"And his eyes, his blue, searching, beautiful eyes, had no light behind them anymore; finally human."
It was a day, just like any other, when Sarah Quinn's life changed. She would later look at it as a phase, as would her daughter, the pre-Leigh phase and the post-Leigh phase. Or, more accurately, Sarah's life before the plan.
Under the dappled sun, inside a little tent, two seven year olds cooked up a plan that unwittingly took control of their lives. A little plan that showed them the path that they and their little miracles would walk on. The path to living the most perfect, idyllic, fairytale life they could imagine even then. And in the strangest way, it worked. Perhaps with a few detours along the way, but the bottom line remained the same. But then, not everything turns out the way we want it too, right?
Promised to each other by their mothers when they were still dormant eggs inside of them, Sphinx and Cadence have lived their whole life under the illusion of the plan. Cadence shone like a star, brighter and bolder than anybody else. Extraordinary was what he was, you could tell that just by looking at him. His eyes would shine, so bright and yet so cold, so unusual. Extraordinary was what he was, so much so, that he was broken. So unusual, that there was something wrong with him. So scary, that you couldn't see it until he wanted you to. So dangerous, that you would think he was an angel.
And under his blinding light, was Sphinx. She worshipped him for all of his broken beauty, his empty feelings, and his frightening escapades. She was the one he wanted, after all. The only one this genius wanted to play with. That is, until he marks her; scars her. And all the illusions of the perfect life come shattering down, with a single tug on a fragile thread. And everything dissolves into nothing…
Years into the precarious future, a strange phone call alters Sphinx's life again. Shocked back into the reality of what the one she looked up to did to her all that time ago, only to face the news that he is not going to be there anymore. You see, Cadence has used up all his fire to burn too fast, and now, he is on his descent down; his descent back to earth from the place he was.
His dying wish? He wants to see his little playmate from all those years ago. The girl he scarred, leaving her behind an invisible wall for the rest of her life, from all those 'normal' people out there. He wants to see Sphinx…
Poignant, beautiful, scary, haunting, bittersweet and SO addicting: Breaking Butterflies has marked me, left me with something I don't think I will forget, ever. I've never, not once, felt what I felt while reading it. It shocked me, because not only was it something I've never read about before, but it wasn't at all what I thought it would be. It was a hundred percent better.
Cadence, I don't even know what to say there. Even if you're not there with him, Anjelais will make you feel like you are. You'll feel scared, awed and downright shocked and mystified at this wonder of a character! As much as I liked, wait, LOVED this, I would have done the same so SO much more if it was done from his point of view, which would have been brilliant to see executed.
I'm still shocked. I read it a week ago. I don't know what to say except – READ IT!
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