Bonus Chapter Quotes

“I like no one, absolutely no one, but I liked you from the start.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“He tried to sacrifice you,' Jacks growled. 'He's a monster.'

'I'm not saying that Apollo was a good person,' Evangeline said. 'I just keep thinking that you've changed, and it makes me feel as if he should get a chance to change as well.'

'I think he's already gotten everything he deserves,' Jacks grumbled. 'And if it wasn't for you, I would never have changed. I wouldn't have been foolish enough to end up stuck in a tree, but I guarantee I deserved something similar.'

(Waterstones Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“So you've decided to sacrifice me?' he asked.

'I would never do that!'

'I know.' His eyes turned teasing, sparking with tiny flecks of silver. 'I've seen what a mess you become when I'm not around.'

(Waterstones Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“That's not going to work at all,' he muttered.

'Why not?' Evangeline spun around.

...

'Jacks frowned, his lips turning down at the corners. 'I think it will attract too many people.'

She laughed. 'That's the entire point of an inn, silly.'

His frown deepened. Possibly at being called silly.

That made Evangeline smile wider.

Then Jacks was taking hold of the ribbon around her waist and tugging her closer to him. She'd noticed before that he couldn't go very long without touching her. Tucking hair behind her ear, toying with the straps of her gown, coming up behind her and pressing kisses to the back of her neck as he wrapped his cool arms around her and whispered things that often made her blush.

'I don't want anyone here but you,' he murmured. Then in one of his lighting-fast moves, he deftly stole the paintbrush from her fingers.

'What are you doing?' she squeaked as Jacks released her waist and swished the brush across the sign, adding two letters right before the word happily.

'There,' he said smugly, 'it's fixed now.'

Evangeline scowled, as did the little blue dragon who'd been perched happily on the sign. The greeting on the sign, still swinging from Jacks' handiwork, now read:

THE HOLLOW

Inn for Travellers, Adventurers

and Those searching for

UNHappily Ever After.

'No one will come if it says that,' Evangeline said.

'Don't be so pessimistic,' Jacks carelessly dropped the brush back in the bucket. 'People will still come. They'll just be a little cursed if they dare to stay here.'

(Indigo Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“She had once told Jacks that she would gladly take an uneventful happily ever after, but truthfully, she would much rather have this life with Jacks, which would never be uneventful.

(Indigo Exclusive Edition bonus chapter).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He's so intense, but I stand my ground. "Your people will...
"I am not only talking about my people now," he snaps. "I am talking about me."

The words feel like a slap. I stare at him, suddenly breathless "You think I betrayed you."

He says nothing.

And the worst part is, he's not wrong either. I was acting on emotion. I wasn't thinking about how anyone would perceive my actions. I spent months thinking Grey was dead, and after seeing what Rhen was willing to do in the courtyard, I wasn't going to wait around for him to up the ante.

My throat tightens. I turn to look out over the courtyard again, hoping the breeze will drag my tears away. "He was trapped with you for ... ever," I say. "Forever, Rhen. "How could you do that to him?"

Rhen is quiet for a moment. "He was your friend, too, my lady. I was not the only one he ran from."

I remember a moment, in the courtyard, when Rhen was still a monster. When Lilith was going to kill me, and Grey got on his knees and offered himself to spare me.

I remember a moment in Washington, DC, when Grey was near death because Rhen had attacked him, and he came to me for help. Not anyone in Emberfall. To me.

He could have told me his secret. I would have helped him. He chose not to. To protect me?

Or to protect himself?

Both?

We once spoke of my duty to bleed so he does not.

Oh, Grey.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Love, Henry has found, has a way of growing backward. You fall in love with a person in the present, and then every person you've ever been gets to fall in love with every past version of them.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Upon Evangeline and Jacks's initial return to the inn, the Hollow had actually been quite frosty. Doors often slammed shut. Windows stuck. Wardrobes refused to open. Faucets yielded only icy water.

'I think it's cross with us,' Jacks had said. 'Give it a few days. It will warm up.'

The walls had rattled then.

'If it doesn't, we'll leave,' Jacks added, tossing a dart up in the air as he spoke. 'We can build a new inn- a better one.'

Jacks caught his dart, then threw it, purposefully missing the board and sinking the dart's sharp tip into the wall instead.

Doors stopped slamming after that. Windows no longer stuck, and wardrobes were more eager to open.

As the days went on, the Hollow became friendlier and friendlier. Fresh flowers started to appear on tables. Evangeline found new logs in the fireplaces every morning at dawn, and whenever she drew a bath, the water was always perfectly warm.

The Hollow wanted them to stay.

(Indigo Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“She no longer wanted to sit quietly at the end of a story. She wanted to keep stepping into new ones. She wanted to love, to discover, and to feel. She wanted a life that felt like running through a field of wildflowers and then finding a gate at the end that led into an enchanted unknown. And she wanted to do it all with Jacks by her side.

(Indigo Exclusive Edition bonus chapter).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I am thankful that we do not all get what we deserve,' she said softly.

(Waterstones Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I've cursed a lot of people.' Jacks reeled her in as he spoke, slowly tugging Evangeline towards him and trapping her bloody hand so that it was behind him as he leaned in closer and whispered, 'They don't all become villains, Little Fox.' His lips brushed hers, taunting, teasing.

'Stop trying to distract me,' she murmured.

'I'll never stop trying to distract you,' Jacks playfully nipped her lower lip and then he kissed her, far less playfully.

(Waterstones Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Your intelligence is a direct attribute to your attractiveness. Playing dumb doesn’t suit you.”
― Caramia Sami, Heart of Arson: The Phoenix Queen

“Being with Jacks was strange in the same delightful way it's strange to experience a warm day in the middle of winter or to find a surprise meteor shower upon looking up at the sky.

(Indigo Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love