The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1)

by Laurie Forest

Often you have to fall into the chaos of utter confusion before you can emerge to see even the smallest glimmer of the truth.

“Real education doesn’t make your life easy. It complicates things and makes everything messy and disturbing. But the alternative, Elloren Gardner, is to live your life based on injustice and lies.”

She closes her eyes tight as if her thoughts hurt,

I look around warily, feeling as if the trees are pulling away, whispering about me on the wind.