Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi, 2014
Fantasy Science fictionRomanceYoung adult
A girl with a lethal touch, a rebellion she never asked to lead, and the cold young commander who keeps calling her love.
Feels like passion, longing and defiance. About love, power and freedom.
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A sentence can outlast the sword that was meant to silence it.
Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures.No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh. Tahereh Mafi.Mafi is married to Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children — two YA fantasists under one roof.
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Questions readers ask
- What is Ignite Me like?
- Feels like passion, longing and defiance. About love, power and freedom.
- What should I read after Ignite Me?
- If you liked Ignite Me, try Rebel Witch (Kristen Ciccarelli), Crown of Midnight (Sarah J. Maas) and The One (Kiera Cass).
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The one force no regime has ever managed to outlaw.
The problem with love is the more you try to destroy it, the stronger it becomes. It might look like weakness on the surface. But in truth, it’s tougher than steel. Love can’t be controlled. Love can’t obey unjust laws. Love will always oppose tyrants.
Rebel Witch · Kristen Ciccarelli
Some people apologise for taking up space. She has never once tried.
Who said anything about shame?“ She gestured down to her naked body, even though it was covered by the blanket. ”Honestly, I’m surprised you’re not strutting about, boasting to everyone. I certainly would be if I’d tumbled me. “Does your love for yourself know no bounds?”
Crown of Midnight · Sarah J. Maas
What it sounds like when someone wants the ordinary days too.
I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.
The One · Kiera Cass
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