Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (via ignifex)
Why, is he scared of the dark?”
“Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is.
“Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is.
Favourite first sentences in middle grade and ya literature:
Cruel beauty (Rosamund hodge), The scorpio races (Maggie Stiefvater), The young elites (Marie Lu), The raven boys (Maggie Stiefvater), Legend (Marie Lu), Daughter of smoke and bone (Laini Taylor), Percy Jackson and the lightning thief (Rick Riordan)