The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

“Reading,” Ead said lightly. “A dangerous pastime.” Truyde looked up at her, sharp-eyed. “You mock me.” “By no means. There is great power in stories.” “All stories grow from a seed of truth,” Truyde said. “They are knowledge after figuration.”

Dawn cracked like a heron’s egg over Seiiki.

you witless cabbage.”

“You must always stay with me, Ead Duryan.”

The stone head of Glorian Shieldheart watched her bleed.

The foreshadowing in this book is insane. Def getting a reread at some point

“How many times have we damned each other now?” “Not nearly enough.”