Dear Reader (Devil's Backbone, #1)
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“I wish I could say it was lovely to meet you all, but frankly I’ve had more pleasant experiences stepping in dog shit.”
Helene Svendsen
Haahha
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my little Spark.”
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Why were the pretty ones always so personality-defective?
Helene Svendsen
So true
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“Callum Buckingham the Fourth thinks I have a bad attitude? Whatever will I do? Gosh, this will make me lose sleep, for sure.”
Helene Svendsen
Hahaaahh
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Then one by one, we had to jump, blindfolded, from the ledge. Most of us survived. Most…but not all.
Helene Svendsen
Well damn
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You look like you’d be a screamer.”
Helene Svendsen
Hihihih
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“I’m so flattered, Royce, but I’d rather jump into a pond of starving piranhas while wearing a suit entirely made of bananas. Oh look, there’s my friend.”
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“Anyone who needs to announce they’re good in bed…is not. But it’s cute that someone clearly cared enough to lie to you.”
Helene Svendsen
Haah poor heath
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“The test is to see how badly you want this. Not everyone will survive… People have died during this task in the past. But one thing is certain—if you don’t jump, you’ll never be given a second chance.”
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More questions, and no answers whatsoever.
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Carly was in the Devil’s Backbone Society,
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“Um, what…no one is here to see.”
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“I know. I just like kissing you.
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“You scared the fucking life out of me, Spark. Never, ever do that again.”
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Carter Bassington was a goddamn tornado, but right now I was safe in the eye of the storm.
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“Spark…” he groaned, kissing my throat. “You’re going to be my undoing. I need more.”
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It was the flea-ridden mutt Jade had left in my room.
Helene Svendsen
Haahha aww
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“Nathaniel. I understand that you have some big feelings about this right now, and that what Ashley is saying might hurt your heart.” She spoke to him like a toddler and I nearly laughed. He was so shocked he didn’t even talk back. “You can hold on to those big feelings until she’s finished, or you can whisper them into your hand to hold for later. But right now, Ashley is talking. Got it, got it?”
Helene Svendsen
HAHAHAHA THIS IS PERFECT
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Nathaniel Essex had just quoted Legally Blonde to me.
Helene Svendsen
Hihi
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“Hey roomie!”
Helene Svendsen
HHAHAHAAH
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“Fine. But you’re sleeping on the floor and if you snore, I’ll smother you with a pillow. Clear?”
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“Dinosaur bones?”
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“That’s kind of the DB’s whole premise. Bored rich kids doing obscenely excessive things simply because they can.”
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Polo? Not on horses, don’t be ridiculous. No, the players for that burst out of the stables riding emus.
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Bart. Sleazy Bart. Dead and naked in my bed.
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In addition to the smeared shit all over the vehicle, there was a perfectly formed turd right there on the seat. A log that looked suspiciously human too.
Helene Svendsen
Ewww
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Except for Royce, who pitched a well-planned argument via PowerPoint presentation about why it was a good idea that he share my bed rather than sleep on the floor.
Helene Svendsen
HAHAAHAHHAH ROYCE OMG
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fucking hell, Spark, I am so obsessed with you I just wanted to make it work.
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“Give me something to cling to as I suffer in silence while you fall in love with Heath.”
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The man must be part incubus, because my whole body lit up from his caresses.
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Carter ate pussy like it was his fucking job,
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“Like hell it doesn’t. I’m in the society too, and Ash is my friend. If anything, it involves me more than you. So either shut up and drive, or Ash and I can deal with this ourselves.”
Helene Svendsen
Love her
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“Damn fucking right it’s your fault!” Nate barked. “None of this would have happened if you never started school here. All you do is ruin lives, Layne. Just like your mom.”
Helene Svendsen
Damn nate come on thats just mean
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“I’m so sorry, Spark,”
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“Please forgive me, I can’t let you go.”
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“The nightmares are worse. I’m…” He paused, swallowing. “I’m scared of my own mind right now.”
Helene Svendsen
Poor heath
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But my gut said that someone was messing with his head, maybe forcing him to do something against his will? If that were the case, then I’d bet my car the Devil’s Backbone was behind it.
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He just kept walking, as though I didn’t exist. All of them did. Like fucking zombies.
Helene Svendsen
What thehell
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“I don’t know,” he whispered. “I swear…I have no clue.”
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I woke up because my phone kept ringing, like on and on. But I wasn’t in my bed. I was out on the Nevaeh south lawn in full DB costume and…I don’t have any memory of getting there. Or why.”
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“I am doing something. I’m keeping you safe!”
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My beautiful, troubled boy was there in the middle of the room, a makeshift noose around his neck as he hung from the ceiling fan.
Helene Svendsen
EXCUSE ME