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Evelyn Presley 💫

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30/100

Daisy Jones & The Six

The book follows via interview the many things that happened between a band that broke up abruptly without anyone knowing the reason behind it, until now.

We get too hear from each band member what it was like to be on the band, the things that happened, the way they felt and why they ended the band.

I don’t know why people don’t talk about this book more, I know The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the most famous book by the author, but I think it should be Daisy Jones & The Six.

The characters of this book feel so human and so vulnerable to us, Daisy made me feel the way an empowered woman with a lot of issues can make you feel. Camila was just amazing and was everything I’d like to be as a person (except for the mom part), Karen was just so powerful and Simone such a good friend. I was tearing up while reading this book because the author did such a good job in portraying relationships between women, they weren’t fighting with each other, they all just had very complex feelings.

Daisy specially had her complex feelings she shared with Billy, Camila’s husband, it was killing them slowly but it made them as good as they were.

What I definitely loved the most was the great portrayal of women and the portrayal of love in a light we rarely see it, not as a wonderful perfect ever after, but as a raw, have-to-work-for-it way, it was everything and more than what I expected of this book. I didn’t expect to get so attached to the characters or to feel so emotional to see the different relationships or to feel so happy to see women of different life paths all living happily in the end.

I’m quite picky with the books I give five stars to, but I think his book deserves it. It might also be my most annotated book, so I’ll try to chose only my favorite quotes to end this review without writing the whole book. I also want the audiobook now, I feel like it will be interesting.

« I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse.

I am not a muse.

I am the somebody.

End of fucking story. »

« Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people. »

« And you can’t put it in your heart if it’s not there.

And you can’t pull it out of your heart if it is.

And it was in Camila’s heart. »

« I think you have to have faith in people before they earn it. Otherwise it’s not faith, right? »

« I wore what I wanted when I wanted. I did what I wanted with who I wanted. And if somebody didn’t like it, screw ’em. »

« if you redeem yourself, then believe in your own redemption. »

« I used to care when men called me difficult. I really did. Then I stopped. This way is better. »

« It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams. »

« It hurts to care about someone more than they care about themselves. »

« Art doesn’t owe anything to anyone. »

« I wish someone had told me that love isn’t torture. Because I thought love was this thing that was supposed to tear you in two and leave you heartbroken and make your heart race in the worst way. I thought love was bombs and tears and blood. I did not know that it was supposed to make you lighter, not heavier. I didn’t know it was supposed to take only the kind of work that makes you softer. I thought love was war. I didn’t know it was supposed to … I didn’t know it was supposed to be peace. »

« All I will say is that you show up for your friends on their hardest days. And you hold their hand through the roughest parts. Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding. »

« You’re all sorts of things you don’t even know yet. »

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4/5 stars

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>> Evelyn Presley <<

Find more of her info here!

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🔢what’s their body count? ~ Atlas, Evelyn

Atlas' body count is around 20-30.

Evelyn's body count (this kind of depends on the verse), is 6. (She usually goes back to the same people when in need of relief.)

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Evelyn's apartment aesthetic

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🎵 ~ Evelyn and Chase

I got Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, weirdly I actually think this fits pretty well - the music gods are definitely on my side today and i'm having a blast doing these!! "Tell me something, girl Are you happy in this modern world? Or do you need more? Is there something else you're searchin' for?"

"Tell me something, boy Aren't you tired trying to fill that void?" "I'm faling In all the good times, I find myself longing for change And in the bad times, I fear myself I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in I'll never meet the ground"

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Truth serum:

For the angels~ what’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to someone?

For the demons~ what’s the nicest thing you’ve ever done to someone?

Chase: He abandoned his faith and his morals by making a deal with the devil in order to be granted permission to guard his family down on Earth. His end of the deal was sealed by the spilling of innocent blood; Chase killed an angel. Unluckily, the other end of the deal was never kept and Chase was cast out with clipped wings, and his family's memory of him was erased. Regardless of his intentions, if you were to ask him, Chase would always say the worst thing he's ever done is kill someone.

Evelyn: Passing judgement to creatures who could've benefitted from her help and guidance — everyone is deserving of mercy and a second chance.

Avery: A combination of things. Stealing money and food from grocery stores, even from individual people. Stealing a car, and even though she did plan on returning it; she never did. Oops.

Arakiel: The time in which he was in charge of passing judgement to souls, deciding their fate when no one else was there to do it. It was not his job, he wasn't created to take care of such a thing — he was bound to make some mistakes with his decisions. An individual incident he greatly regrets is clipping Chase's wings and casting him out.

Ruth: In her life as a human Ruth volunteered at the church a lot as well as often donated her old clothes and toys to charity. In her life as a demon? Stay away from her family and the people from her past life.

Atlas: Agree to see his physically and verbally abusive father to please his mom and never hitting back.

Dakota: Tear off his wings and his horns in an attempt to fit in and not frighten people? Attempting to end his life?

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💠 I don’t actually understand the prompt but like… you do you babeyyyy. Write them babies

"You're going to break her heart, you know." Dakota's expression didn't shift despite the angel taunting him. They had met before, briefly. What surprised the demon most was the fact Chase still bothered speaking to him at all; if it were the other way around, he wouldn't have said a thing. He wasn't going to now either, but the damned creature stopped in his tracks as soon as he had left the holy ground of the church. Every time the angel did, he seemed clearly relieved - as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders whenever he left its boundaries. Dakota rarely entered whatever was considered holy; besides angels of course. Chase was particularly worried about him entering a very particular angel. "If anything, she's breaking her own heart. I don't have power over such things." The demon often brushed aside his responsibility in situations like these; it was something Chase couldn't stand. In fact, the angel stood by the stone wall surrounding the church, looking up at the taller, blonde man whose features seemed far more angelic than his. The fallen one's eyes were framed by dark shadows from sleepless nights and whenever he looked at this unholy being, he couldn't feel anything but jealosy for the way Dakota's skin was always radiant and flawless. His eyes were a pale yellow, the demon's pooled with much darker hues of orange and red. "I would think your kind was particularly aware of their power over things," Chase said. It was unlike him, but he looked after Evelyn - which seemed ironic considering only one of them was actually divine.

Dakota's gaze narrowed slightly. He wasn't sure which he hated more; the angel disguising himself as a pathetic victim of the cruel world or whatever knight-in-shining-armor bullshit this was. The demon scoffed. "Much like your kind should be aware of your lack of power." Neither of them wanted to admit the cold fact they were a lot alike. Only one was overcome by anger, the other by sadness. Somehow the polar opposites of each other, somehow only seperated by a fading line. Chase swallowed, it was true only one of them intimidated the other. Only one of them could truly harm the other. They both knew this. Therefore the demon took pleasure in tormenting the angel whenever he tried to poke at parts of him that simply didn't exist to most people.

"Chase, Dakota-!" Evelyn hurried through the church yard, towards the gate. She smiled, although Chase could very well tell she was nervous. The way she looked at him was apologetic, almost ashamed. Dakota's eyes were overcome with a dark red as his eyes shifted to the angel hurrying to them. Realising this made Chase feel unwell and uncomfortable. "Thank you for waiting for me, are you ready to go?" Evelyn's head cocked to the side and her coworker could so clearly see the admiration in her gaze as she stared at the demon, as if overlooking some kind of a miracle. "Ready when you are, angel." "I'll, uh, see you tomorrow, Evelyn. Stay safe," Chase's eyes shifted between the demon and the angel. Somehow he was the outcast out of the three, the one in-between. Not belonging anywhere. Dakota had already snuk his hand around her shoulders, like a snake luring in his prey in to slowly suffocate it. "I won't break her." Dakota's comment came with a sinister grin just to taunt him, but it only made Evelyn quiver with excitement. She swallowed nervously. As Chase turned to leave his chest felt tight, his head heavy.

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2. how often does my muse engage in sex?  For Evelyn

You can usually count the amount of times on one hand per year! Although, they're usually close together before a long break.

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Do they have a favorite part of a partners body? (Like the neck, collarbone, ribs, thighs, feet?, etc, etc.)

Chase: Face — every beautiful expression of emotion, lips, eyes. Hips.

Ruth: Hands. Big hands.

Dakota: Collarbone, neck. Subtle, elegant — good to kiss, mark, bite, choke.

Evelyn: Jaw, stomach (bonus points for a visible v-line)

Alec: Forearms, chest

Skyler: Hands, biceps

Atlas: Chest, thighs (+ sharp nails)

Quinn: Legs, stomach

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What is the worst thing your character has done for sex? For any of them that want to answer.

"Been with a human. Let myself believe that a naive, needy and fragile little creature like that could ever truly know what they really want; they never do. I ignored that fact." It's the closest Dakota had ever gotten to what he believed to be ‘true’ love in his life — with a human. What a stupid joke that was.

"Broke the seal that was meant to protect my home from evil beings, demons." It wasn't as if Evelyn hadn't apologized to God countless of times before and after; yet it didn't change the fact what the angel had done.

Skyler snorted, laughing; where should he start? "Paid for it? Not to be fucked but paid to be allowed to suck someone off and sleep on their couch. I guess that's pretty pathetic."