#the midnight lie

[wlw-library]

"contemporary texts aren't ever as meaningful/artistic/etc as classics." WRONG! Here are a few prime examples of beautiful modern writing:

"All I can do is stand on the curb and say 'Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.'" - Richard Siken, Crush

“They both know the looping shape of pain—it changes and quiets but never ends. There is a strange comfort in its constancy. Memories of what was lost are also reminders of what was held.” - Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate

"Cold came over me, but I was warm inside with guilt. The feeling nuzzled against me. It pressed against my heart like a soft animal and slept in my life." - Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

"Surviving's ugly work, and here I am, so hideously alive." - Trista Mateer, Girl, Isolated

“I've taken what they've given me and turned it into a mockery of them. I will turn it into what destroys them. If they want me to be a monster one step closer to God, that's fine. In what world was their God ever a benevolent one?” - Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

#writing #poetry #prose #queer #richard siken #lily brooks-dalton #marie rutkoski #trista mateer #andrew joseph white #crush richard siken #the light pirate #the midnight lie #girl isolated #hell followed with us

[thelockedtombatemybutt]

a cry for help

i am craving a good book. if anyone shares a book that has any of these vibes i will give you a big smooch

the penumbra podcast

the locked tomb series

the midnight lie book

this is how you loose the time war

i just want gender fuckery and banter, is that too much to ask?

#the penumbra podcast #the penumbra #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #the midnight lie #this is how you loose the time war #lesbian

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

May 11, 2023 - Nature 🌺

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #balcony view! #the gulmohar tree is 😘 #the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #booklr #mypics #books #books and flowers #bookblr #read #books and plants

[layaart]

The Midnight Lie 🥀 🐍 🗡🍵

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #will be available as sticker sheets hmmm next week probably! #book fanart #(also it is on my redbubble lol) #books #i am a little bit obsessed with drawing these little aesthetic things. i have like 4 others done #2022 fanart

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - October 8th - Matching Covers

so glad they did matching covers here for the Midnight Lie series by Marie Rutkoski, the mid-series redesign was not to my taste at all 😅

#the midnight lie #the hollow heart #marie rutkoski

[xxadiaa]

happy lesbian visibility week ! have some sidnirrim

#the midnight lie #the hollow heart #marie rutkoski #sidnirrim #sidarine #sid #nirrim #wlw art #wlw books #xxadiaa art

[kyoupann]

Book tracker!

I'm pleased to announce I completed this one spread without focusing on every single little thing. 🤧

#personal #bullet journal #bujo #book tracker #bujoinspo #vent art #? #is it vent art or art as therapy??? #because I mainly tried to get it done to distract myself :'D #anyways #i don't think I'll be completing the bookcase this year #but gotta motivate myself somehow #art journal #watercolours #bujo trackers #book journal #reading journal #bullet journal inspo #bullet journal ideas #the midnight lie

[hodrepaem]

"I wanted to say, I would rather have you for a little time than no time at all. I will remember you perfectly. My memory will touch your skin, your lips. The memory will hurt, but it will be mine."

—Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie.

#Marie Rutkoski #the midnight lie #quote

[jessreadswithpride]

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🪶🐍🩸👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼

I read this book in one setting. It was hard to put down, and I wanted to see where everything went, what would happen, would Nirrim and Sid get together, what were the secrets the world was hiding and omg it did not disappoint.

I loved the way the two met, and the banter between them that followed. I loved how Nirrim realised that she was in fact in love with a woman and how she went about it. I loved the scene with Lillian. I know this was a YA book, but I guess the only disappointment for me was the fade to black scenes.

I really liked the plot, the world, the twists and turns. It was a great book and I can't wait to read book two.

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #sapphic fantasy book #sapphic book #spicy lesbian book #book review #lesbian #lesbian characters #wlw #wlw book #fantasy book #ya book #lgbt book #queer book #queer book review #sapphic book review #booklr #sapphic booklr

[nona-gay-simus]

It's been 2 days since i finished The Midnight Lie and I'm only growing more resentful. How dare this book trick me into thinking it might be good with its lush writing and a sexy butch love interest, and promise of a complex abusive mother/daughter dynamic just to end up give me nothing in terms of an actual plot progression, boring and cliché reveals, two dimensional villains and a ship so heavily weighted in one direction as to be completely unavailable.

And then everyone on goodreads was all 'nirrim and syd this, nirrim and syd that'... Y'all were bamboozled by pretty writing and the presence of lesbians. There's nothing fun in shipping a wet sponge with someone who is literally perfect human (except maybe being a little bit arrogant.)

And why did we need homophobia? As if this relationship wasn't already unequal enough, we gotta add extra stress into it and get a lesbian version of the rake and the blushing virgin trope. Newsflash, but i never wanted a lesbian version of that trope. Some tropes aren't better by being made gay, actually. And why did we need to dress the butch character in dresses which she hates? Icky, gross. Go to jail.

#maybe one day i will learn and stop reading ya sff #but i was promised sapphics and a hot butch #i was tricked #tricked i tell you #the midnight lie #book review #thea reads #rant #book rant

[victor-v]

(poor will 😔)

#the atlas complex #the midnight lie #nona the ninth #in other lands #bookblr #i also have the ten thousand doors of january #and babel and the iliad and the odyssey

[fairycloth]

Sid and Nirrim from The Midnight Lie

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #sapphic #wlw #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq art #sapphic art #wlw art #fanart #bookish #booklover #lesbian art #artists on tumblr

[bruiselikeviolets]

read in 2022: the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

“They have everything.” Her face grew quiet. “Yes,” she said. “I want to take it from them.”

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #litedit #bookedit #read 2022 #u guys on here overhyped this a bit i think... #but the writing was very pretty #stuff

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

Jan 08, 2023 - Other-Wordly

#jompbpc #the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #booklr #mypics #books #books and flowers #bookblr #read #lgbt+ #wlw

[the-knights-who-say-book]

Someone a while ago asked you to trick them into a new book and you replied "can i trick you into reading the Midnight lie by marie rutkoski?" And i said well you can sure trick Me into reading it!

So i did. In 3 sittings.

And i would like to eat the book.

EAT!!! THE BOOK! i LOVE the worldbuilding of Midnight Lie, plus Marie Rutkoski gave us a dapper charming sapphic love interest so it's like cheese in a mouse trap to me. i'm very excited i convinced you to step into the mouse trap also, everyone come join us

#the ask and the answer #ehtoomanydimensions #tricking people into reading things #the midnight lie #marie rutkoski

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - March 2nd - Currently Reading

I started reading The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski on my way to book club today and I’m loving it so much. I have such a crush on Sid 😍

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #wlw reads