House of Beating Wings (The Kingdom of Crows, #1)

by Olivia Wildenstein

those who have it all are often oblivious to their luck.

I hate how limited our choices are as women.

The doors grind open revealing an entrance stippled with mosaics depicting the sun surrounded by the embodiment of the four Fae divinities, all of them male. When I was younger, I asked Nonna why no god was female. She explained it was to cow women into believing they are less and help men feel like they are more. It took me years to grasp what she’d meant.

He closes his fingers around one of my hands and kisses my knuckles like the gentleman that he is when he’s not taken over by his lust.