She was the epic crush of my childhood. She was the tragedy that made me look inside myself and see my corrupt heart. She was my sin and my salvation, come back from the grave to change me forever. Again. Back then, when she sat on my bed and told me she loved me, I wanted her as much as I have ever wanted anything.

It's starting to sink in," Corny said. "I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

It is my belief that books are living things.

Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.