Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

by Leigh Bardugo

That was the problem with love. It was hard to unlearn, no matter how harsh the lesson.

“When faced with death, better to dance than to lie down for it.”

She’d never liked that phrase, diamond in the rough. All that meant was they had to cut you again and again to let the light in.

That was all there was in this world. No heroes or villains, just the people you’d brave the waves for, and the ones you’d let drown.

“But we’re always in danger. Go to a party, meet up with the wrong person, walk down the wrong street. I think … I think sometimes it’s easier if instead of waiting for trouble, you go to meet it.”