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• Review: What the River Knows •

I'm not quite sure how Isabel Ibañez has done it, but she has taken one of my least favorite plot devices – withholding information to purposefully keep someone ignorant of a situation – combined it with the chronic folly that is being a teenage girl, and turned it into an addicting tale that you'll want to devour in one sitting.

The story follows Inez, a railroad heiress who has spent her life in Buenos Aires while her parents largely live in Egypt, funding her uncle's excavations. But when she receives a magical artefact from her father and then the sudden word of her parents’ mysterious deaths, Inez goes to Cairo and inserts herself into their world – only to find that her uncle absolutely does not want her there, and there is Lots of Scheming afoot.

And of course, there is Whitford Hayes, a charming, rakish, British gentleman who works for her uncle. Inez knows she can't trust him, but she is outrageously attracted to him anyway.

Though none of the twists and turns here necessarily came as a surprise to me, Ibañez creates an evocative world of magical realism, and characters that are easy to love – Inez, though young and too trusting, is audacious and amusing, and Whit is very swoony, if a complete mess.

Set during the archaeological boom in Egypt, What the River Knows is an intriguing read that seamlessly blends historical fiction with magical realism, adventure, and a strong dose of mystery. Though the book will likely frustrate you to no end as Inez tries to learn the truth about her parents' fate, what her uncle is up to, and who she can trust, it's a hard book to put down.

And the epilogue? It'll have you screaming.

4.25🌟

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My favorite A Fire Endless Quotes

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obsessed with this batboys band au

from elenana.art on Instagram

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Healing his inner child ❤️‍🩹

@azrielappreciationweek Day 6 | Past & Future

As we all know, Azriel had an immensely traumatic childhood. For this commission, @duskcowboy and I wanted to show an adult Azriel comforting his younger self, healing his inner child, and finally letting the light in that he was once so deprived of 🥹♥️

Hope you all love it as much as we do!

♡ 🎨 by the incredible @mastiba on Instagram

♡ Commissioned by @duskcowboy and me!

♡ Please do not repost. Reblogs are preferred.

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This Nesta commission was done by lucielart for both Swetha and I and it was such a pleasure to work with Lucia again! ♥️

We wanted to represent Nesta fighting her inner demons as the steam from the bath forms words of self hatred around her. Hope you enjoy ♥️

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Some of my favorite quotes from A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

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“My favorite season is autumn, because my mum and I both believed that’s the only time when magic can be tasted in the air.”

– Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross

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“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Someimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”

― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

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