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Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires that feeds off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman’s madness will drive her into a world that few people ever see – or even know exists…
Shortly after she picked up a guitar, Miranda Grey... read more
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Characters edit
- Miranda Grey: Protagonist/musician
- David Solomon: Prime, meets Miranda when he saves her life
- Faith: David's Second
- Kat: Miranda's best friend
Quotes edit
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“Bastards better not hurt my piano," Miranda replied. "that's what you're worried about right now? what about your boyfriend?”
Sophie -
“All right. Let's see how much this is gonna suck.”
Miranda -
“Sophie wanted to see her twice a week, and had given her a workout regimen as well as several acerbic recommendations about her diet, such as, "if you come here smelling like pizza next time, I'll kick you in the stomach."”
Sophie -
“It was kind of flattering, but then, if you pissed off the Prime you tended to be flattered by the grandeur of your own death.”
Wallace -
“Emotional equilibrium. Meaning you never get angry and you're always perfectly calm. <...> Are you sure you're not just boring?”
Miranda -
“That squiggly line with all the gibberish? You're going to have to translate it into Normal People-ese.”
Faith -
“"Your balls + my gun, you rat bastard."”
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“"You carved your name into my heart, You said we were forever, But everything falls, Everything falls apart..."”
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“We don’t get to choose how we’re born, Miranda, and very rarely how we die; but we get to choose how we live. Life is too short to spend in dread and guilt.”
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She got the look of someone trying to find words to explain calculus to a hamster.
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Destiny was just a way of denying responsibility for one’s own actions.
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“Don’t deny yourself the possibility of happiness one day because you’re broken right now. At least consider the pomegranate seeds. Who knows? Besides . . . I hear Hades is spectacular in bed.”
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If Dev had told him pigeons fucked monkeys, he’d have looked outside for little hairy birds.”
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He took a deep breath. “I am in love with you, Miranda Grey. I’ve fallen so far into you that I can’t even see the stars anymore, but it doesn’t matter—you’re all the light I need.”
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Now he was definitely smiling. “Cheese is the coagulated lactation of a ruminant mammal. It’s not even made from human milk, which would make far more sense. Eggs are essentially the menstrual period of a chicken. Honey is mostly bee spit. Shall I go on?”
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“Life doesn’t care what you deserve,” he replied with all the warmth of an iceberg. “You didn’t deserve to be raped, but it happened. The people who die out there on the street every night often don’t deserve their fates. Veal calves don’t deserve theirs. Do you want to spend the rest of your life as a victim, or do you want to be strong?”
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Sure. I’ll go out and start drinking blood right now. Then I’ll come back with fangs and a melanin deficiency and rule the world. And also, David will fall so madly in love with me that the Signet will pick me as his Queen and we’ll live happily ever after in bloodsucking bliss among the sparkly unicorns.
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The others took an involuntary step back. She didn’t. Running from fear only made it chase you.
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Organizations edit
- Blackthorn: A cult-like group of fanatics
First Sentence edit
The guy next to her in the checkout line looked kind of like a vampire.
Table of Contents edit
I. Praise
II. Title Page
III. Copyright Page
IV. Dedication
V. PART ONE: Pomegranate Seeds
Chapter One to Nine
VI. PART TWO: The River Styx
Chapter Ten to Twenty
VII. Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in The Shadow World. (standard series)
Followed by Shadowflame.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 31, 2010
ISBN: 978-0441019250
Page Count: 389
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 31, 2010
ISBN: 978-0441019250
Page Count: 389
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- Dewey: 813
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