Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

by Sarah J. Maas

Magic was dead, the Fae were banished or executed, and she would never again have anything to do with the rise and fall of kingdoms. She wasn’t fated for anything. Not anymore.

“Guards are of no use in a library.” Oh, how wrong he was! Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

She’d shut Cain up—in an unmarked grave for all eternity.

“No. I can survive well enough on my own—if given proper reading material.”

Find the evil in the castle . . . But the only truly evil thing in this world is the man ruling it.

“We all bear scars, Dorian. Mine just happen to be more visible than most.

“You could rattle the stars,” she whispered. “You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”