Aashi Parikh

“It would be a shame," Jameson commented, "if we were related." He spared another smile for me, slow and sharp-edged. "Don't you think?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I don't want you to walk back to the palace," she said. "But if you ruin this, I swear on the stars, I will never speak to you again. The count has to believe you're a chaperone. We can tell him that you are you're my cousin."

"That's not going to work unless you're fine with him believing you have an inappropriate relationship with your cousin." Julian darted closer and pressed a quick kiss to her neck.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

“I agree," Xander told me, even though I hadn't said anything for him to agree with. "This party sucks. The socialite-to-scone ratio is pretty much unforgivable.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Have you thought about hair and makeup?" she asked.
"Constantly," I replied in a deadpan. "These days, I think of literally nothing else. A girl has to have her priorities in order."
Thea smiled. "And here I was thinking your priorities all had the last name Hawthorne.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games