ALCC Reads

“Life is for the living. Honor your dead, but don’t die with them. Our time is now.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Time

“You need a ride, Abs?” he asked. “No, no, I’ve got Mom’s car. You know what I found in it last week?” “Do I want to?” “No, but I feel like someone should share my pain, and you could use a distraction. You ready?” She paused for effect. “A riding crop.” “Please tell me she’s taken up horseback riding.” “She has not.” “You’re a cruel child, Abby.”
― Kristan Higgins, In Your Dreams

“I loved you even when you forgot me.

And—for a little while—you loved me back.”
― Julio-Alexi Genao, When You Were Pixels

“Keep talking like that and I’m going to fuck the filth right out of your pretty mouth.”
― Elsie Silver, Heartless