✨️Put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers :) 🎶
[[In character or out of character?! 😅]]
Here are 5 songs from Endimion's non-official character playlist:
Yuki Kajiura - Hear Our Prayer [Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle OST]
Enya - May It Be [LOTR OST]
Annie Lennox - Into the West [LOTR OST]
Yuki Kajiura - Siren Song [TRC OST]
Satou Naoki - Sadame (piano version) [X/1999 OST]
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i still think that being told to shut the fuck up is incredibly funny after saying heres why voting is good in response to someone asking why voting matters and looking for a sincere answer.
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Book Review: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨️(4.5)
Overview
If you like:
Moral challenged characters
Dystopian worlds
A 'perfect' world
Dangerous apprenticeships
Doing bad for the greater good
Dual POV
Corrupt societies
Then this book is the one for you!
The concept of this book is so unique and plays beautifully with the idea of the underlying imperfections in a seemingly perfect world. There were brief moments where I was loosing interest, but somehow they would be the exact times the curveball I was craving would arrive! If it hadn't hit on a big pet peeve of mine, this could have been a perfect 5 stars.
Blurb
'Thou Shalt Kill'
'What if death was the only thing left to control?
'In a perfect world, the only way to die is to be gleaned by a professional scythe. When Citra and Rowan are chosen to be apprentice scythes, they no they have no option but to learn the art of killing. However, the terrifying responsibility of choosing their victims is just the start.
'Corruption is the order of the day and Citra and Rowan need to stick together to fight it.
'Then they are told that one of them will have to glean the other...'
When I got settled into the story I forgot the end of that blurb, and the reveal came as such a shock until I realised I already knew 😂.
Warnings
There is a lot of violence in this book, not excruciatingly graffic, since that isn't my thing, but still frequent. There is also talk of suicide, referred to as 'self-gleaning', and descriptions of enjoying and becoming desensitised to violence.
If you think any of these topics may affect you this series may be worth a skip.
I feel this is suitable for 15/16 years and upwards.
The Downside
If I do anymore reviews in the future, you will learn that I'm a little bit of a romance cynic- if there isn't space to fully develop the relationship without it overpowering the story, then I don't see the benefit in having it. The main relationship in this story felt empty to me for the level of sacrifice it created. Something was missing, and it felt like the epitome of forced proximity. Probably won't be a popular opinion, but I honestly feel they would have been better off as friends. Like I said, if there isn't space to develop the relationship in the plot, it isn't necessary.
Conclusion
I really enjoyed this book, and I'm glad I impulse bought the series since I definitely will continue it! Lots of interesting concepts, and a refreshing break away from the standard fantasy/science fiction.
Fans of the Hunger Games and Divergent will definitely appreciate it, but even if dystopian isn't usually your thing, if you have any interest in mystery at all I'd encourage you to give it a shot.
Thank you very much for reading, I hope I helped!
My first full review so any criticism is welcome! Reblog if you'd like me to do the same for other books
Also, stuck between reading the Raybearer sequel or The Box in the Woods next, any advice?
🧡💛🤍💙🖤
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Hello, everyone I'M BACK!
I'm officially off on holiday for the rest of the year and come January, I'll start the 11th grade. It feels pretty unreal, to be honest.
Anyway, I had a super productive day today!
I had my first piano lesson since I was 9 this morning and it went amazing, I loved it so much! We went through a tonne of musical theory and played a few exercises-my teacher told my mum that I'm "very musical", like thank you so much!
I also revised some physics today, sorted out all my notes and my files, tidied up my room, vacuumed and ordered my closet (which was a disaster) and cleaned up part of my bathroom as well.
I've been trying to get better at chess so that's one of my goals for the month; I've been playing a game a day online and I'm genuinely improving! I started playing the advanced bot today (I got my rear end handed to me).
Now I'm going to go and wash my hair and then I'll help my brother set up his new phone and hopefully get about two hours to my WIP this evening.
ADHD was so on my side today, let's hope that it stays that way!
I hope you all had an amazing day/night.
~Mia 🌻
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Nourish (from any of my muses?)
[(nourish) - for your muse to provide my muse with food or drink.
is @sailorofseaseas okay?]
"...Thank you."
Endimion gratefully accepted the apple with trembling hands. He could barely keep himself upright at this point. This early in spring food was always scarse, and it had been many days since his last meal.
Now he looked at the kind stranger with near adoration for feeding him, before gingerly biting down. The apple's sweet juice nearly made him weep with relief.
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