Kill Your Darlings may not be for everyone, but it’s definitely for me.
♥”...here I have fantastical, otherworldly tools at my fingertips. Knowledge. Magic. Friends.” ♥
The mystical magic we all know and adore—dragons and necromancy and unicorns, oh my!—is awesome.
♥”...I know what Kyla’s suffered. And like her, my suffering has defined me.” ♥
As a current author and a former psychotherapist, the struggles related to literary creativity and mental illness (especially as written by someone who faces depression daily and survives one sunrise after another to tell the tale) gave me new insights and perspectives on the condition, and the author, as I read.
♥”He’s worn his mask so long that it’s become his truth.” ♥
But the magic that mortals hold in their hearts every day is present in these pages as well. From the hex of self-loathing and the enchantment of friendship, to the jinx of regret and the voodoo of love.
♥”A good story has a magic of its own. A great story has the power to change the world.” ♥
If you are looking for an ultra-intimate story about challenging the darkness within and around ourselves, pushing to become just a breath stronger than we were yesterday, and forging the life we’ve always dreamed of with our own battered hands, Kill Your Darlings should already be on your TBR list.
♥”How many more lives might I save if I shed my fears, walk in the light, and own my scars?” ♥
