Happy Vibes Only ✌🏻

* i read this in two sittings, and it was one of those books i could not put down at all, and a book that instantly shot into my all time favourites

* incredibly well researched, with a lot of heart poured into it, it details the tragic events in April 1986 with immense detail, but it a way that is neither clinical, nor boring, nor too technical

* set up in a way that slowly unfolds, it keeps you glued, despite knowing what ultimately happens, and it masterfully explores the political, social and economic realities in the Soviet Union, that, more than operator error, were the true reasons for Reactor 4 exploding on that fateful night

* it left me with an immense feeling of sadness, for all the lives lost and the blame attributed to people who only acted in accordance with what they knew

here to let everyone know.. i’m

soft

Edan as perched on a rock, chirping and whristling as he did in his human form. I rose and lifted one tired arm, beckoning him to approach me. His wings lifted, and he swooped onto my shoulder.

Or

*Maia wants to step forward but she doesn't know that the ceiling cracks reveal a silvery carpet of ice* Edan bit my hair and pulled back hard.

LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THIS SCENE

He landed neatly my shoulder, his talons curving gently against my collarbone. I smiled at him. "Show-off". In his beak was a knot of wildflowers, which he dropped onto my lap.

"For me?" I asked.

Edan the hawk merely blinked. With a laugh, I put the flowers in my hair and kissed his beak.

they're so cute together and make me so damn soft I'm sobbing,,, how can you NOT LVOE THEM

me:

The horrifying reality: