I let go of the cardboard flaps with a gasp. Inside the box, face up, is a hardback edition of An Ember in the Ashes with the latest cover. Theo was paying more attention than I thought when he asked about my favorite books. He even remembered when I complained about cover changes, and my disinclination to buy the new covers to match despite how much it bothers me. I find the second book in the series buried beneath other books. In fact, the entire box is filled with books from my Buy Again shelf on Goodreads. There isn’t a single book missing from that list.

