426 Quotes by Shannon Messenger

And you get to bathe the verminion for the next month,” Grady added.Sophie groaned. She swore the giant mutant-hamster-thing had been plotting to destroy her since she’d helped trap it when it arrived at Havenfield. “That’s just mean.”“No, that’s awesome,” Dex corrected.“Glad you think so, Dex,” Grady told him, “ ’Cause you get to help her.”“Hey—I didn’t do anything wrong!”“I never said you did. But do you really think Sophie will let you just stand there and watch her work?

She wasn't the same girl she'd been the year before, who though failing out of Foxfire would be the end of the world. Now she'd been kidnapped, presumed dead, banished from the Lost Cities, and helped stop a plague from killing off the entire gnomish species. She'd even snuck into the ogres' capital and helped destroy half the city--which happened to be why the Council was struggling to negotiated a new elvin-ogre treaty.

Keefe groaned. “What is it with girls and sparkles?”“Sparkles make everything better,” Biana informed him, and Sophie had to agree.

It’s been her secret-her burden-since she fell and hit her head when she was five years old. She’d tried blocking the noise. Tried ignoring it. Nothing helped. And she could never tell anyone. They wouldn’t understand.

Alden turned to Grady. “I’m sorry to be late. I’d hoped to get here before the Hekses arrived. But Fitz, Keefe, and Biana insisted on seeing the long-lost alicorn, and someone needed time to fix their hair.”“Hey, a guy’s gotta look his best for the ladies.” Keefe patted the back of his head. “Right, Foster?”Sophie ignored him—though she could feel her cheeks blushing.

No more notes.No more clues.She’d followed them to this point, and now it came down to her.She wasn’t the Black Swan’s puppet anymore.She was broken.All she had left was trust.

Ew,” Dex complained, plugging his nose. “Who knew sparkly horses had such bad breath?”“It’s nothing on Iggy breath,” Sophie reminded him. Her pet imp might only be a palm-size furball, but every time he opened his mouth it was like standing near a mountain of rotting eggs and dirty diapers.

But something about the way Grady was smiling at them made Sophie’s cheeks feel hot. Dex must’ve noticed it too, because his face was bright red as he mumbled some excuse about his parents worrying if he wasn’t home soon, and quickly leaped out of there

Aw, aren’t you guys cute?” Stina sneered. “Better watch out, Biana. It’s only a matter of time before she drags your whole family down to her level.”“That’s still way higher than your family,” Sophie snapped back.