How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I'm not really sure how to explain it." He paused. "It happened the first day we came here. I felt this weird electric feeling when she walked by me. And it keeps getting worse the more I'm around her." (4.95)
Gemma thinks that her attraction to Alex is just a normal schoolgirl crush (after all, how could she know any differently?), but Alex knows that there's something magical about their connection. And he doesn't like that one bit.
Quote #2
It didn't feel hot or anything. Not even warm. But there was something off about it. Something different, but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was. It almost felt sparkly… or maybe it was more electric. (7.123)
As soon as Gemma touches the spot where the star supposedly fell, she feels a kind of spark. This makes sense since she's harboring the star's energy inside of her—it's like the star recognizes this place.
Quote #3
I tore my gaze away from the windows. Aislin was kneeling down on the ground, doing something weird with a black candle and what looked like a chunk of amethyst. What was this? Black magic time? (12.69)
What in the world is Aislin doing? Gemma's freaking out about the ice demons approaching the bus and can't figure out why Aislin would be playing with crystals instead of, you know, running away. She hasn't deduced that Aislin is a witch yet.
Quote #4
He hesitated again. "It's a form of magic."
A burst of laughter escaped my lips. "Are you being serious? Because, just so you know, magic isn't real." (13.61-62)
Even though Gemma has suddenly been transported to a random house outside of Las Vegas, she still doesn't totally believe magic is real. The idea that Aislin is a witch with magical powers seems ridiculous… even if it's the only explanation for what's just happened.
Quote #5
It sounded way too fictional. All saving the world from evil and demons and vampires. Yeah, I know, he hadn't actually mentioned vampires but… God, what if there were actual vampires. (13.180)
Talk about a bit of foreshadowing. Gemma thinks there's no way that vampires exist in the real world, but little does she know that she's standing in a vampire's house at that very moment.
Quote #6
Could I really be sitting in the desert next to a vampire, all while harboring the energy of a fallen star inside me? There was so much wrong with that statement, yet, in a bizarre, twisted way, it felt right. (15.102)
Gemma has learned all sorts of stuff about magic and fallen stars and even vampires, but somehow it all feels normal to her. Sitting next to Laylen (the vampire) doesn't freak her out nearly as much as she thought it would.
Quote #7
She spun around the pole, and then locked her haunting grey eyes on me. I felt my breath catch. My body suddenly felt so warm, like I was liquefying. My limbs, my muscles, everything centered to her. I knew what I needed to do. I needed to go to her. Right now. It was imperative that I did… a matter of life or death. (17.121)
Our girl Gemma really needs to be more careful around supernatural beings. She feels intensely drawn to the Black Angel, but doesn't seem to realize that it's probably a dangerous creature.
Quote #8
"But I don't have the power of a star flowing inside me, do I?" He rapped his fingers on the crystal ball again, trying to prove his point. "Who knows what might happen if you touch it? You might set off its power or something and get sucked into a vision. In fact, you probably shouldn't touch anything at all." (20.63)
Alex warns Gemma against touching anything in Adessa's shop. After all, it's a place where witches buy their goods, so there have to be some pretty dangerous magical objects sitting around.
Quote #9
Then they were gone.
"What the heck?" I was resting somewhere between being completely fascinated and absolutely terrified. "Where did they go?"
"To a secret place where Adessa keeps certain things hidden," Laylen answered. (20.83-85)
Gemma is a bit unnerved by the fact that Aislin basically disappears into thin air with the woman who owns this magic shop, but everyone else acts like it's totally normal. Maybe magic becomes mundane after you've been around it for a while.
Quote #10
"This is the most magnificent thing I've ever discovered." Stephan held the smoking rock up for Alex and me to see. "It is so much better than detaching your soul, because not only will it rid you of all your memories, but it will wipe away everything inside your mind. You won't even be able to function anymore." (36.48)
Okay, so a smoking rock that can remove your soul and wipe away your mind is cool in theory, but in practice it's freaking terrifying—and Gemma just wants that thing as far away from her as possible.