Hekate smacked the mirror down. “I’d never fancy you,” she retorted to Hermes. “And if you ever try to kiss me, I’ll–I’ll keep a snake hidden in my clothes and make it bite you. On...

So we came to say hello. To the world’s grouchiest person. Because that’s such fun.

Being around her now was nine parts bliss and one part torment. And he wanted it to last as long as possible.

College isn’t half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.””It’s not one-hundredth as much fun.

I had an absurd desire to go down to her and make sure she was all right, and stay with her until dawn. I also had a fierce wish to bludgeon the two frat boys...

And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve.

Eventually the real world intruded again, and Sophie had to return to campus—woefully behind on homework, but incandescently in love.

It had to unleash some invisible magic, he thought; Hades and Persephone, joining together again within these black and holy stone walls, for the first time in millennia. As they indulged in enjoying one another,...

…”There’s really no way I can explain it to her without *still* sounding like scum,” I complained to Sinter.”The ‘sympathy shack-up’ doesn’t score many points,” he agreed.*

And no bacon,” Freya added.

You’re being nicer to me than I’ve been to you lately,” I said.”Yes, I am. But then, Hitler was nicer to Poland than you’ve been to me lately.

No, her I brought back because…” Niko lifted his chin toward the moon. “She’s magical.””I get that, if by ‘magical’ you mean ‘hot.'””I also mean magical.

And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.

Another lesson to file away about Scotland: insulting other people in a childish manner was the national pastime.

Did I mention really, really jealous.

But the thought of New Zealand instantly sent her mind to Watson, the possibly-Australian, possibly-Kiwi, definitely paranormal young fellow with videos of dead guys on his phone.

Hermes, we love you,” Hades said, “but you rarely do as you’re told, and you always do as you wish, and I haven’t the slightest idea what you’d do with an immortality fruit, but I’m...

Tasty darkness. Really.

She knew nothing of Ren except his name, his aptitude with vocabulary, the fact that he wasn’t in college, and the way his hair narrowed to a curling point at the nape of his neck....

I’ve given her signs! I’ve given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?