Bride (Bride, #1)

by Ali Hazelwood

Other people’s approval is a powerful drug. Lucky me, I never got the chance to develop an addiction.

“You feel unwelcome among your people. This could rehabilitate you in their eyes.” A frisson of anger runs through my spine. “I think I’ll hold off on that, Father. At least until they have rehabilitated themselves in mine.” I

I follow her progress, terrified, wondering if this is motherhood: anxiously picturing your child with her skull cracked open.