_Legendary_ by Stephanie Garber
********I have tried to stay away from any spoilers for THIS book (except where marked), but if you have not read Caraval, you may be spoiled.*******
Freedom/ Deception
"What's the point of all this glorious freedom if we don't enjoy it? Our father wins if we keep living as if we're still trapped beneath his heavy fists." p19 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Saying something was for someone else's own good was almost always another way of justifying something wrong. p41 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
It didn't last nearly long enough. But it upended her. It made her wonder if jewels hidden away safely in boxes sometimes longed to be stolen by thieves-- because now he was definitely stealing her heart, and she wanted him to take even more. p362-363 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
LOL/ Sass
"You know how I feel about boys who are prettier than me." p59 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"You know," Tella mused, "if I didn't hate you, I might actually enjoy your company." p119 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"Maybe I want to sleep here," Tella mumbled. "I'd wager it's safer than in your arms." p277 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Delusion of Grandeur?
Dante was definitely handsome and arrogant enough to be Legend, but Tella imagined the master of Caraval had more important things to do on the first night of the game than torment her. p102 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Lines I Loved
"I've died more times than I can remember. Every time, I used to fear I wouldn't come back, until I learned that it's the fear that feeds him. It's the same way hopes and dreams give Legend so much power during Caraval." p111 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
A kiss worth dying for. Only one person in the history of the Empire had ever kissed like [spoiler removed]. p134 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
People rarely looked each other in the the eye for prolonged periods of time. There was almost something more intimate in it than touching. p198 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"All you must do is place your palm atop the page. Some people actually enjoy the process. Our memories weight us down more than we realize." p249 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"Not everyone gets a true ending. There are two types of endings because most people give up at the part of the story where things are the worst, where the situation feels hopeless. But that's when hope is needed most. Only those who persevere can find their true ending." p391 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Description
Jacks looked down on her with a smile so disturbing it could have made an angel weep. p123 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella pretended love was a place she wanted to visit, and tested out a flirtatious smile. p132 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella often imagined she knew what people thought when they saw her. One look at her honey-blond curls, her girlish smile, and her pretty dresses, coupled with the fact that she liked to enjoy herself, and people dismissed her as a silly girl. Tella might have been many things, but she was far from silly or worthless or whatever labels people liked to affix because a person was young and female. Tella liked to think that was where much of her strength came from. p142 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
But Tella could have kissed Jacks into eternity. It wasn't just the way his lips had moved over hers, it was the desire behind them, the wanting, the way Jacks had made Tella feel as if she were the one person on earth he'd spent his entire existence searching for. In that moment she'd managed to forget she'd been left by her mother and repeatedly suffered at the hands of her father, because Jacks had made her feel as if he'd hold on to her forever. It might have been the most convincing lie she's ever been told. p143 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
But Tella wanted love about as much as she wished to contract a disease. p183 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Unfortunately Tella wasn't the sort of girl people saved-- she was the one they left behind. p 273 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"I definitely wouldn't be here with you if you were good." Tella pictures the word good withering next to Dante. Good was the word people used to describe how they slept at night and bread fresh out of the fire. But Dante was more like fire. No one called a fire good. Fires were hot, burning things children were warned not play with. [sic] p355 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Only the moon lingered, undoubtedly wishing it had lips after witnessing what Tella and Dante had just done. p358 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"No one likes me, Donatella, but people go along with whatever I say. Sometimes my only form of entertainment is seeing how far I can take things before someone flinches." p421-422 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
World Building
Many of the spiritual practices Tella observed looked more like shows meant to thrill and tantalize tourists into willingly emptying their pockets. p193 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella had heard the richest people tithed things like their free will, their beauty, and their firstborn children for a chance to become members. p195 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Foreshadowing?
"No," he answered slowly, gently tugging her even closer. "I'd hold on to my secret because I'd want to keep playing the game with you, and if I told you the truth it would spoil all the fun." p198 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
She wasn't afraid of danger, though she preferred it in the form of swaggering young men. p 263 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella had exchanged things with other young men, but never hearts, and though she still had no plans to relinquish that part of her to Dante, she was beginning to understand how hearts could be slowly given away, without a person even realizing. p355 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"He can make someone the center of his world when they're a part of his game. but when the game ends, he always walks away and he never looks back." p427 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
WHOA
"What she did looked terrible, but judging her based on a moment like that is the same as reading one page from a book and assuming you know the whole story." p353 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
**********SPOILERS*****************
She wanted him to look different. She wanted his gaze to be cold and distant. She wanted him to look at her as if he'd really been the one to win the game. She wanted his lips to curve cruelly as he tried to steal the deck of cards from her grip. But he didn't even look at them. He only stared at her. One hand was still on her waist. It was hotter than it should have been on such a cold night. p404 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
A mistake?
This must have been why'd he'd been playing at being so concerned... p425 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Freedom/ Deception
"What's the point of all this glorious freedom if we don't enjoy it? Our father wins if we keep living as if we're still trapped beneath his heavy fists." p19 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Saying something was for someone else's own good was almost always another way of justifying something wrong. p41 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
It didn't last nearly long enough. But it upended her. It made her wonder if jewels hidden away safely in boxes sometimes longed to be stolen by thieves-- because now he was definitely stealing her heart, and she wanted him to take even more. p362-363 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
LOL/ Sass
"You know how I feel about boys who are prettier than me." p59 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"You know," Tella mused, "if I didn't hate you, I might actually enjoy your company." p119 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"Maybe I want to sleep here," Tella mumbled. "I'd wager it's safer than in your arms." p277 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Delusion of Grandeur?
Dante was definitely handsome and arrogant enough to be Legend, but Tella imagined the master of Caraval had more important things to do on the first night of the game than torment her. p102 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Lines I Loved
"I've died more times than I can remember. Every time, I used to fear I wouldn't come back, until I learned that it's the fear that feeds him. It's the same way hopes and dreams give Legend so much power during Caraval." p111 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
A kiss worth dying for. Only one person in the history of the Empire had ever kissed like [spoiler removed]. p134 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
People rarely looked each other in the the eye for prolonged periods of time. There was almost something more intimate in it than touching. p198 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"All you must do is place your palm atop the page. Some people actually enjoy the process. Our memories weight us down more than we realize." p249 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"Not everyone gets a true ending. There are two types of endings because most people give up at the part of the story where things are the worst, where the situation feels hopeless. But that's when hope is needed most. Only those who persevere can find their true ending." p391 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Description
Jacks looked down on her with a smile so disturbing it could have made an angel weep. p123 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella pretended love was a place she wanted to visit, and tested out a flirtatious smile. p132 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella often imagined she knew what people thought when they saw her. One look at her honey-blond curls, her girlish smile, and her pretty dresses, coupled with the fact that she liked to enjoy herself, and people dismissed her as a silly girl. Tella might have been many things, but she was far from silly or worthless or whatever labels people liked to affix because a person was young and female. Tella liked to think that was where much of her strength came from. p142 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
But Tella could have kissed Jacks into eternity. It wasn't just the way his lips had moved over hers, it was the desire behind them, the wanting, the way Jacks had made Tella feel as if she were the one person on earth he'd spent his entire existence searching for. In that moment she'd managed to forget she'd been left by her mother and repeatedly suffered at the hands of her father, because Jacks had made her feel as if he'd hold on to her forever. It might have been the most convincing lie she's ever been told. p143 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
But Tella wanted love about as much as she wished to contract a disease. p183 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Unfortunately Tella wasn't the sort of girl people saved-- she was the one they left behind. p 273 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"I definitely wouldn't be here with you if you were good." Tella pictures the word good withering next to Dante. Good was the word people used to describe how they slept at night and bread fresh out of the fire. But Dante was more like fire. No one called a fire good. Fires were hot, burning things children were warned not play with. [sic] p355 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Only the moon lingered, undoubtedly wishing it had lips after witnessing what Tella and Dante had just done. p358 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"No one likes me, Donatella, but people go along with whatever I say. Sometimes my only form of entertainment is seeing how far I can take things before someone flinches." p421-422 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
World Building
Many of the spiritual practices Tella observed looked more like shows meant to thrill and tantalize tourists into willingly emptying their pockets. p193 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella had heard the richest people tithed things like their free will, their beauty, and their firstborn children for a chance to become members. p195 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Foreshadowing?
"No," he answered slowly, gently tugging her even closer. "I'd hold on to my secret because I'd want to keep playing the game with you, and if I told you the truth it would spoil all the fun." p198 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
She wasn't afraid of danger, though she preferred it in the form of swaggering young men. p 263 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Tella had exchanged things with other young men, but never hearts, and though she still had no plans to relinquish that part of her to Dante, she was beginning to understand how hearts could be slowly given away, without a person even realizing. p355 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"He can make someone the center of his world when they're a part of his game. but when the game ends, he always walks away and he never looks back." p427 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
WHOA
"What she did looked terrible, but judging her based on a moment like that is the same as reading one page from a book and assuming you know the whole story." p353 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
**********SPOILERS*****************
She wanted him to look different. She wanted his gaze to be cold and distant. She wanted him to look at her as if he'd really been the one to win the game. She wanted his lips to curve cruelly as he tried to steal the deck of cards from her grip. But he didn't even look at them. He only stared at her. One hand was still on her waist. It was hotter than it should have been on such a cold night. p404 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
A mistake?
This must have been why'd he'd been playing at being so concerned... p425 Legendary by Stephanie Garber
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