King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

Emotional roller-coaster... But I shouldn't be surprised. I was anxious....and then I was happy... Y'all I saw joy face to face...and then it left me. I was ecstatic. I foolishly thought.... I forgot that happy endings are at the end of the story and that no one promises happy middles....
I keep seeing references.
Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy. Pick Me Choose Me.
The moment in Phantom of the Opera in "Twisted Every Way" where Christine runs away yelling "I can't"
Any of the battle songs from Hamilton....Particularly "Right Hand Man"... Cal is a catch and he knows it...He so sassy; he so smug...I think I have a thing for men who are confident and in leadership roles...


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