Sweet Summer Serpentine: A Monster Romance (Augury University Book 2)

by Rose Santoriello

The inside of my mind is a metro station: it’s not loud, but it’s also never silent. There’s always a dull roar, always another train coming in. Sometimes I wish I could turn it off and cut the wire, but I’m afraid I’d somehow keep going. I don’t think I know how to stop.

both La Belle et la Bête. She is frighteningly brave and breathtakingly beautiful. I want to strangle her, and I want to choke her—and no, those are not the same thing.

“I read a lot of fucking fanfiction, okay?” “Oh,” I say, almost relieved. I really thought she was going to confess to reading something heinous like self-help books. Those are by far the worst books I have ever read. Fanfiction is normal. Fun, if you are into those kinds of things.

“You are not just a person, but an experience. One I look forward to every day.”