YES! When I say I SOBBED at the end. Such a well-written character arc, and I'd admittedly love to know more about her backstory.
***Iron Flame SPOILERS****
I am so incredibly disappointed with what everyone is choosing to talk about with this book. Everyone is concentrating on what happens with Xaden but you know what to me was the absolute most gut wrenching storyline in the whole book? General Lilith Fucking Sorrengail.
From the moment we see her again in the beginning of the book she is nothing but supportive and proud of her daughter. Yes, she absolutely made the wrong decision where she stands in the war, and what she did to Xaden was absolutely inexcusable. (Although I do think if she hadn’t done that they would have killed all the marked ones.) But she made all those decisions for her children. Because she did what she needed to to keep them safe. You can’t convince me that even after Violet leaves, that even after Mira leaves, that she wasn’t incredibly thankful for the fact they were together and with Xaden who would never let something happen to Violet.
Lilith went into the dungeons to get her daughter out of there and I am not unconvinced that had Violet not already been mid rescue the General wouldn’t have turned traitor right there to get her out. The scene when Brennen reveals himself to her?? She’s cracking and can hardly hold herself together and my heart felt so sorry for her in that moment. It made me mad at Brennan because he threw it in her face like ammo when Violet spent all of fourth wing describing how his death ruined their mother.
One of the most heart breaking quotes in the whole book is at the beginning of chapter 65:
“Most generals dream of dying in service to their kingdom. But you know me better than that, my love. When I fall, it will be for one reason only: to protect our children.”
General Sorrengail didn’t support the war, she didn’t fight for Navarre she made it clear fron the beginning that she was just a mom protecting her kids, and she did so without second thought. Without hesitation. She didn’t do what she did for the war effort, or even to help everyone on the battlefield. She did it for Brennen, and Violet, and Mira.
Lilith Sorrengail was just a desperate mother and everyone glossing over her sacrifice is bullshit.
being a writer is so embarrassing sometimes like awww no my feelings got hurt guess i'll go make up 90,000 words about it. ugh
Are we in the really difficult part before we get our shit together and it's about to get really fucking good?
Or is our story the one that kicks off my book of falling in love with myself and finding peace or someone else? Is this the story that leads to my story, alone?
If it's the first...how many more chapters until we get to the part where it all makes sense and neither one of us knows how we ever lived for a second without the other?
If it's the second...God, can you just rip my heart out now so we can get on with it?
that one scene in devil wears prada where Andy says that she would have never betrayed anyone like Miranda betrayed Nigel at the end in order to save herself and her position on top in the fashion industry and Miranda Priestly is quiet for a beat before she whispers in that lilt whispy voice ”you already did”…..that was a better written psychologically dynamic scene between two characters than most modern hero/villain scenes you see today in cinema
When I tell you I would sell my soul for this house...
Bitches don't want money, they want the Practical Magic house
This is adorable.
But also, I'm fairly convinced that toorumlk should be illustrating the entire series and that I would rebuy every book.
ron and hermione photographed on the steps of their first home together makes it into the Prophet
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Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters by @thecaffeinebookwarrior
Writing Sign Language F.A.Q by @concerningwolves
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Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers from @theinformationdump
Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion by @thewriterswitch
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How to write softness by @oriorwriter
Writing villains / villains motivations by @the-modern-typewriter
Personality traits/flaws by @rivalwrites
Writing Consent - written for The Witcher fandom but the advice is actually general, by @hailhailsatan
How to Write Characters in Realistic Polyamorous Relationships - by @simplyoriginalcharacters
How to Write OCs With Trauma
Writing Enemies to Lovers by @pianowritesstuff
How to write a kiss
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Pride and Prejudice 2005 ☼ dir. Joe Wright
My dream house, honestly.
One of life’s hardest hurdles is accepting that this house is just a set and doesn’t really exist 😭
Oh my goodness. I can't take it.