House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)

by Sarah J. Maas

The power shall always belong to those who give their lives to the city.

“Were you and Danika lovers?”

Well that's definitely ONE way to ask that…

Danika wasn’t my sister, or my lover. But she was the one person I could be myself around and never feel judged. The one person that I knew would always pick up the phone, or call me back. She was the one person who made me feel brave because no matter what happened, no matter how bad or embarrassing or shitty it was, I knew that I had her in my corner.

“That’s the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious.”