House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

by Sarah J. Maas

“A world where people loved and valued books and learning so much that they were willing to die for them. Can you imagine what such a civilization was like? A hundred thousand men and women marched to defend a library—it sounds like a bad joke these days.”

Ithan had noticed that immediately upon seeing his friends, upon hugging them all so tightly they’d complained about his grip.

And Bryce said before she stepped into the light, “Through love, all is possible.”

Past all those humans, valiantly helping and fighting—despite the odds, despite the cost.

Jesiba’s face bloomed in a smile, and it was perhaps the first true one he’d ever seen from her.

“It took their power. But what is eternal, what is made of love … that can never be destroyed.”