“But the teacher had been right about one thing: violence breeds. Someone pulls a trigger, sets off a bomb, drives a bus full of tourists off a bridge, and what’s left in the wake isn’t just she’ll casings, wreckage, bodies. There’s something else. Something bad. An aftermath. A recoil. A reaction to all that anger and pain and death.”
ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ― V.E. Schwab, This Savage Song
I love that feeling when you’re reading something so breathtaking you have to just give yourself a moment to let the words sink in and the shivers leave your body.
The book that had the greatest effect on my life was ACOMAF, so in that way it’s the best book I’ve ever read.
But the most beautifully written book I’ve ever read is This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab. Her writing style is probably my favourite of all the authors I’ve read so far, so really all of her books are tied for best!
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12. I am the Mockingjay. I brought down the Capitol. President Snow hates me. He killed my sister. Now I will kill him. And then the Hunger Games will be over…