4 Quotes by Christina Soontornvat

Tell us the one about the mermaid again," said Dree. "That one's so heart-breaking, it must be real.

It's an interesting spell. You ask the light to go straight through a thing instead of bouncing off the sides. Took me a long time to get it right. I learned you gotta be real polite when you ask light to do anything.

All her senses felt sharper, like she'd been living the past nine months on a flat page and someone had suddenly folded her into shape.

I know this sounds odd, but a teacup knows it's a teacup, and a house knows it's a house. Part of this is on Dree. it's like she's forgotten who she was before. And if she doesn't know, the light can't find her.