Hmmm. It took me way longer than it should have to finish this book. I have read 700 page books quicker (City of Heavenly Fire, anyone?). I suppose I'm frustrated with it and indifferent to it.I was excited about it until Cassie got pregnant. That may sound terrible, but really, the plot would ha...
Kayla and her mother, Moonbeam, have been running from Kayla's father since the night he killed her sister. But now that they have been safe and settled for a few years, Kayla has been stretching at the boundaries Moonbeam demands from her. Specifically, Kayla wants to use her powers of telekines...
Four-year-old Cassie clutched her quilt and stared at her grandmother. Tall and straight, Gram looked like a general. She perched stiffly on the edge of Cassie’s bed. She had a mahogany cane in her left hand. Tonight, Dad was away from the station, which meant Cassie would hear the story. ...
She wiped them furiously with the back of her hand. Leaping from the table, Monster wrapped himself around her ankles. She sucked in air, telling herself to stop, stop, stop! Ethan patted her back awkwardly. “It’s okay. You’re okay. Everything’s okay.” “It’s not okay! Don’t say that!” She got her...
Leaning around the box, she peeked out through the glass door. She didn’t see anyone on the sidewalk. Several policemen hurried by on the street. A squad car drove off in the opposite direction. She’d lost them. She was alone. She suddenly realized how true that was. I am alone, she thought. Mom’...
In several rows, the lights flickered or had already died. Eve avoided those. Aimless, she drifted deeper into the stacks. Any time she heard footsteps, Eve veered into a different row. It wasn’t difficult. The library patrons strode through the bookshelves with purpose, often lugging already-ful...
I could walk east or west and enter the dust on foot, but I can’t resist the pull of the water. Tiffany has brought me a bathing suit. Even though the motel’s pool is cracked concrete coated in algae and filled with scummy water, she says she still finds new swimsuits, tossed into the bushes, dra...
As his feet crashed into the monster's shoulder blades, he swung at its neck. The monster toppled forward, and Jake's blade flashed in an impossibly fast blur. The monster lay still only a foot from the grove of trees. Green oozed from its neck. Flattened against a tree trunk, Lily stared. Her he...
Her hands shook, and the liquid splashed onto the saucer. She set the teapot down, stirred in sugar, and forgave herself for not being calm while contemplating regicide. “You know she will not abdicate. You know her too well to think otherwise.” Ven looked as if he’d aged a decade in one night. H...