Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes #1)

by Sara Raasch (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Quote 1:

“No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.”
― Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes

Quote 2:

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake”
― Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes

Quote 3:

“I need a book that says ‘Here’s how to defeat Spring and restore power to your king, and while you’re at it, here’s how to prove you matter when no one else thinks you do—”

I stop. I’m staring at the bookshelves and not at Theron, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at him again without shriveling up from embarrassment. … I can still hear what I said hanging around me, my weak, weak admission, and I can’t bring myself to breathe, let alone face him.

Theron doesn’t give me a choice. He crawls up onto his knees and moves into my line of sight, his forehead wrinkled and his eyes darting over mine like he’s trying to figure me out the same way he figured out that passage. After a moment of silence, he grimaces.

“You matter,” is all he says.”
― Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes

The Sorcerer Heir (The Heir Chronicles #5)

by Cinda Williams Chima (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

The delicate peace between Wizards and the underguilds (Warriors, Seers, Enchanters, and Sorcerers) still holds by the thinnest of threads, but powerful forces inside and outside the guilds threaten to sever it completely.

Emma and Jonah are at the center of it all. Brought together by their shared history, mutual attraction, and a belief in the magic of music, they now stand to be torn apart by new wounds and old betrayals. As they struggle to rebuild their trust in each other, Emma and Jonah must also find away to clear their names as the prime suspects in aseries of vicious murders. It seems more and more likely that the answers they need lie buried in the tragedies of the past. The question is whether they can survive long enough to unearth them.

Old friends and foes return as new threats arise in this stunning and revelatory conclusion to the beloved and bestselling Heir Chronicles series.

Quote 1:

“Any sensible girl who finds out that the boy she loves is a mass murderer would have made a plan.  That plan would not have been to leave him in a gazebo and then wander around in the dark woods so he could finish the job he’d started.

No.  A sensible girl would have run away from Jonah Kinlock as fast as her legs could carry her; as fast as she could go in her bare feet with a sprained and throbbing ankle.  A sensible girl would have been looking over her shoulder all the way back up the gravel path, worrying that he would come after her.  A sensible girl would not have been crying, grieving for the boy with the magic in his voice and the blues in his eyes, mourning the loss of something that was a lie— a lie—from beginning to end.”

—-The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Quote 2:

“When Jonah Kinlock woke up covered in blood in Seph McCaluley’s backyard, he suspected that he’d been set up.  Maybe it was the bodies scattered all around him or the bloody daggers that lay half-buried in leaves next to each hand.  Anyone who happened upon this little scene would name home the prime suspect.  He needed to exit the stage.”

—-The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

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“She had a comeback though.  “All those other schools have a big advantage—you’re not there.  Maybe I can’t prove what you did, but I’m not going to look at you every day and wonder what you’re gonna do next.”

“Then I’ll leave,” Jonah said.  “I’ll leave school and move out of Oxbow.  Tomorrow.”

“Right,” Emma said, snorting.  “You know you can’t leave Kenzie.  And you can’t take him with you.”

“I won’t go far,” Jonah said.  I’ll see Kenzie every day.  But you’ll never see me, I promise.”

“Don’t make promises you can’t keep,” Emma snapped.

“You can always leave if I break that promise.”

“Do you think that makes me feel safe, the idea you’ll be creeping around campus, that you might be right around the next corner?”

“I can’t leave Kenzie,” Jonah said.  “My point is, do what’s in your best interest.  That’s all I’m saying.”

“How do you know that leaving isn’t in my best interest?”

“I can’t predict the future, but I’m guessing It’s not.  I’ll do whatever I can to make it work for you.”

“You’ve made your point,” Emma said.  Her tears spilled over, leaving tracks through the dust on her face.  “Now, I’m really busy here.”  Her voice trembled.

“Don’t you want to ask me any questions?” Jonah said.

“I do,” Emma said.  “Why are you still here?”

“You say you hate a liar,” Jonah said.  “I’m here to tell the truth.  It’s a limited-time offer.  Once it’s over I go straight back to lying.”

Their eyes met across the workbench, emotion reverberating between them as if they were connected by a steel-wound string tuned to a high pitch.”

—-The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Book Synopsis (Goodreads): 

In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four elemental crystals possessing ancient all-powerful magic, first:

Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces. Now he must choose between family and justice as his father, the cruel King Gaius, sets out to conquer all of Mytica. All Gaius needs now are the Kindred – the four elemental crystals that give godlike powers to their owner. But the King of Blood is not the only one hunting for this ancient, storied magic…

• THE KRAESHIANS join the hunt. Ashur and Amara, the royal siblings from the wealthy kingdom across the Silver Sea, charm and manipulate their way to the Kindred, proving to be more ruthless than perhaps even the King of Blood himself.

• THE REBELS forge ahead. Princess Cleo and vengeful Jonas lead them, slaying with sweetness, skill, and a secret that can control Lucia’s overpowering magic – all so they can use the Kindred to win back their fallen kingdoms.

• THE WATCHERS follow Melenia out of the Sanctuary. They ally in the flesh with King Gaius, who vows to use Lucia’s powers to unveil the Kindred.

The only certainty in the dark times is that whoever finds the magic first will control the fate of Mytica… but fate can be fickle when magic is involved.

Book Quotes:

“There is no goodness inside of me, princess, so please don’t waste time fantasizing that there might be.” – Morgan Rhodes, Gathering Darkness

She made it sound as though he’d done these things deliberately, to help her. “You’re imagining kindnesses that were anything but.”
“You’re the one who chooses to call them kindnesses. Are you sure that’s not what they were?” She searched his face, making him feel naked and exposed, as if the masks he’d spent so many years building up were crumbling down all around him like sand castles in the wind.
“You know nothing about me,” he growled. – Morgan Rhodes, Gathering Darkness

“Lately my more troubling dreams have shifted from ones of my dark-haired sister to ones of a princess with hair of pale gold.” He took up a lock of Cleo’s waist-length hair and twisted it around his index finger. He stared at it, transfixed. “Dreams of one I was bound to against my wishes.”
Her cerulean eyes widened. “You dream about me?”
His gaze snapped back to hers. “Nightmares only.” – Morgan Rhodes, Gathering Darkness

Atlantia

by Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Can you hear Atlantia breathing?

For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio’s true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long hidden—she has nothing left to lose.

Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the complex system constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths.

Quote 1:

“We are not lost mermaids with seaweed hair and coins for eyes, but human girls, alive and found.
We are sisters, and we did not drown.”
― Ally Condie, Atlantia

Quote 2:

“Under star-dark seas and skies of gold
Live those Above and those Below
They sing and weep, both high and deep
While over and under the ocean rolls”
― Ally Condie, Atlantia

Quote 3:

“What are the gifts given to we who live Below?”
“Long life, health, strength, and happiness.”
“What is the curse of those who live Above?”
“Short life, illness, weakness, and misery.”
“Is this fair?”
“It is fair. It is as the gods decreed at the time of the Divide. Some have to stay Above so that humanity might survive Below.”
“Then give thanks.”
― Ally Condie, Atlantia

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1)

by Claudia Gray (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Quote 1:

“I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and they glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to him; part of him belongs to you. After that, you can’t take it back, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hard you try.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

Quote 2:

“Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

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The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3)

by Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Mara Dyer wants to believe there’s more to the lies she’s been told.
There is.

She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.
She should.

She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.
She will now.

Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.

Retribution has arrived.

Quote 1:

“The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was covered in blood.

The second thing I noticed was that this didn’t bother me the way it should have.

I didn’t feel the urge to scream or speak, to beg for help, or even to wonder where I was. Those instincts were dead, and I was calm as my wet fingers slid up the tiled wall, groping for a light switch. I found one without even having to stand. Four lights slammed on above me, one after the other, illuminating the dead body on the floor just a few feet away.

My mind processed the facts first. Male. Heavy. He was lying face down in a wide, red puddle that spread out from beneath him. The tips of his curly black hair were wet with it. There was something in his hand.

The fluorescent lights in the white room flickered and buzzed and hummed. I moved to get a better view of the body. His eyes were closed. He could have been asleep, really, if it weren’t for the blood. There was so much of it. And by one of his hands it was smeared into a weird pattern.

No. Not a pattern. Words.

PLAY ME.

My gaze flicked to his hand. His fist was curled around a small tape recorder. I moved his fingers—still warm—and pressed play. A male voice started to speak.

“Do I have your attention?” the voice said.

I knew that voice. But I couldn’t believe I was hearing it.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

Quote 2:

“You are what happiness means to me. And I would rather have today with you than forever with anyone else.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

Quote 3:

“As I was saying. He could never use you. You own him. You should’ve seen the way he was looking at you while you were out.”
I smiled a little. “How?”
“Like you’re the ocean and he’s desperate to drown.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3)

by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Quote 1:

“You can be just friends with people, you know,” Orla said. “I think it’s crazy how you’re in love with all those raven boys.”

Orla wasn’t wrong, of course. But what she didn’t realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment either with one another or thinking about when next they would be with one another. Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this kind, she didn’t want the other.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Quote 2:

“I’m glad you misdialed.”

“Well. Easy mistake to make,” she said. Might do it again.” A very, very long pause. She opened her mouth to fill it, then changed her mind and didn’t. She was shivering again, even though she wasn’t cold with the pillow on her legs.

“Shouldn’t,” Gansey said finally. “But I hope you do.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Quote 3:

“Gansey thought of how strange it was to know these two young men so well and yet to not know them at all. Both so much more difficult and so much better than when he’d first met them. Was that what life did to them all? Chiselled them into harder, truer versions of themselves?”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Talon (Talon #1)

by Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

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Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3)

by Robin LaFevers

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own.

She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn’t mean she has…

Quote 1:

“What is it like?”

“What is what like?”

“Death. What is death like?”

“He is quiet and still, and oh, so peaceful. Fear will no longer hold any sway over you, nor will worry or sadness. Can you think of a time when you were especially tired? Perhaps after a long day of travel? Do you remember how lovely it was to climb into your feather bed that night? How grateful your tired limbs were? How welcoming it felt? How delicious to close your eyes and finally rest?”

“Yes.”

“It is just like that.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

Quote 2:

“We are all of us, gods and mortals, made up of many pieces, some of them broken, some of them scarred, but none of them the total sum of who we are.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

Quote 3:

“I am beginning to think that love itself is never wrong. It is what love can drive people to do that is the problem.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

The Vault of Dreamers (Untitled #1)

by Caragh M. O’Brien (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own.

The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success:  every moment of the students’ lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students’ schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school. What’s worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means to dream there.

Quote 1:

“The better I know her, It’s like I can read which way she is going to turn, and then she does…she moves right into my picks, like we’re dancing together.  Except she doesn’t know it.”

—-The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O’Brien

Quote 2:

“I was taking my pills like everyone else.  Why wasn’t I turning into an artistic genius?  Why was I the only one who was secretly unraveling?”

—-The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O’Brien

Quote 3:

“Sometimes… I looked up through the skylight and dreamed about how my life would have been different if my own dad had never died.  The only thing was, I’d never give up my little sister.”

—-The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O’Brien