BOOKYWORLD

“He gestured to a small door off the main room, then turned to Max. “If you’ll excuse us, Maxantarius. I promise I’ll bring her back in one piece.” “I’m not worried. She already had you on your ass once today.” Gods, Max.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Show me that unrelenting brute force, Tisaanah.” She didn’t move, didn’t speak. But a fiery glitter seeped into her eyes, and I let their flames strip me, burn me, consume me, until there was nothing left but ash.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Max’s face hardened. “That man treated you like an animal, and he was just looking at you like you were—” He let out a breath through his teeth. “And you’re telling me that I didn’t play nicely enough?” I wanted to laugh. How could someone be so cynical and yet so naive? “Do you understand how many men have looked at me that way? Like a thing, not a person? I wouldn’t have survived a week in Esmaris’s court if I had—” “But that’s not right.” “Of course it’s not right, but it is the way it is.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“If you can do it, I can do it.” His hand lifted to brush my cheek, then he said, more softly, “I don’t care what we’re walking into. You’re not going to do it alone.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods