Kill Joy Quotes

“Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him.
'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said.
'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (German edition): A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 4

“And it had been good, right up until the end. The whole world outside this house had disappeared; it had been just her and her mind and a problem to solve. Exactly the way she liked it. Exactly when she was most herself.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Series 4 Books Set By Holly Jackson

“And then the world went black, stolen from her eyes. Everything swallowed by darkness as all the lights blinked out. The music died, leaving an unnerving, buzzing silence in its wake. It shattered a second later as someone screamed.”
― Holly Jackson

“And I adore you in return. Now, let’s get this over with so that I can make love to you on one of Mirna’s beautiful white beaches.”

How am I supposed to not kiss him when he says things like that? I fuse our mouths together, swallowing his gasp of surprise, and sweep my tongue out to taste him. Only to be cut off as retching noises interrupt the moment with the subtlety of a wrecking ball. I flush slightly as I realise Reva is miming gagging beside me as Elsie and Cooper stare at the two of us in horrified fascination.

“Can you just… refrain?” Elsie squeaks. “Just until we deal with the problem at hand? Now doesn’t really seem like the correct time for fornication…”
― Marie Mistry, Pirate Witch