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2018/04: Summer in Orcus -- T. Kingfisher
Sunday, March 25th, 2018 06:57 pm2018/04: Summer in Orcus -- T. Kingfisher
Summer is eleven years old and lives with her mother, who loves her very very much: so much that Summer, offered her heart's desire by the witch Baba Yaga, finds herself wondering if that desire is to be an orphan. She loves her mother, of course, but she isn't allowed to do anything even mildly risky (riding a horse, going on the Ferris wheel, going to a sleepover) because she's all her mother has.
( non-spoilery )
She took a step back, knowing that if they came for her, there was no point in running. Her throat and her heart and the nerves along the backs of her arms said we will try to run anyway, and Summer, still in the grip of her strange new emotion, said I know. She found that she loved her heart and her nerves for their willingness to try to save her, even in the face of futility. [loc. 4043]
Summer is eleven years old and lives with her mother, who loves her very very much: so much that Summer, offered her heart's desire by the witch Baba Yaga, finds herself wondering if that desire is to be an orphan. She loves her mother, of course, but she isn't allowed to do anything even mildly risky (riding a horse, going on the Ferris wheel, going to a sleepover) because she's all her mother has.
( non-spoilery )
