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[linhiko]

“It was him or you,” he said softly. “You had to choose.”

Her gaze fell to the wet grass beneath her, the wrapped bandage. She thought of her past. Her whole life.

The Winner’s Kiss ♕ Marie Rutkoski

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[linhiko]

FAVORITE BOOKS ✿ The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski

“Looks like someone’s suffering the Winner’s Curse.” Kestrel turned to her. “What do you mean?” “You don’t come to auctions often, do you? The Winner’s Curse is when you come out on top of the bid, but only by paying a steep price.” “I don’t understand,” said Jess. Neither did Kestrel. What had she been thinking? What had she been trying to prove? Nothing, she told herself. Nothing at all.

[linhiko]

FAVORITE BOOKS ✿ The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski

“On the battlefield, you stayed—” “Of course I did.” “You have a strong sense of honor. You always have. I think you think you owe me something.” “I stayed because I love you.” He flinched and looked away. “You don’t mean that.” “Yes, I do.”

[linhiko]

READ IN 2021 ➼ the winner’s kiss by marie rutkoski

She said that she still loved him, because it was true. He owed her better answers than the ones he had given, and even if he never had them, it was her right to keep asking. She would never give him her dagger. “I tried so hard to live in your world,” she told him. “Now it’s your turn to live in mine.”

[linhiko]

FAVORITE BOOKS ✿ The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski

Her father held his honor so firmly, like a solid thing, something that couldn’t twist free. It occurred to Kestrel that she had wondered before what her father’s honor was like, and Arin’s, but she didn’t know the shape of her own. There was dishonor, she decided, in accepting someone else’s idea of honor without question.

[linhiko]

READ IN 2021 ➼ the winner’s curse by marie rutkoski

Kestrel felt a flicker of instinctive curiosity. Then she reminded herself bitterly that this was what curiosity had bought her: fifty keystones for a singer who refused to sing, a friend who wasn't her friend, someone who was hers and yet would never be hers. Kestrel looked away from Arin. She swore to herself that she would never look back.

[linhiko]

READ IN 2021 ➼ the winner’s crime by marie rutkoski

She stood in front of Tensen’s painting longer than she actually looked at it. Finally, she set a moth on its frame. She told herself the kind of lie that knows itself for what it is. Kestrel decided that it was better that Arin think this way of her. Yes. It had all been for the best.

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Kestrin from The Winner’s Trilogy

[linhiko]

LIT MEME: 7/8 Friendships Arin and Roshar, The Winner’s Trilogy

“How do I look in the dark?” Startled, Arin glanced at him. The question had had no edges. It wasn’t sleek, either. Its soft, uncertain shape suggested that Roshar truly wanted to know. In the fired red shadows, his limbs looked lax and his mutilated face met Arin’s squarely. The heavy feeling that Arin carried—that specific sadness, nestled just below his collar bone, like a pendant—lessened. He said, “Like my friend.” Roshar didn’t smile. When he spoke, his voice matched his expression, which was rare for him. Rarer still: his tone. Quiet and true. “You do, too.”

[linhiko]

Lit Meme: 3/8 Friendships Kestrel and Sarsine, The Winner’s Trilogy

“Did it never occur to you that I’d worry when you disappeared from the city with no word?” […] “I’m sorry, Sarsine.” Sarsine folded her arms. “Then make it up to me.” “How?” Sarsine’s expression softened. Now there was an inquisitive gleam in her eye. “Start with the night you left. End with this very moment. And tell me everything.”  So Kestrel did.

[linhiko]

LIT MEME: 2/5 Protagonists Kestrel Trajan, The Winner’s Trilogy

Kestrel felt a slow, slight throb, a shimmer in the blood. She knew it well. Her worst trait. Her best trait. The desire to come out on top, to set her opponent under her thumb. A streak of pride. Her mind ringed with hungry rows of foxlike teeth.

[linhiko]

LIT MEME: 4/6 Minor Characters Prince Roshar, The Winner’s Trilogy

“I have a confession,” [Roshar] said. “Sometimes I offend on purpose. It’s like my smile.” “That’s not an apology.” “Princes don’t apologize.” 

[linhiko]

LIT MEME: 3/7 OTPs Kestrel & Arin, The Winner’s Trilogy

“Arin. I've wanted to do this for a long time." Her words silenced him, steadied him. Anticipation lifted within her like the fragrance of a garden under the rain. She sat at the piano, touching the keys. "Ready?" He smiled. "Play.”

[linhiko]

Lit Meme: 6/9 Quotes

The Winner’s Kiss, Marie Rutkoski