i think my favorite part was cassie's narration. i've only read one other book this year where there was a narrator who was in verse ( The Initial Insult) but i felt like it was lyrical without losing the ability to understand was cassie was trying to say. The stranger said, “My friend here knows martial arts. If you want to get to me, you're gonna have to go through him, and I don’t think you gentlemen will enjoy that.” Maybe all the things we create have some piece of us, something we impart, or something we just leave behind.

We actually moved while I was writing this book, and in our new town, we get a small murder of crows every autumn. They hang out behind my house and I get to feed them as a thank you for their inspiration. My children are convinced I’ve somehow summoned them here. I’m fine. This guy made sure of that.” Venti gestured at Xiao, and that was when time began flowing normally again. Fine, fine,” Xiao said. “I'll go with you. But you should write it down next time. Don’t you have a room key or something?”Third: a vague memory of rubbery arms going round and round, holding him close as their owner laughed.

Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it’s no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Nine years... almost ten, now... that's how long Sabo had been imprisoned in a golden cage, his wings tied down, unable to touch the sky. He hadn't tried to escape. Not yet. Not when he still had a brother he needed to protect by staying silent and mostly obedient. His father knew very well what to threaten to get his son to obey. Alle donne della sua generazione è stato insegnato che quel che conta è l'apparenza. Che essere una brava moglie è più importante di essere felice o di non essere in pericolo"...

These ranged from devil fruit shenanigans to their boat sinking to Thatch losing the log pose and many more. Meanwhile, Ace had once again bet something highly specific but most likely not the case. A vein pulsed in the man's forehead. He glanced at his companion. It was good to be right; if they really meant business, they would've started swinging by now. I haven't lived through any of what Leighton has gone through, so I'm really not to person to judge how realistic it really is, but from what else I've read, this is probably one of the most realistic feeling domestic violence and abuse books I've read. I thought that the complicated feelings were well portrayed as they all try to deal with it and figure out what to do. Die „Krähenplage“ welche über die Kleinstadt Auburn hereinkommt, sowie die Darstellung des Hauses würde ich als Elemente des magischen Realismus bezeichnen. Ich fand sie wunderbar eingesetzt, um Szenen noch symbolkräftiger zu machen. Es hat mich in feinster Weise gestört, minimal irritiert zu Beginn, aber es ist ein sehr unterstützendes Element bei dieser Geschichte.