books read in 2015: A C O U R T O F T H O R N S A N D R O S E S by Sarah J. Maas
There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet,
And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.At times I seem to favor the clever and the fair,
But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare.By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet,
But scorned, I become a difficult beast to defeat.For though each of my strikes lands a powerful blow,
When I kill, I do it slow …