his body to express what HE wants out of touch but like..... the posSIBILITIES??!?!?!?!!

Like damn fucK wOW we already get that on the page practically with the whole "let me help you" scene and just

AhhhhhHhhhHHHHHHHHH FUCK

Will is so IN TUNE with James' magic. The INTIMACY???!?!!!!! the "can you feel me?" "Yes. Yes, yes." ITS SO HORNY. But in that transcendent 'you're reaching further into me than I've ever been able to myself' kind of way and it has me SALIVATING.

I need James peeling back all of the layers will hides himself behind, reaching in and plucking every chord of him until he falls apart and is so OVERCOME and fhfjdakkakdndjjdsd bARK BARK BAKR BARK

[kazz-brekker]

i really should not have read some shall break and then dark heir in quick succession because now i'm stuck having read the second book in trilogies that ended on big cliffhangers with no release date for the third book in sight

[domokunrainbowkinz]

Y’all remember that post that was like daddy issues make you a people pleaser but mommy issues make you a psychopath (I’m only on chapter 16 please no spoilers!!!!!) go wild with the spoilers I am now done the book and am extremely mentally unwell

[shallyne]

Well, anyways, I was bored and made a list with book characters that I like from A to Z (couldn't come up with something for Q)

Book Characters List

A

Aemmory Percyval Taxus

Aelin Galathynius

Andarna

Amara Maroni

Alpha Villanova

Abraxos

Annaleigh Thaumas

Aedion Ashryver

Alexis

Asterin Blackbeak

Aaron Warner

Apollion

Aidas

Ansel of Briarcliff

Ash

Addie LaRue

Avery Kylie Grambs

Ash Maddox

Alex Volkov

Ava Chen

Alessandra Davenport

B

Bryce Quinlan

Bryaxis

Bone Carver

Brie

Barney Fitz-Amobi

Bel Price

Bridget Van Ascheberg

C

Corvina Clemm

Cassius

Cardan Greenbriar

Chloe Green

Camila Dunne

Cinnamon Hotpepper

Cormac Donnall

Catherine Pinkerton

Cara Ward

Cal

Carter Price

Chrstian Harper

D

Danika Fendyr

Dante Maroni

Donatella Dragna

Declan Emmett

Dorian Havilliard

Dante Russo

Dominic Davenport

E

Elide Lochan

Evangeline Fox

Emilia DiCarlo

Envy

Evelyn Hugo

Ember Quinlan

Elspeth Spindle

Evangelina Sage

Elm Rowan

F

Feyre Archeron

Fenrys Moonbeam

Fallon

Felix

Fleetfoot

G

Gavriel

H

Hunt Athalar

Helion

Hannah Rooney

I

Imogen

Iris Winnow

Ione Hawthorne

Isabella Valencia

J

Jacks

Juliette Ferrars

Jude Duarte

Jesiba Roga

Jurian

Jest

Jack Brunswick

Jespyr Yew

Josh Chen

Jules Ambrose

K

Kenji Kishimoto

Kaltain Rompier

Kai Young

L

Lilith

Lyla

Lorcan Salvaterre

Lidia Cervos

Legend

Lysandra

Lehabah

Liam Mairi

Luc

Luna Caine

Libby

M

Manon Blackbeak

Morrigan

Morana Vitalio

Meghan Chase

N

Nesryn Faliq

Nazeera Ibrahim

Nash Hawthorne

Naomi Ward

Nightmare

O

Oraya

Oak Greenbriar

P

Pippa Fitz-Amobi

Purrcival

Q

R

Rhysand

Raihn

Ruhn Danaan

Rogan

Rowan Whitethorn

Randall Silago

Rhiannon Matthias

Razor

Ravi Singh

Ravyn Yew

Renelm Yew

Roman Kitt

Rachel Price

Rhys Larsen

S

Shara Wheeler

Scarlett Dragna

Stryga

Suriel

Sartaq

Syrinx

Sgaeyl

Sal Singh

Stanley Forbes

Stella Alonso

Sloane Kensington

T

Tristan Caine

Tristan Flynn

Thea Delion

Tairn

Thimble

Tandri

Trystan Maverine

U

Usha

V

Violet Sorrengail

Vale

Vincent

Vittoria di Carlo

Viv

Vivian Lau-Russo

W

Wrath

Wren

X

Xaden Riorson

Y

Yrene Towers

Z

Zephyr Villanova