Kiss of the Basilisk (Split or Swallow, #1)

by Lindsay Straube

This book is for anyone who has ever wanted more.

Vera laughed, the sound cutting Tem to her core.

i don’t want to listen to vera, she better not be a main character

“You hold the stars in your hands,” her mother had always said, rubbing Tem’s fingers between hers. “Just like your father.”

When she finally slept, she dreamed of fire. It didn’t burn her. Rather, it warmed her gently, from the tips of her toes to the base of her skull. The fire felt familiar somehow, as if it were sent by someone she had known a long time ago. Flames licked her fingers, her palms, her arms. A single breath brushed her cheek. Then it was over.

Vera always called it making love, which was objectively atrocious.

revelation. If what he said was true, it meant that Caspen was the Serpent King: the legendary basilisk whose power was far superior to all the others. His reputation was exemplary in the village; people talked about him like he was a god. Tem had the most coveted teacher.

All she knew was that tonight she would be back in the caves with Caspen.

how am i supposed to like leo when we already love caspen?

Caspen caught her wrist and gently rolled her off him. “Tem,” he said. “Enough.”

christ, about time????

Did she even have a right to be angry if that were indeed the case?

no sure does not, be so forreal

Then she thought of them both. Was it really so wrong to picture them all together?

finally this girl gets some common sense

Her name was only worth saying twice? That wouldn’t do at all.

this bitch is crazy

They had sex for hours, and eventually the bed became soaked with their cum. At one point, two basilisks stepped forward, and Caspen fucked Tem standing up while they changed the fitted silk sheet.

this book is so fucking unhinged

Then, with a horrible crack, Tem felt her pelvis break.

wtf it’s going on

Leo knelt.

i love him. tem doesn’t deserve leo