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443 pages, Hardcover
First published September 26, 2011
If Rosa looked at him long enough with her amber gaze, she noticed a faint quivering of his sensitive whiskers, as if he saw something in her that touched him deeply. The longer she knew him, the less important it seemed whether he faced her in human or animal form. She loved the majestic panther as much as the boy with the dimpled smile.
She tried to find the right words, but there weren’t any. She could only say as she felt, even if it sounded clumsy or silly. What she did not say was: I love you. He’d know that for a long time.For the supporting characters, I absolutely love Iole and Fundling. Rosa’s and Alessandro’s relationship to Iole feels very motherly and fatherly. There are many times that leave an “aww” impression to me.
Iole confronted the pair of them. “Stop fighting or I’ll pretend to faint. Maybe I’ll scream a bit, too.” Dark tracks of mascara were drying on her cheeks.
Rosa put her arms around Iole.
Sighing slightly, Alessandro ruffled Iole’s hair, dropped a kiss on the nape of Rosa’s neck, and took her hand again. “Let’s get out of here.” Panther fur was receding under his clothes.