I really, really wanted to like this book. It has missing schoolkid possibly kidnapped by witches, a detective going undercover in school, vampires, trolls, everything I like.It was just really, really boring. I couldn't get interested in Our Hero's on-again, off-again love-life. Her boss is b...
“Were you outside?” Michael was standing on the landing, hair ruffled, eyes bleary with sleep. “Uh…” Bex stammered. “I woke up early. Couldn’t sleep.” She thumbed over her shoulder. “I thought maybe a walk would be good.” Michael nodded, yawned, and...
There was always a phone ringing or a radio squawking, and whether or not there was an actual crime spree going on, the officers were always ready to move. I sucked my breath in as a uniformed officer shimmied by me, his head cocked as he listened to the radio cradled on his shoulder, the butt of...
When she walked into the choir room, she was downright giddy thinking of her solo, appearing in her new choir costume. Chloe bounded over to her. “Hey! You’re smiling. Kind of like an idiot.” She poked Sawyer in the ribs and grinned. “Anything I should know about?” &...
Dr. Rother leaned back in her chair, the leather groaning as she shifted. “Like, what actually happened, or is this like a ‘See? You didn’t die’ kind of a question?” Dr. Rother cocked her head, and Brynna sighed. “It’s not li...
It had been less than twenty-four hours since I was expelled from the Underworld Detection Agency, and though I wanted to be haughty and over it, I felt a profound sense of longing, as if I had been evicted from my childhood home. I attempted to convince myself that what I was missing was the fre...
Around her, the rumors circulated—that she and Fletcher had attacked Adam together, that it was their plot all along, that they were the modern-day murderous Bonnie and Clyde. “She snapped,” Avery heard someone say under her breath. “Fletcher is in love with Avery. He’d do anything she said…” “Av...
He looked Riley up and down. Her cheeks burned. “What?” He shrugged. “I’m just surprised you don’t have a problem with elevators.” Riley tried to look nonchalant. It wasn’t that she didn’t have a problem with elevators—it was that she had learned to...
I was still mad at Nina and Alex and wavering between giving my grandmother a piece of my mind if she knew about my Satan-as-dad bloodline and breaking it to her gently if she didn’t. Either way I wussed out and hid in my bedroom after work, eyes wide open until I heard Nina come in and watch a f...