Crimson Bound

"Do you think that doing the right thing will always be pretty?"

Title: Crimson Bound

Author: Rosamund Hodge 

Published On: May 5th 2015 

Published By: Balzer + Bray 

Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance, Retelling

Pages: 448 

Rating: 2.5

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"When Rachelle was fifteen she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless— straying from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat.

Three years later, Rachelle has given her life to serving the realm, fighting deadly creatures in an effort to atone. When the king orders her to guard his son Armand—the man she hates most—Rachelle forces Armand to help her find the legendary sword that might save their world. As the two become unexpected allies, they uncover far-reaching conspiracies, hidden magic, and a love that may be their undoing. In a palace built on unbelievable wealth and dangerous secrets, can Rachelle discover the truth and stop the fall of endless night?

Inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, Crimson Bound is an exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption."

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

 This post is a simple one, and yet, simplicity does not denote triviality.  This is a post filled with some of my favorite words, all strung together like ducks in a line. There are quotes here that, just by reading them, buoy me up with happiness, good memories, and send me reaching for the books from which they have been snatched. These are the words that mean more than what they mean; they say more than what they say. They bring to mind a memory, or a feeling. They help me remember a specific time in my life or maybe a certain place. They changed my life. In any case, these quotes are my favorites and they are more beautiful than a sunset or a rainbow. Unlike those things, these words will never fade.

• "Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense." ~Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

• "I am haunted by humans." ~The Book Thief 

• “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.” ~The Night Circus