The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1)

by Erika Johansen

“But if nobody knows I’m here, then I’m all alone,”

The mark of the true hero is that the most heroic of his deeds is done in secret. We never hear of it. And yet somehow, my friends, we know.

Mace (the Fetch told Kelsea) had made two more escape attempts in the night. Today, when they finally released him from his tent, he’d worked both legs free again.

Love his grumpy mug

“You were right, Lazarus. I see my own death, and exalt in it. But before I go, I’m going to cut a wide swath here, wide as God’s Ocean.

But you seek to create another type of queenship entirely, one not built on fear.” “What’s mine built on?” “Justice, Lady. Listening. Whether it’ll succeed, none of us know; it’s certainly easier to hold power through fear. But there’s something hard in Andalie, something without mercy, and while it might create a certain advantage, I don’t know that I’d call it strength.”

QUESTION: What is an exiled girl with a false crown? ANSWER: A True Queen.

After a moment, however, she noticed an odd treelike figure that poked high above the crowd. “My eyes are terrible. What is that?”

Same