Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)

by Kristin Cashore

“But that’s how memory works,” Bitterblue said quietly. “Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission.”

Bitterblue knew that species of numbness. She also knew what followed, once it passed. She wondered if Giddon realized what was coming, if he had ever known that kind of catastrophic grief.