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Saint Death's Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney
Publisher: Solaris
Genre: Fantasy
If you like:
Necromancers who love pink 💕
The Locked Tomb series
Found family
Queernorm world-building
Skeletons and bones
Intricate magic systems
Footnotes!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Synopsis
Lanie Stones, the daughter of the Royal Assassin and Chief Executioner of Liriat, has never led a normal life. Born with a gift for necromancy and a literal allergy to violence, she was raised in isolation in the family’s crumbling mansion by her oldest friend, the ancient revenant Goody Graves.
When her parents are murdered, it falls on Lanie and her cheerfully psychotic sister Nita to settle their extensive debts or lose their ancestral home—and Goody with it. Appeals to Liriat's ruler to protect them fall on indifferent ears… until she, too, is murdered, throwing the nation's future into doubt.
Hunted by Liriat’s enemies, hounded by her family’s creditors and terrorised by the ghost of her great-grandfather, Lanie will need more than luck to get through the next few months—but when the goddess of Death is on your side, anything is possible.
Content warnings
death, murder, violence, torture, kidnapping, slavery
gore, body horror, blood
familial abuse, child abuse, domestic abuse: physical, verbal and emotional
parental death
self-harm for magic purposes
abusive relationship
animal cruelty, animal death
grief, depression
fantasy racism and xenophobia
physical confinement
childhood chronic illness
alcohol
Review
Saint Death's Daughter is the first book of the trilogy, followed by Saint Death's Herald, but it wraps up the main arc well-enough that it can be read as a standalone.
This is a wildly ambitious novel that, according to the acknowledgements, took over ten years to write? and it shows. The amount of world-building that goes into the gods, the magic system, the different countries as well as their respective cultures and forms of governance is simply astounding.
Although the synopsis is an accurate summary of the events of this book, every turn still took me by surprise, and I never knew what to expect.
Our protagonist, Miscellaneous "Lanie" Stones is full of heart and gumption. I loved her love; Lanie loves her friends and her reanimated creations and life and Death so earnestly and sincerely, with her whole heart, in spite of her upbringing. I'm also obsessed with the fact that, even though she is a necromancer, she loves bright colours and dressing in poofy pink dresses.
Not to say that this book is all sunshine and rainbows; Lanie goes through it, and this book turned out to be much darker than I had expected. (Check the content warnings!) But she manages to get through it with her newfound friends and family.
It's also really interesting how Lanie has a literal allergy to violence; violence is basically a given in most fantasy novels, so reading about how Lanie navigates violence in a world full of nothing but was fascinating.
Honestly, I could go on about this book for hours, but I think it's best to go into this knowing less about what happens.
#saint death's daughter#cse cooney#booklr#book review#necromancy#fantasy#fantasy books#fantasy novel#queer#queer books#queer romance#queer representation#nonbinary representation#lgbt#lgbtqia#lgbtq#lgbt books#queernorm#sff#sff books#queer sff#queer fantasy#lgbt fantasy#nblw
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July Book Reviews: Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney
Library book I picked up on a whim, despite the rather disappointing cover. And I’m glad I did, because this book was excellent, easily one of the top three new books of this year. The first section reminded me rather of Gideon the Ninth (contains: quirky bone atrocities, necromancy, deeply concerning interpersonal relationships, evil family, violence). But then there’s a seven year timeskip, and after a bit more Necromantic Atrocities and violence, the plot takes an abrupt turn into a plot that felt to me like The Goblin Emperor (contains: incredibly detailed original worldbuilding, found-family narrative, focus on character relationships even to the detriment of plot.)
Mind, both GtN and TGE are rightfully beloved, and if you like them you may not like this book. I don’t want to set an impossibly high bar. comparisons are subjective and based on my judgement of the Vibes only etc etc. But this really is a very good book. It centers on Miscellaneous “Lanie” Stones (yes, all the names in this book are like that) misbegotten daughter of a line of executioners and assassins. She’s a necromancer who is, unfortunately, literally allergic to violence, which rather curtails her options. When her parents abruptly die, their creditor comes to claim the ancestral bone abode-- forcing Lanie to write to her vicious, dangerously unstable older sister. While Nita is able to stay the creditor for a while, her abrupt return plunges Lanie into a host of other troubles and plot ensues. And that’s only the first bit, not touching on the latter four-fifths found family plotline for spoiler reasons.
Also, did I mention there’s footnotes? There’s footnotes. Mostly detailing obscure quirky bone atrocity worldbuilding details. Strictly speaking, the footnotes aren’t necessary; the worldbuilding is fantastically detailed and unique, but you don’t have to follow any of the fiddly details to understand the plot, despite the intimidating explanation of the calendar system the book opens with. But the footnotes add a lovely touch. Oh, and another thing-- this book is also wonderfully casually queer. The main romance plot (done with a light touch that never dominates the plot) is f/nb, and many of the secondary characters are queer in one way or another.
Final verdict: highly recommended. I was not exaggerating when I said it was one of the best things I’ve read so far this year.
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.....huh. I hadn't fully realized before *how much* Horror Ends In Hope sings for me but... the catharsis of passing through the fire into softness and safety is... actually a very core part of my love towards Coraline (book AND movie versions, but separately as their own things), Madoka Magika (original core series, scared if expansion will change that; bonus feature ends on a Fierce Light note), and Pricker Boy (Reade Scott Whinnem YA book, very reread-bait for me but I'll never forget the rush of the first go round when I didn't know for certain yet); and even a tangential reason for how hard I've bonded with parts of Wayward Children (the first book from Nancy's angle, and Cora's arc in Where The Drowned Girls Go).
And oh *lordy* is it the pure shiny heart of The Big Ba-Ha, which was my first immersive, gasping, whirlwind introduction to CSE Cooney.
That's... a potentially useful thing to know about my taste.
#personal#books#film#fantasy#thematic analysis#commonalities in media#tropes are fun#hopeful horror#coraline#madoka magica#the pricker boy#wayward children#cse cooney
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What I read in 2023
And what I thought about it. Pretty much all Scifi/YA, read on if you want book reccs or just to be nosy <3
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Do you have a favorite book of 2023? please let me know <3
Images and image descriptions included below the cut.
I will be using a 5 star system to rate each book.
(Image Description, 4 books covers in a collage including half a soul, the house of lost wives, Saint Deaths Daughter, and The stargazers war).
Half a soul By Olivia Atwater. I picked this book up on sale on kindle, and I liked it! It was easy to read but covered some interesting topics. The main character is cursed by the fae as a child and the book covers her dealing with this curse as an adult in victorian england. Think pride and prejudice but with curses and wizards. 4/5 stars.
The house of lost wives by Rebecca Hardy. This was another kindle sale book and while i liked it, I think it could have used another run through editing as the pacing was strange. This book follows a young woman who can see ghosts and is trying to find answers behind the death of her sister. 3/5 stars.
Saint Deaths daughter by C.S.E Cooney. This book was probably my biggest surprise of 2023. I loved this book, its beautifully written and very fresh. It follows the daughter of 2 famous necromancers as she struggles with family members both alive and dead. 5/5 stars, excited to see more from this author.
The Stargazers war by JP valentine. This author has become one of my favorites this year. I love his sense of humor and the fact that his books often have found family feels. 5/5 stars, cannot wait for the next book.
(Image description, 4 book covers in a collage including Briar heart, The false princess, Nona the Ninth, and This quest is Bullshit).
Briar heart by Mercedes Lackey. This is a fairy tale retelling that plays with the usual tropes of that genre. Any book by this author is very comforting to me and this one was fun but not stunning. 3/5 stars.
The false Princess by Eilis O'neal. This felt like a book 12 year old me would have been obsessed with, and 24 year old me really liked it too. It follows a princess who finds out she was a body double this whole time, and her journey after leaving her childhood home. 4/5 stars.
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Listen, this is Tungler dot com, I do not need to sell this book here. 5/5 stars, I will break into your house and leave copies of this series for you to start reading :)
This quest is Bullshit! By JP valentine. This is this authors second appearance on this list and for good reason. This book was my first foray into LitRPG - fiction written as though the characters are in a roleplaying game. It was extremely funny and very fresh and exciting to me. If you enjoy playing DND or baldurs gate, you will probably like this series. 5/5 stars.
(image description; 4 book covers in a collage including Terrier, A coup of tea, Wolfsong, and Hyperbole and a Half).
Terrier by Tamora Pierce. This was a reread! I love Tamora Pierce, she is one of my go-to comfort authors. This series is not my favorite of her Tortall series, but it still stands up! 4/5 stars.
A coup of tea series by Casey Blair. This series follows a princess who chooses her own path - which turns out to be making tea! If you loved Uncle Iroh, you will like these books. 5/5 stars, I wanted more!
Wolfsong by TJ klune. This was my first TJ klune book and it delivered. This book will have you asking "Did TJ klune grow up reading high quality werewolf fanfiction?" because it reads like high quality werewolf fanfiction. 4/5 stars.
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh. This is the only nonfiction on the list but for good reason! It is an absolutely hilarious collection of true stories that had me hooting like a goose. 5/5 stars.
(Image description; Just one book cover, Girls made of snow and glass by Melissa Basherdoust).
Girls made of snow and glass by Melissa Bashardoust. This book is an honorable mention because I'm pretty sure I read it in 2022, but I really loved it. This book was special to me because it involves a positive relationship between a stepmother and stepdaughter and nice sapphic representation (NOT between stepdaughter and stepmother you guttersnipes). 5/5 stars for me :D
#long post#book reccs#what i read in 2023#sci fi and fantasy#tamora pierce#mercedes lackey#tamsyn muir#melissa bashardoust#JP Valentine#Oliva Atwater#CSE cooney
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Year End Book List
Well I was going to talk about the absolute best twelve books that I read this year, anticipating having to narrow it down as I do every year. Then I started looking through my list, and um, maybe the challenge will be finding twelve?
Jeez. I refuse to believe that there weren’t 12 perfect-blow-me-out-of-the-water books that I could have read this past year, so I will accept that I apparently…
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Me and CSE Cooney. 2023.
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Saint Death's Daughter Review
Just finished reading Saint Death's Daughter and I really like it, will share my thoughts below as I start the new year I wanna share more book reviews.
Non-spoiler review: I really enjoyed the unique magic system and worldbuilding of the different nations mentioned and how the worship of the gods is so effortlessly entwined into everyday life there. All of the characters were very well developed as was the relationships between them. My only complaint was that it was very difficult at times to understand the writing style as a lot of the words that were used were very archaic.
Spoilers below
What I loved most about the series was how it went in several different directions and wasn't at all like I was expecting. When Lanie is introduced as a teenager I thought she would stay that age and journey with her sister as a precocious coming of age story but then boom the time skip happened, she got a niece and Nita was killed a quarter in. I thought Nita would play a much bigger role and maybe become nicer or at least less of a threat but I'm glad the author went the direction she did and that part of the story centered around Nita's influence on the characters after she passed. I also love the parallels between Nita and the Blackbird Bride, both as users of fascination against Lanie. Love the non-binary rep in Canon Lir, I'm still confused about the plot twist, he was the Blood Royal and the fire priest, there was no twins??? Loved the found family dynamics with Havoc and Duantri and Tan and Mak and Datu. Lanie learning to open up and let in people and trusting in her relationship with Saint Death was fun to read. Her relationship with Goody, her telling Goody her real name and releasing her to Saint Death's cloak...... *sobs* that part made me so sad, but it was so good. Overall, I really liked it and I'm guessing it's a series cause there's so many loose ends with Canon Lir and the Skrathmandan family and Grandpa Rad lol.
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Books of 2024: THE DEATH I GAVE HIM by Em X. Liu.
Up next! Hamlet retelling but make it science + a locked-lab mystery (which is, of course, directly up my alley!). Horatio is the lab's resident AI, and I'm so excited to see how this goes.
#books#books of 2024#the death i gave him#em x. liu#book photography#my photography#and yeah catch me transitioning out of THE WAY SPRING ARRIVES with this one lmao#one queer chinese spec fic book to another babeeey#i'm about to speedrun a hamlet kick and i'm having a good time#ALSO#i need the world to know how BLAZINGLY BRIGHT this book is!!!#holy shit it is SO green (my photo doesn't do the green justice sorry)#and the accents are SO HOT PINK#and then!! the back cover!! IS ALSO SO HOT PINK#THE END PAGES ARE EVEN BRIGHTER HOT PINK!!!!#i'm delighted by the colorful experience of this book XD#lowkey bummed that the boards are just black with silver text honestly#AND i have. reservations. about how sturdy the whole thing is (it doesn't feel especially well-put together)#but gotdamn if it isn't COLORFUL#also the blurbers on the back are a powerhouse as a collective#shelley parker-chan and cassandra khaw and grace d li#freya marske and sam j miller#(i don't actually know ren hutchings and cse cooney on sight but i feel like i should....)#anyway!! stoked!! love books made for meeee
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read in 2023: mixed feelings but goddamn i can't stop thinking about it
Saint Death's Daughter
The Archive Undying
Desdemona and the Deep
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3, 4 and 20 for the end-of-year book asks?
3. What were your top five books of the year?
with the caveat that favorites are hard:
Furious Heaven, by Kate Elliott. Alexander the Great in space, nicely hefty space opera/military scifi. I've though about this book more than maybe any non-web serial book in the past couple years. I have a playlist for it. Persephone Lee blorbo of all time. I need to remember to keep reading Kate Elliott, her stuff is mostly intimidatingly long but I've loved every book of hers I've read.
To Shape a Dragon's Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose. After hatching a dragon, a Native American girl is forced to attend a colonial dragonriders school. This book was so perfectly targeted to me, I'm a sucker for books where people raise dragons. And the worldbuilding! Such an interesting alt-history, and such a fun magic system that is mostly actual chemistry/physics. This is one where I also got really really invested in the side characters, Theod's arc in particular hit me really hard. But it's also great to have a book (not even a super long book!) where I can say things like "I'm interested in the main character's older brother's girlfriends plotline about inventing long-range airships", and have that level of engagement across a wide cast. Also, this book has the perfect title in ways that become clear partway through.
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth collapses, it's terraforming experiments live on. The best part of reading for the Hugo awards has been getting to find Adrian Tchaikovsky's work. I love this book (and the series I'm using it as a proxy for) deeply, the kind of science fiction so sweeping and devastating and heartbreakingly compassionate it makes me cry.
The Saint of Bright Doors, by Vajra Chandrasekera. An odd novel about a man who has decided not to be a chosen one. I keep turning this one over in my head, it's a strange book in genre and tone, but I think very effectively. It's not so much of a personal choice as the others on this list, but it had real weight and power to me. One where I posted a bunch of quotes, and have more I want to share.
He Who Drowned the World, by Shelley Parker-Chan. A genderqueer retelling of the founding of the Ming dynasty. The first one is one of my top books of all time, and this was a worthy sequel. Great character work, and great complicated messy relationships and tangled sexuality and gender.
4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?
So many good new authors! I listed out twelve who I enjoyed but that didn't seem in the spirit of this question. Moniquill Blackgoose and Vajra Chandrasekera both made it on to my top list with their first books. I'd also add CSE Cooney, both her novel and short fiction are excellent and I love the way she uses language.
20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?
Probably He Who Drowned the World? I loved the first book so much, this was one of the few books I preordered instead of getting through the library. And I'd say it lived up to it, maybe not quite as good but the first book set such a high bar.
Other choice would be Some Desperate Glory, which I got obsessed with from prerelease material. Unfortunately I overhyped it in my head, it would have had to be hundreds of pages longer to have what I wanted. Even so it was excellent, but I'd like to come back to it with clearer expectations because I think I'd appreciate it more.
#furious heaven#the saint of bright doors#to shape a dragons breath#children of time#he who drowned the world#books
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Somehow it is ALREADY hugo awards season again, and I am once again behind on reading books published in the last year that I might want to consider nominating. Nominations close at the end of April! That's less than 2 months away! And I have so many books to read.
Here are the books I'm currently thinking of reading before the end of nominations, to bulk out my familiarity with the books of 2022 with the most interest to me before I decide what to nominate.
Do you have any opinions on which of these I should prioritize? Or which are not worth reading? Or, perish the thought, books I haven't thought of which are worth adding to the list? If so please let me know!!
Nettle & Bone - T Kingfisher
A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross
The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez
Babel - RF Kuang
The Unbalancing - RB Lemberg
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves - Meg Long
Hunt the Stars - Jessie Mihalik
City of Orange - David Yoon
Spear - Nicola Griffith
Saint Death's Daughter - CSE Cooney
End of the World House - Adrienne Celt
The Monsters We Defy - Leslye Penelope
The Dark Between the Trees - Fiona Barnett
The Stardust Thief - Chelsea Abdullah
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy - Megan Bannen
The Stars Undying - Emery Robin
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka
A Half-Built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys
Geometries of Belonging - RB Lemberg
Under Fortunate Stars - Ren Hutchings
Uncommon Charm, by Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver
Unraveller, by Frances Hardinge
A Garter as a Lesser Gift, by Aster Glenn Gray
as an aside, here's the books I've already read, and are on my longlist for nomination in at least one category at the moment:
Siren Queen, by Nghi Vo
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
Ocean's Echo, by Everina Maxwell
When the Angels Left the Old Country, by Sacha Lamb
All the Horses of Iceland, by Sarah Tolmie
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July Book Reviews: Desdemona and the Deep by CSE Cooney
After reading the excellent Saint Death’s Daughter, I went looking for the rest of CSE Cooney’s backlist. Most unfortunately, the backlist seems to consist of this gem of a novella and a couple of short stories. It was a very good novella though-- when Patricia McKillip (no slouch herself when it comes to beautiful imagery) is quoted on the cover saying a book has nice prose, I take notice.
Saint Death’s Daughter sprawled lushly, which I liked but also many people don’t. This novella was much sleeker and more tightly plotted in comparison. Cooney gleefully snatches up fairy tale elements for her shadowy romp of a book-- faery courts and goblin bargains and sinister deals. Desdemona herself is difficult, prickly, and spoilt, but ultimately likeable. The plot is set in a alternate Gilded Age, with glamor barely concealing a corruption which is easily more treacherous than either the goblin or fairy courts.
Highly recommended.
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National Poetry Month: Pain is the Opposite of Thought
A while back, I participated in the Infernal Salon. Using prompts from CSE Cooney’s tarot deck, we wrote poetry live on Twitch for 20 minutes. The card I chose as a prompt read “Pain is the opposite of thought.” Here was the result.
Web of Splinters
The icy morning brightensBetween the blindsFrost crackling on the bedroom windowA watery web of splintersI crave a handful of snow toDouse the…
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being a necromancer be like: *gets attached to undead person* *gets attached to undead animal* *has family trauma* *gets attached to undead rug*
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📚 Saint Death’s Daughter - Book Review
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4769621777
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Crossover appeal, coming of age, fantasy, necromancy, gods and goddesses, LGBTQ+ characters and themes, first loves, friendship, found family, cheeky humor, grief and mourning
Thank you to Rebellion/Solaris for the opportunity to read this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I adored Saint Death's Daughter, and I highly recommend it! It is at once a breath of fresh air and the warm embrace of homecoming, and it filled a hole in me that I didn't know was there.
Full, in-depth review here: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/saint-deaths-daughter-by-c-s-e-cooney/
#mine#book reviews#books#saint death's daughter#strange horizons#cse cooney#lgbtq+#necromancy#fantasy#found family
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ARC Review: Dark Breakers by C.S.E. Cooney
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Publication Date: February 15, 2022
Synopsis:
NEW FROM WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER C. S. E. COONEY
A young human painter and an ageless gentry queen fall in love over spilled wine—at the risk of his life and her immortality. Pulled into the Veil Between Worlds, two feuding neighbors (and a living statue) get swept up in a brutal war of succession. An investigative reporter infiltrates the Seafall City Laundries to write the exposé of a lifetime, and uncovers secrets she never believed possible. Returning to an oak grove to scatter her husband’s ashes, an elderly widow meets an otherworldly friend, who offers her a momentous choice. Two gentry queens of the Valwode plot to hijack a human rocketship and steal the moon out of the sky.
DARK BREAKERS gathers three new and two previously uncollected tales from World Fantasy Award-winning writer C. S. E. Cooney that expand on the thrice-enfolded worlds first introduced in her Locus and World Fantasy award-nominated novella DESDEMONA AND THE DEEP. In her introduction to DARK BREAKERS, Crawford Award-winning author Sharon Shinn advises those who pick up this book to “settle in for a fantastical read” full of “vivid world-building, with layer upon layer of detail; prose so dense and gorgeous you can scoop up the words like handfuls of jewels; a mischievous sense of humor; and a warm and hopeful heart.”
(My Review and Favorite (absolutely gorgeous) Quotes below the break)
My Review:
★★★★★
I LOVED this collection of connected stories, and I am very much looking forward to reading Desdemona and the Deep now.
The writing is absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous. It was challenging at first, a bit of a tangle, and then as I read it opened up and I fell in love with it. With Athe and the Valwode, humans and gentry and goblins, and doors that open at midnight and art that can change the world.
The characters were so layered and intriguing, so interconnected, and it was a joy to come to know them.
There was honestly nothing I would change about it - a rare thing - and I am hereby adding CSE Cooney's name to my list of favorite and must-read authors.
*Thanks to NetGalley and Mythic Delirium Books for providing an e-arc for review.
Favorite Quotes
- They stood together on that liminal platform between second floor and first, and peered over the bannister into the main hall below.
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“That same sandpaper tongue, that flays as it licks.”
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Gideon did not like people touching him unexpectedly — or at all, really. But for some reason, sometimes, he suffered Elliot’s touch. Elliot did not know why. And he would never, for all the gentry gold in the Veil, ask.
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A half-smile from Gideon was about as resistible as a riptide. Elliot returned a shy one of his own.
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A little water, after all, might quench thirst — but a little more would drown you.
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But she must be careful. Too much, too fast, all at once, all the time: that was Athe.
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Illusionist artists painted ceilings that looked like skies — just to remind you that they were ceilings.
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But sometimes, sometimes, Nyx the Nightwalker, Queen of the Valwode, ruler of the unruly gentry, exerted herself to dream a little fragrance into her life, just to delight her own dreaming self — even at the cost of a riot.
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But Nyx was no longer young and stupid — which made her different from all the other perpetually young and stupid gentry…
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He sounded practiced, patient, wise, and anciet.
She frowned at him in peeved admiration. That he dared use that voice on her! Did he imagine Nyx to be one of his unbaked human dough balls, his piglets, his caterpillars, come romping through his halls for an education? Watch her tell him her true name — all of it — pronounced by a bolt of thunder across the whole of the Valwode sky, and see if he survived it!
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But she nodded. She trusted him to do what he did best — and to re-make her, so that she might re-make the world.
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And perhaps, Ana thought, that very feeling of ridiculousness was part of what made the walls between worlds. The fear of humiliation, of talking nonsense, of babbling of things unseen and worlds unknown.
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“Mortal children may learn these things. But they forget. Or they do not believe. But you — you, Ana — when you speak, you are retelling the World Flower into being; you are paving the way for Ymbglidegold!”
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All Ana had to do was readjust a lifetime of perception. All she had to do was think of them, not as stories, as histories. Nixie’s personal memories
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