The phone rings. “Asshole,” she mutters. She picks it up. “Will you let me explain?” “No.” She hangs up.

The Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. White’s elegant writing and masterful plot kept me turning pages late into the night.

Time to stop crying, time to get her act together and do something. Time to move beyond the pity party.

You - best secret boyfriend ever.

It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

If you don't want me to see, I guess, don't sleep in the same room as me." He looks at her with a sly smile. "But I'm known for sleeping in school. It's my shtick.

Feels like I'm in a play and I don't know all my lines.