Avery is in love with her adopted brother Atlas. The first book introduces us to a cast of unforgettable, deeply flawed characters. One family lives on the thousandth floor, a family everyone considers perfect, but the truth is far more complicated. McGee’s NYC is encased in an enormous tower with a thousand stories, and the higher the floor, the richer the residents. It’s a young adult dystopian novel set in a futuristic New York City completely different from anything I’ve ever imagined. But when he looked up and spoke his next words, his face glowed with a fierce, fervent hope.The Dazzling Heights is the sequel to Katharine McGee’s spell-binding The Thousandth Floor. "I'm sorry it isn't a real ring, but I'm improvising here." There was a nervous catch to Connor's voice that Beatrice hadn't heard before.
Using the Sharpie, he traced a thin loop around the skin of Beatrice's finger, where the ring had been. Still kneeling before her, he slid the diamond engagement ring off Beatrice's finger and tucked it in the pocket of her jacket. She watched as he fumbled in his jacket for something - had he bought a ring? She thought wildly - but what he pulled out instead was a black Sharpie.
"I get that you have to marry someone before your dad dies. "I love you, too." Her eyes stung with tears. I've loved you for so long I've forgotten what it felt like not to love you." She would have fallen in love with him right then, if she didn't already love him so fiercely that every cell of her body burned with it. All I can give you is my honor, and my heart. "It kills me that I don't have more to offer you," he said roughly. Even kneeling, Connor looked like a warrior, every line of his body radiating a tensed power and strength. In some dazed part of her mind Beatrice remembered Teddy, kneeling stiffly at her feet as he swore to be her liege man. For a moment Beatrice thought he was going to storm off, turn away from her and never look back.
“At the mention of children, Connor halted his steps.
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