Addison Lane

“The first time she’d met Lucía, she’d actually done a double-take. One, because Lucía had a floppy, mohawk-like shave, and it really, really suited her, but more so because she was wearing boots that looked like they were the army and a black shirt turned inside out and artistically severed, so that her stomach was just peeking through, and Maya could see she was an outie (which could have killed her).”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Ones Who Couldn't Let Go

“And then they are falling, their hair streaming, the dog wailing against her throat. Jude’s laugh is as sharp and delirious as wind pummeling the splintered lines of broken glass. It’s a terrible sound. The mad smile on her face, the wide stretch of her lids around her eyes, is unpleasant, and yet Maya finds herself mirroring the expression—a shriek of terrified joy breaking from her throat as they hit the water.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Ones Who Couldn't Let Go

“Jude’s back is knobby and reptilian, her skin stretched thin over her spine and ribs. She looks like a tyrannosaurus rex bent over its catch.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Ones Who Couldn't Let Go

“This is, after all, Nova’s computer. Yet when he opens the browser (feeling just a pinch of guilt), it automatically goes to a photo site, and suddenly their faces are everywhere, gazing back at him from sunnier times.

Mason shrinks away, avoiding both sets of eyes. Nova, the masochist.

It would have been better if they hadn’t had that in common.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Ones Who Couldn't Let Go