Lady Macbeth – Ava Reid (Standalone)

“If she were a man, he would not ask her this. For men there is no debt of blood which goes unpaid. If the world tips in another’s favor, it must be made to tip back again. But the world is never in a woman’s favor. She cannot tip the scale. The only choice is:…

She Who Became the Sun – Shelley Parker-Chan (The Radiant Emperor #1)

“Inside her there was only the perfect, blank brightness of belief and desire. Desire is the cause of all suffering. The greater the desire, the greater the suffering, and now she desired greatness itself. With all her will, she directed the thought to Heaven and the watching statues: Whatever suffering it takes, I can bear…

Hills of Heather and Bone – K.E. Andrews (Standalone)

““I didn’t. I certainly didn’t think Morhenna would survive,” I reply, shifting against the hull digging into my back. The chicken lifts her head at the sound of her name before preening her wing. “Maybe she has some divine protection after all.” “I thought if anyone was going to survive, it’d be Henna.”” What is…