The Uncooperative Warrior (Unstoppable Liv Beaufont, #2)

by Sarah Noffke

“The most valuable knowledge can’t be found in a textbook, but rather in the places you are told never to look,”

“You be what you want to be, and the rest of us will accept that,” John said, suddenly stern. “It isn’t good for you to live your life on everyone else’s terms. And hell, no one can be happy living like that.”

“The less I know, the better. All I know is that Liv Beaufont treats brownies with consideration, not pressing her rule upon us like so many Warriors before her. Also, we watch you at John’s shop, and you have a true heart. Although you’re not a mortal, we think of you fondly.”

“And to expand on what you were saying about books, I think they are very much alive. They have the power to spark ideas, breathe life into the nonexistent, and transport us to another realm.

“The way we do things is almost more important than the things we do.”

“The things people say behind your back are never worth your time,”

“True character is revealed in battles,” Freddie stated. “When a warrior is faced with life and death, taking or giving, preserving or destroying, their real self comes out.

“But you don’t have to be my servants,” Liv argued. “I never asked for it. And really, I think what the brownies and I have should be considered a mutual partnership.”

What she didn’t say was that she had been trying to figure out how to fix herself, but it hadn’t worked. She had been trying to learn how to survive during the last five years. Now she was looking forward to figuring out how to thrive.

that she regretted telling Stefan to buzz off. Liv wasn’t a princess in a tower looking for a hero. She was a Warrior, climbing to the top of a tower in a castle for justice’s sake.

But lies and secrets are like clothes people wear. When you free yourself of them, well, you look different.”