#emily reginalds reads emily rodda

[reginalds]

'You cannot blame the Shadow Lord for everything!' Jasmine burst out suddenly.

Barda and Lief glanced at her in surprise. Her brows were knitted in a frown.

'I have kept silent for too long,' she muttered. 'But now I will speak, though you will not like what I say. That stranger we saw in Tom's shop - the man with the scar on his face - spoke of the thorns on the plain. He called them the Del King's thorns. And he was right!'

They were staring. She took a deep breath, and hurried on.

'The Shadow Lord has ruled Deltora for only sixteen years. But it has taken far longer than that for the thorns to cover the plain. The sorceress Thaegan's enchantment at the Lake of Tears began a hundred years ago. The people of Noradz have been living as they do for centuries. And this evil place must have been abandoned by its people for just as long.'

She fell silent, staring moodily ahead.

'What are you saying, Jasmine?' asked Barda impatiently.

The girl's eyes darkened. 'The kings and queens of Deltora betrayed their trust. They shut themselves up in the palace at Del, living in luxury while the land went to ruin and evil prospered.'

'That is true,' said Lief. 'But-'

'I know what you are going to say!' Jasmine snapped. 'You have told me before that they were deceived by servants of the Shadow Lord. That they followed stupid rules blindly, thinking that this alone was their duty. But I do not believe that anyone could be so blind. I think the whole story is a lie.'

[...] Now she was rushing on. 'We are risking our lives to restore the Belt of Deltora. And why? To return power to the royal heir - who even now is hiding, while Deltora suffers and we face danger. But do we really want kings and queens back in the palace at Del, lying to us and using us as they did before? I do not think so!'

can I get more of this please??? holy fuck

#emily reginalds reads emily rodda #like I get why it was so quickly resolved but aslkjgdg #how about we don't resolve it and we argue over it some more #because she's right and she should say it.

[reginalds]

hey deltora quest besties 👀

#these were spread across various cabinets in the garage and I cannot believe I found all of them #I swear I had the companion books too though???? #and the board game #there was a board game right??? #or am I imagining things. #emily reginalds reads emily rodda

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Lief was simmering with rage. Jasmine glanced at him curiously.

'Tom helped us,' she pointed out. 'Why should you ask more of him? Many creatures believe in nothing but themselves. He is one of those.'

'Tom is not a creature, but a man,' Lief snapped. 'He should know what is right!'

'Are you so sure you know?' Jasmine answered sharply.

Lief stared at her. 'What do you mean by that?'

get him, bestie

#emily reginalds reads emily rodda #fuck I love her so much

[reginalds]

'Jasmine, take care!' Lief called after her. But Jasmine waded on without pausing or turning. The water rose to her waist, then to her chest, but no further. She began moving steadily towards the opposite shore.

Barda and Lief hastened after her, splashing into the cool stream. 'When it was my task to keep you out of trouble on the streets of Del, Lief, I thought that you were the most impulsive, troublesome young pest in creation,' muttered Barda. 'I apologise. Jasmine is just as bad - or worse!'

idiots.

#emily reginalds reads emily rodda

[reginalds]

mmm but I love the way nature is used and described in deltora quest and even an innocent field of sweetplums has its dangers

#her beauty and her terror etc etc #emily reginalds reads emily rodda

[reginalds]

I'm glad my fond memories of lief as my childhood favourite character weren't wrong

#they're running from grey guards and all lief can think about is the sweetplums on the path #and how peaceful it would have been if they could have stopped and plucked them together #emily reginalds reads emily rodda #(we got a liveblog tag besties)

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I'm so fucking excited to be rereading these books oh my god

#the feeling of nostalgia is unparalleled #I'm so glad I waited until I could take the books out of storage because pdf wouldn't have been the same?? #because I can see where the pages are marked and bent from how much love I poured into these books as a kid. #and they hold up so well as an adult??? like holy fuck #I can see which themes and tropes I carried with me as I grew up and my tastes changed #like yes give me dark fantasy and trauma I fucking love it #my main takeaway from book one is wow I had a crush on both lief and jasmine? #inch resting #I need an emily reads emily rodda tag lmao #now taking suggestions #emily reginalds reads emily rodda

[reginalds]

I remember it took my friends so long to convince me to read harry potter because I was like "well it's not deltora quest, is it?"

#my child self was a little snob and a know it all but I love her. #emily reginalds reads emily rodda

[reginalds]

I know this is a children's book thing, but whenever a character in deltora quest announces the obvious I can't help but laugh

#it's also usually barda announcing these things which makes it even sillier because he is the only adult in this situation #he's got baby boomer syndrome the poor man #emily reginalds reads emily rodda

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besties are we voting for "emily reginalds reads emily rodda" for the liveblog tag or