A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

He was both the villain and the hero, the monster and the monster-slayer.

What a pretty little flower. What a pretty poppy. Pick it and watch it bleed. Not so pretty any longer… Poppy.

The world, no matter how big, is often smaller than we realize.”

“Curiosity is a sign of intelligence.”

does the present really make amends for the past?”

“You’re about to get a love tap to your face,”

people who are in love enough to marry—the ones that people know are together before they even realize it—never consist of just one person, one personality, or one will. They fight. They argue. They disagree. They make up. They talk. They agree. The one thing they never are is perfect.”

sometimes, the heartbreak that comes with loving someone is worth it, even if loving that person means eventually saying goodbye to them.”