Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
a gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse
ALARKLING: hazy dawns that leave mist on windows, cathedral spires, fingers glacially tracing veins, windswept shores, burning caramel, swaying field stalks, mumbled curses, a slight tear in stockings, autumnal harvests, november waves lapping at lonely pale sand, sidelong glances, when the moon is half clouded, bloody heels, the first snowfall, cool bedsheets, a single promise that overpowers all else, deliverance
he leaned against the window, and the gilded frame came into sharp focus. “do you think it would be any different with your tracker beside you? with that lantsov pup?”
“yes,” i said simply.
“because you would be the strong one?”
“because they’re better men than you.”
“you might make me a better man.”
“and you might make me a monster.”
ya lit meme: ten series or books (4/10)
six of crows by leigh bardugono mourners. no funerals. among them, it passed for “good luck”.
for anonymous: “how about an edit for the darkling?”I knew there was no bottom to the Darkling’s pain. He would just keep falling and falling.
YA LIT MEME: two antagonists → The Darkling (The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)
i’m the sun summoner. it gets dark when i say it does.
Shadow and Bone
“I’ve been waiting for you a long time, Alina" He said. “You and I are going to change the world.”
He dropped his hands. I saw the realization strike him. He was truly alone. And he always would be.for anonymous: “darkling edit?”