Dreadnought (Nemesis, #1)

by April Daniels

They’ll make a man of me. Show me how to be a man. Teach me to man up by beating me down. THEY NEVER ASK IF I WANT TO BE A MAN. And now I’m finally free. I’m finally myself, inside and out. So they spit on me. They’re embarrassed by me. They hate me. FOR A MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE. They want me to cooperate in my own destruction. They want me to tell them it’s not true. They want me to help them believe the lie. NEVER AGAIN.

One of the most powerful lines I've read in a superhero book.

I see a world that is terrified of me. Terrified of someone who would reject manhood. Terrified of a girl who knows who she is and what she’s capable of. They are small, and they are weak, and they will not hurt me ever again. My name is Danielle Tozer. I am a girl.

Powerful lines, part 2