books i read in 2021: graceling by kristin cashore
When you’re a monster, Katsa thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would have liked to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.
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books i read in 2021: graceling by kristin cashore
When you’re a monster, Katsa thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would have liked to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.

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@projectliterature event 02 : underappreciated event — graceling by kristin cashore
— how absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people — girls, women — went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.
A young woman named Liddy, sweet and hazel-eyed, was the maid of Fire’s bedrooms. She came upon Fire one spring day curled on the bed, fighting off a whirling panic. Liddy liked her mild young lady, and was sorry at her distress. She sat beside Fire and stroked her hair, at Fire’s forehead and behind her ears, against her neck, and down to the small of her back. The touch was kindly meant, and the deepest and tenderest comfort in the world. Fire found herself resting her head in Liddy’s lap while Liddy continued stroking. It was a gift, offered unjealously, and Fire accepted it.
That day, from that moment, something quiet grew between them. An alliance. They brushed each other’s hair sometimes, helped each other dress and undress. They stole time together, whispering, like little girls who’ve discovered a soul mate.
Some things could not happen in Cansrel’s proximity without Cansrel knowing; monsters knew things. Cansrel began to complain about Liddy. He did not like her, he did not like the time they spent together. Finally he lost patience and arranged a marriage for Liddy, sending her away to an estate beyond the town.
Fire was breathless, astounded, and heartbroken. Certainly she was glad that he’d merely sent Liddy away, not killed her or taken her into his own bed to teach her a lesson. But still, it was a bitter and selfish cruelty. It did not make her merciful.
[Caption: various stills forming a Fire x Liddy aesthetic edit, two characters from the second book of the Seven Kingdoms series. The set includes images of arrows, black women in bed together, a tiger, forests, a woman with her hair covered looking straight ahead, and another one with her eyes closed half illuminated by sunlight).]
CHARACTER POSTER: LADY FIRE
“dear Brigan, she thought to herself. people want incongruous, impossible things. horses do, too.”
@booksociety‘s underrated faves event - graceling realm series by kristin cashore
When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

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FAVORITE BOOKS ✿ Graceling by Kristin Cashore
“You’ve saved many lives with your Grace.” She shook her head. “Not as many as I’ve hurt.” “Possibly. But you have the rest of your life to tip the balance. You’ll live long.” The rest of her life to tip the balance. Katsa peeled the flesh of another fish away from its bones. She broke the flaky meat apart and ate it, and thought about that, smiling.
how absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.
graceling realm by kristin cashore
Katsa // Graceling
“When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?”