Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

by Derek Landy

“Do you know anything about engines?” Stephanie asked. “That’s why I have a husband, so I don’t have to. Engines and shelves, that’s why man was invented.” Stephanie made a mental note to learn about engines before she turned eighteen. She wasn’t too fussed about the shelves.

“Stephanie, you jumped off a building.” “Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them.” “And how were the branches?” “A lot unlike pillows.” “You could have been killed.” “But I wasn’t.” “But you could have been.” “But I wasn’t.”