This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1)

by Victoria Schwab

She had a theory about Sloan, that he wasn’t just Harker’s servant, but his Malchai. The product of some awful crime, an aftermath,

The version of her that made jokes instead of threats. The one that smiled when she actually meant it. But this wasn’t the right world for that Kate.

I mean, most people want to escape. Get out of their heads. Out of their lives. Stories are the easiest way to do that.”