Aisling Zena

“The last time we met, he tortured me,” Ascanio said. He what? Could this get any worse? “You’re still alive,” Hugh said. “Clearly my heart wasn’t in it.”
― Ilona Andrews, Iron and Magic

“Unlike your half-blood prince, this is a classic.” “Half-Blood Prince is a great book.” “Of course it is. What could be better than stories of clueless teenagers sent off to… Bale, what is that?” “What, this?” Lamar’s voice took on a sharp edge. “Is that a wand?” “It’s a stick.” “Are you pointing a wand at me?” “Who, me?” “Bale, if any Latin comes out of your mouth, it better be a litany of the saints, because I will end you.”
― Ilona Andrews, Iron and Magic

“You look like shit.” His lips pulled back in what she guessed was supposed to be a smile. “How very… American.”
― Abigail Owen, The Rogue King

“As it happened so often with our species, logical reasoning was discarded in favor of the overpowering need to be right, facts and consequences be damned.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze