Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)

by Penn Cole

“They want us to feel small, Eleanor. They want us to be quiet, be predictable, be unimportant, behave. Then they make us think we deserve it. But I think they’re just terrified we’ll stop listening to them and start listening to each other. And do you know why they’re so scared of women like us?” Our gazes met, two sets of glittering eyes shining in shared determination. “Why?” she asked. My answering grin was positively wicked. “Because they damn well should be.”

I cried for every person who had prayed for a spark of hope in this dreary, oppressive world, and the endless dark they’d found in return.