“Inside her there was only the perfect, blank brightness of belief and desire. Desire is the cause of all suffering. The greater the desire, the greater the suffering, and now she desired greatness itself. With all her will, she directed the thought to Heaven and the watching statues: Whatever suffering it takes, I can bear…
Tag: Heart-Wrenching
Hills of Heather and Bone – K.E. Andrews (Standalone)
““I didn’t. I certainly didn’t think Morhenna would survive,” I reply, shifting against the hull digging into my back. The chicken lifts her head at the sound of her name before preening her wing. “Maybe she has some divine protection after all.” “I thought if anyone was going to survive, it’d be Henna.”” What is…
The Warm Hands of Ghosts – Katherine Arden (Standalone)
Rating
Plot ★★★☆☆
Characters ★★★★☆
Excitement ★★★☆☆
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Writing Style ★★★★☆
Kindred – Octavia E. Butler (Standalone)
Female Main Character ✓ Heart-Wrenching ✓ Philosophical ✓ Thought-Provoking ✓
We Are the Dead – Mike Shackle (The Last War #1)
Badass Main Character ✓ Female Main Character ✓ Heart-Wrenching ✓ Rebellion ✓ Witty and Gritty ✓
No Heart for a Thief – James Lloyd Dulin (Malitu #1)
“I know how much it hurts to remember, and how remembering is the only thing that comes close to comfort.” What is the Book about? We are the stories we tell ourselves…even the lies. The Thief, a great spirit, and her descendants have abused their ability to steal magic for centuries. When Kaylo starts to…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy #1)
“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.” What is the Book about? He serves his king until death – a masterpiece full of magic, suspense, and emotions. Fitz is a bastard, the son of a prince and a peasant girl. Yet, at a young age, the king takes…
The Atlas Six – Olivie Blake (The Atlas #1)
“We all have our own curses. Our own blessings. We are the gods of our own universes, aren’t we? Destructive ones.” What is the Book about? The Library of Alexandria has never perished; it has hidden away the darkest secrets of humanity for millennia. Every ten years, the most talented magicians of their generation are…
The Narrow Road Between Desires – Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.6)
“Hearts were easier to read than books. Glamour wasn’t that much more than making sure folk saw the thing they already had plans to see. And making fools of foolish folk was hardly cunning grammarie. But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen…
Daughter of Redwinter – Ed McDonald (The Redwinter Chronicles #1)
“But how can something that has no form begin in one place and end somewhere else? If a crow begins flying south, but what arrives is a swan, then the crow never undertook a journey.” What is the Book about? Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing…
The Reading Stray 