Olivia Atwater

"Ever since a faerie cursed her, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear, embarrassment, or even happiness-a condition which makes her sadly prone to accidental scandal. Dora's only goal for the London Season this year is to stay quiet and avoid upsetting her cousin's chances at a husband... but when the Lord Sorcier of England learns of her condition, she finds herself drawn ever more deeply into the tumultuous concerns of magicians and faeries. Lord Elias Wilder is handsome, strange, and utterly uncouth-but gossip says that he regularly performs three impossible things before breakfast, and he is willing to help Dora restore her missing half. If Dora's reputation can survive both her ongoing curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world... but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul."--Publisher's description.

Half a Soul

Elena M.

It was a shame, she thought, that so many beautiful things were also so ugly on the inside.

Alli

There was a small part of her, however—very deep down—that added the comment to a longstanding pile of other, similar comments. That pile gave her a faint sinking feeling which she never could quite shake. Sometimes, she would find herself taking it out and examining it in the middle of the night, for no particular reason she could discern.

Pleasant-mannered people are simply the worst sort of people. Decent people become properly angry when presented with miserable injustice, but pleasant-mannered people never do.

“…You can tell that I am important, for I am wearing many expensive jackets."

She had little effort to spare for making unpleasant men more comfortable.

"I am sure that every evil man believes himself to be charitable," she told him. "In that respect, at least, you are a true Englishman."

Nica

So many beautiful things were also ugly on the inside.

"Being offended at yourself so very often," she said. "That seems a sad way to live."

He is her favorite because he is broken. She feels she must make up for that with extra love.

"Pleasant-mannered people are simply the worst sort of people. Decent people become properly angry when presented with miserable injustice, but pleasant-mannered people never do."

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