This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2)

by Kamilah Cole

“For all our studies, we underestimated how exhausting it is to live through unprecedented times.”

So, so relevant

she was so tired of living in a world that forced her to whittle down her edges until she was smooth and palatable, until she was what everyone needed her to be instead of who she was.

There is no right. There is no wrong. There is only the endless effort to leave this world a better place than it was the day before.

That was the nature of life, of relationships. Loved ones would always be separated by time or distance, but that didn’t make them any less loved.