Laurence really would make a terrible diplomat. He doesn’t know about the carrots and sticks.

the warm hands of ghosts 🤝 the scholar and the last faerie door: siblings who would do anything for each other

thinking about eddie again. eddie who’s quiet and loves and understand plants like no one else does. eddie who readily accepts clover into their friend group without a care for her background because he understands she’s an outcast, too. eddie who has trouble saying no to his friends because he doesn’t want to be the scapegoat and lose their friendship. eddie and his infectious enthusiasm. eddie who gets overwhelmed being in busy, loud places. eddie who just wants to escape to the cottage with his boyfriend. eddie who is afraid of alden and hates him a little for it (but also still loves him). eddie who struggles with his mental health. eddie who develops one of the most powerful magic in the group because he saw something in a field no one else cared about. eddie eddie eddie

Just now realizing the significance of Wendell, upon first arriving in his kingdom, asking after the rhododendron fields before anything else. He is THE lover boy.

H.G. Parry is such a brilliant storyteller and I am distraught to learn the fandoms are practically nonexistent for her books….wdym no one else is going insane over sydney carton (“a far better thing”)….wdym “the scholar and the last faerie door” isn’t the next big dark academia book…WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNN

I really love Sydney’s persistence throughout the book to name a fairy “Bartholomew.” I love his silly little endearing moments.

I think one of my favorite things about Heather Fawcett’s adult novels is how her FMCs are always intelligent. Both Emily and Agnes are so clever and can think their way out of any situation, which I love to see!!