Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World Book 1)

by Rebecca Roanhorse

“Some things are just bad. There’s no redeeming value in suffering. All that noble savage shit is for suckers.”

good man can use a hammer to build a house. A bad man can use it to kill his neighbor. The hammer is the same.”

“You know people who love you don’t hurt you like that,” he says, eyes steady on me. “Love’s not supposed to try to kill you.”