I took my friend’s hand as she helped me up. With our hands still linked and our flower crowns tangled in our hair, we danced, laughing with joy, through the rain and towards the school, the lightning showing us our path with its powerful light.
Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow
coming-of-age, fantasy, friends, friendship, historical-fiction, lightning, rain, storm, victorian, victorian-era, young-adult, young-adult-fantasy, young-adult-fiction