Favourite books read in 2020 ❧ The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
I’m the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does.
tgt moodboards → alina starkov
“I don’t care if you think I’m a Saint or a fool or the Darkling’s whore. If you want to remain at the Little Palace you will follow me. And if you don’t like it, you will be gone by tonight, or I will have you in chains. I am a solider. I am the Sun Summoners. And I’m the only chance you have.”
g for genya safin chosen by @hideotanakas + @elia-lyanna
❝ “I poisoned my skin,“ Genya said harshly, “my lips. So that every time he touched me-” She shuddered slightly and glanced at David. “Every time he kissed me, he took sickness into his body.” She clenched her fists. “He brought this on himself. I had to purge it from my skin, then heal the burns the lye would leave. Every single time. It was well worth it.” ❞
literature family: nikolai lantsov for @amiramahmood
“Nikolai,” he corrected. “But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome’.
@grishasworld mission 7: alternate covers – the grisha trilogy
“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that.”
The girl touched the collar at her neck, the fetter at her wrist. So many men had tried to make her a queen. Now she understood that she was meant for something more. The Darkling had told her he was destined to rule. He had claimed his throne, and a part of her too. He was welcome to it.For the living and the dead, she would make herself a r e c k o n i n g.
She would r i s e.
grisha trilogy meme: [5/5] romantic relationships
“Toss him over,” Zoya said. “Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen.” I laughed. “You actually might, Zoya. If you could stop being horrible for a minute.” “With that kind of incentive, I can manage a minute. Possibly two.”
[ NIKOLAI LANTSOV ] nikolai had been told that hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. but he’d never believed that. hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.
d for darkling chosen by @sonflwers
❝ In this moment he was just a boy—brilliant, blessed with too much power, burdened by eternity.
“Aleksander.”
His eyes fluttered shut. “Don’t let me be alone,” he murmured.
And then he was gone.❞