The Shadow Hour Quotes

“You're a thief, Echo.' The Ala Squeezed her hand, her grip strong despite her frailty. 'Steal him back.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“The imagining of chaos was quite different from the reality of it.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“Ala!" Echo sprang to her feet, legs tangled in the sheets. The Ala was here. The Ala had brought food. The Ala was a goddess”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“[Echo] dumped her backpack on the floor besides the door. "Children," she called, "I'm home."
Ivy popped her head out of the bathroom door on the opposite side of the room, long, snowy hair-feathers gleaming in the dim light.
“Oh, thank the gods,” she answered, wiping her hands on a washcloth as she walked over to Echo. “If I had to listen to Jasper whine about his poultice one more time, I was going to gag him.”
“Excuse me, young lady, I do not whine,” Jasper said, angling his head to glare at Ivy. “I lament.”
Ivy rolled her eyes. “You’re nineteen, Jasper. Don’t you ‘young lady’ me.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“Dorian, darling," Jasper said. "What brings you to my humble abode?" Also, please stay, forever and ever, thank you.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“...I thought you would like something a touch more substantial after weeks of eating nothing but"-she picked up a box of Pop-Tarts, squinting at the label as she read the ingredients-"high-fructose corn syrup.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“Echo glanced at Ivy, who raised her eyebrows in response. That was just what their little group needed-a love triangle between an Avicen, a Drakharin, and a warlock. Because that emotional Chernobyl wasn't likely to blow up in anyone's face. Nope. Not at all.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“You never quite appreciated the fit of a decent pair of jeans until you didn't have any that weren't bloodstained or ripped.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“I thought you might like something a touch more substantial after weeks of eating nothing but" - she picked up a box of Pop-Tarts, squinting at the label as she read the ingredients - "high fructose corn syrup.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“She turned and looked at Dorian's sword, lifting a slightly amused eyebrow. "Do you plan on using that, boy?"
Shamefaced, Dorian lowered the blade. "No."
"Then I suggest you put it away."
He did.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“Echo hadn’t just found the firebird.
She was the firebird.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour

“The girl he’d fallen in love with over cupcakes and stories had evolved. Now she was something savage and fierce, a celestial beast framed by a blaze of her own creation.

Echo hadn’t just found the firebird.

She was the firebird.

Holy. Shit.”
― Melissa Grey, The Shadow Hour