"Zoe McCourt was sixteen when she met the boy who would change her life" (Chapter 1, p. 1).

"Rowena and Pitte, the people who live at the Peak, the people we're going to see tonight, they're magic" (Chapter 1, p. 8).

"The young king had three daughters. They call them demigoddesses because they're part human. Each of the daughters had a special gift. One was music, or art, another was writing, or knowledge, and the third was courage, I guess. Valor" (Chapter 1, p. 9).

"'Everything comes down to the courage of one woman'" (Chapter 2, p. 30).

"'I don't know what to do, or what to think. It's one thing if it's just for fun, the excitement. But I'm not looking for fun and excitement. Not this kind'" (Chapter 4, p. 66).

"'I don't like to insult anyone - well, not by mistake anyway'" (Chapter 4, p. 81).

"If Bradley Vane was indeed one of her forks in the...