En el primer capítulo de Serpent & Dove conocemos a Lou, una joven que se pasa la vida robando al que se le cruce y engañando a hombres junto con su amiga Coco.⠀
En un mundo cruel como en el que ellas vivían, no tenían más opción que hacer lo que fuera necesario para poder sobrevivir.⠀
Pero, Lou tenía un gran secreto, uno que podría llevarla directo a la hoguera o a algo peor. Ella era bruja y llevaba años escapando de su aquelarre.⠀
Luego de unos cuantos golpes, Lou intenta esconderse en un teatro, pero su plan no salió como esperaba. Al entrar fue reconocida por un cazador, el cual estaba desesperado por atraparla. Cuando el telón subió, ella y Reid se encontraban en una situación comprometida, y todos pensaron que él la estaba maltratando.
El arzobispo los obligó a casarse para que nadie hablara mal de su cazador. Reid no conocía el secreto de Lou, pero de todas formas ella necesitaba proteger su secreto. Pero, ¿cuánto tiempo duraría la mentira?⠀
La verdad es que no conecté con la historia. La autora nos presenta un mundo paranormal, y con sus descripciones pude imaginarme toda la ambientación. Pero no me atrapó del todo. Tenía muchas expectativas porque todo el mundo ama el libro, pero me desilusionó un poco.
Me tomó unos cuantos días terminarlo porque me pareció lento, pero al final sí se me hizo interesante. Espero que la trama del próximo sea mejor.⠀
¿Qué pienso de los personajes? Lou, la protagonista, es una mujer independiente y me hizo reír en varios momentos. Me encantó su espontaneidad y sus valores. Reid, nuestro querido cazador, no me causó nada. Es fiel a sus principios y chapado a la antigua, pero sin gracia.
Me voy a tomar un par de días para poder comenzar con el segundo. ¿Ustedes ya lo leyeron? ⠀
Here we have Lou and Reid from the Serpent and Dove series by @shelbymahurin ! It took me a while to do this one, specially with Lou. But, I’m pleased with the final result. I can’t wait for the next book to be published, since the first one was everywhere during the 2019. Hope you like it!
Book quotes that made me believe in love again~ part 2, because these are all so adorable I just couldn’t fit them into one post<3
•He pushed, simply because he damn well couldn’t stop himself,
“And what do you deserve?” A slow smile, indeed a plains-cat readying for the kill. Then, “Certainly more than a bastard-born nobody.”
~Nesta my queen letting her romantic side show for a second :’) so vulnerable. Huh? What? Unresolved trauma? No- this is 100/10 romance bb
•"You don’t even know what you’re saying,” Kenji tells him. “You’re acting crazy—”
“I was happier,” Adam says, “when I thought she was dead.”
“You, of all people,” Adam says to me. He looks so disgusted. “I trusted you—told you things I never should’ve told you— I can’t believe you’d do this to me. That you’d fall for him. What the hell is wrong with you?” he demands, his voice rising in pitch. “How sick in the head do you have to be?”
~Adam Kent to his girlfriend<3 fights can be so sexy. especially when a guy calls his girlfriend fucked in the head uwu. every girl’s dream :))wishing she was dead aaahhh love is love okay.
•His growls of pleasure filled the tent, drowning out the distant cries of the injured and dying. Life and death—hovering so close, whispering in our ears.
And I hoped that this shard of life we offered up, this undimming light between us, would drive death a bit further away. At least for another day.
~feysand my fav power couple. getting down and dirty in a battlefield like the rulers they are. What? oh no not fighting for their homeland no no that’s for basic bitches<33 romantics do seggsy time in battles ;) it’s called feminism okay look it up
•“You care for me,” Will said. His voice was cool and sure. “And you know that I admire you, the way that all women know when a man admires them. Now you have come to tell me you will be here, available to me, for as long as I might wish it. I am offering you what I thought you wanted.”
“You cannot mean that.”
“And you cannot have imagined I meant anything more,” Will said. “There is no future for a Shadowhunter who dallies with warlocks. One might befriend them, employ them, but not …”
~will my bestie offering the girl he loves to be his whore<3 unusual but I don’t kink shame here :) spread loveee,hashtag speaking from the heart
•"Hear my judgment,” Cardan says, authority ringing in his voice. “I hereafter exile Jude Duarte to the mortal world until such time as she is pardoned by the crown. Until then, let her not step one foot in Faerie or forfeit her life.”
I gasp. “But you can’t do that!”
He looks at me for a long moment, but his gaze is mild, as though he’s expecting me to be fine with exile. As though I am nothing at all. “Of course I can,” he replies.
“But I’m the Queen of Faerie,” I shout, and for a moment, there is silence.
Then everyone around me begins to laugh.
“Deny it then,” I yell. “Deny me!”
He cannot, of course, so he does not.
~cardan my fairie romeo sweeping Jude off her feet by exiling her<3 *I think I’ve seeeenn this film beforeeee* he really thought he showed some huge ass ravenclaw energy here :) who said long distance can’t be steamy?
•“I lied,” he said. “Demons lie, Clary. You know, there are some kinds of wounds you can get when you’re a Shadowhunter—internal injuries from demon poison. You don’t even know what’s wrong with you, but you’re bleeding to death slowly inside. That’s what it’s like, just being your brother.”
“But Aline—”
“I had to try. And I did.” His voice was lifeless. “But God knows, I don’t want anyone but you. I don’t even want to want anyone but you.”
Clary’s voice had sunk to a whisper. “I don’t want anyone but you, either.”
~awww this is like the new “being your friend isn’t enough”,, brotherly love<3 okay friends to lovers enemies to lovers WHAT ABOUT SIBLINGS TO LOVERS HUHHH
•"You—Reid, you also made an oath to me. You’re my husband, and I’m your wife.”
His hands dropped to his sides. Defeated. A spark of hope flared in my chest. But then he closed his eyes—seeming to collapse in on himself—and when he opened them again, they were void of all emotion. Empty. Dead.
“You are not my wife.”
What was left of my heart shattered completely.
~Reid my new bff being loyal to his religion and telling Lou that she’s not his wife :’) so pure. true love 101. *so there you go-o can’t make a wife outta a WITCH* his mentor is the hot priest from fleabag<3 “you love me? It’ll pass<3”
•“Why don’t I give you the lashing you deserve?”
He looked so dead set on it that she blinked. “If you ever take a whip to me, I will skin you alive.” Rowan paused his stalking. “You’re worthless.”
“Tell me something I don’t know.”
He went on, “You would probably have been more useful to the world if you’d actually died ten years ago.”
She just looked him in the eye and said, “I’m leaving.”
~ughhh what is it with men’s dirty talk being “I wish you were dead” it’s so poetic :’) again, bird love confessions are…unique, so cut rowan some slack. also threatening to whip her kinkyyyy<333
•Juliette supposed it was her turn to walk away. The lover and the liar, the liar and the lover. They switched those roles between themselves like it was a game.
“I tell the truth,” Juliette said again. Each word was a blade that sliced through her tongue, cutting her twice as deep as the harm she put out into the world. “Wake up. This entire dalliance between us has been an extraction of information.”
“Juliette, don’t say such—”
~Juliette and Roma spending the whole book pining over each other and confessing their feelings, to reach this end. because love<333
•“Don’t worry, tracker. You’ll know when our deal is up.” He shoved me belowdecks, but not before I heard his parting words to Mal—“I’ll be certain you hear it when I make her scream.”
~love triangles can be sooo beautiful especially when you’ve been kidnapped by one of the guys and the other has the personality of a wet towel<33 but love is love so-
“Enemies to lovers this!!” “friends to lovers that!!” “no rivals to lovers is superior!!” “It goes strangers to rivals to forced friendship to fake lovers to real lovers to enemies to-” Sweetie please call your therapist back they’re worried about you
I loved her. Despite everything. Despite the lies, the betrayal, the hurt. Despite the Archbishop and Morgane le Blanc. Despite my own brothers. I don’t know if she returned that love, and I didn’t care. If she was destined to burn in Hell, I would burn with her.
OMG! I feel like I’ve been doing this illustration for years haha. I don’t think is necessary to tell you who they are, but just in case, Lou and Reid from the Serpent and Dove series by @shelbymahurin. I’m really excited to read the second book since is coming to Spain on January. Can’t wait to continue reading this story. Well! Hope you like it ✨
Ahhh I’ve waited so patiently to drop this artwork! LitJoy Crate just posted their spoiler for the August Add-on Collaboration, this time a dessert plate featuring Lou and Reid from Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin!
Side note, I think my stained glass artwork has become a deviated signature style without me realizing it. I’ve only now considered how many pieces I’ve done in this style - it’s almost like an amalgamation of papercraft x illustration as far as character designs.
