Magic for Liars

by Sarah Gailey

He knocked over a chair or two on his way to the section where the screaming was coming from—the chairs weren’t really in his way, but the moment felt so urgent that it seemed wrong to leave things undisturbed.

My sister turned her back to me as though I had never been there at all.

This whiny bitch. You suck and your sister doesn't. get over it

I hoped to become hot gossip. I figured that those kids would see my setup and latch on to me like stray cats following a fishmonger. They wouldn’t be able to resist the lure of a real live detective. A real mystery.

This weird noir tone came out of nowhere and left just as quickly

What would make us crystallize? Anything could be the Thing that started it all, that started our stories. But the only stories we had to work with—the only stories these kids at Osthorne had to work with—were the ones we’d seen a million times already.

“He’s a total loser freak. I mean, I don’t want to talk bad about him?” Another elaborate look around to make sure we were alone. “But he’s like, totally weird.”

Hello fellow kids

But we didn’t have that. We had silent Christmases and smiles that were just for photographs. We had the crushing weight of things that had gone unsaid for so long that they’d calcified between us.

Omg get over your sister issues

The thing about me is, I let things go. I let people go.

Literally no. 75 percent of this book is you thinking about your sister and your inferiority complex

Someone was trying to hide something. In that moment, it hit home: The killer is here. Right here on campus, and likely in this building.

Doh

He had the long, lean look of pulled taffy, and I wondered if he was done growing yet

Yep kids are small and then grow, we get it. how many times do you have to mention it?

“Ms. Capley and her girlfriend, they really didn’t want anyone to know.

Probably tabitha bet

The version of Ivy who could solve this case.

Is there a version of ivy that isn't exhausting

looking at me like I was a multiple-choice test that she was about to slay.

Barf lol

I’d never wanted Tabitha’s powers

Could have fooled me

Is that what the hair is for? The makeup?

Because no woman that cares about her appearance can be powerful

“You dispose of it,” she answered. “It’s medical waste.” “Really? That seems … I don’t know. Wrong, somehow.” “Does it?” she asked. “If you had your gallbladder removed, would you want to save it just because it pained you for a decade?”

Not really the same lol

Always a crisis, with these girls.”

haha yeah. Women are hysterical for no reason after seeimg their boyfriends explode