There was nothing I loved more than teasing Dimitri. Well, aside from maybe kissing him.

He smiled and tapped my nose. "Two thank-yous in as many days. I don't suppose I'll get to see any, uh, special gratitude?" I scoffed. "Nope. You'll just have to imagine it." He gave me a half-hug and released me. "Fair enough. But I have a good imagination.

Funny how someone telling you not to do something can talk you into it.

The book's always better than the movie.

If someone had asked who could stage the best intervention with a crazy woman who had formerly been an undead monster, Sydney Sage would have been my last guess.

You did not just say that. I have a feeling we're on the verge of hugging and coming up with cute nicknames for each other.

Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?" "Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ... That, and I know how to use a dictionary