With a smart, arrogant protagonist, a sinister family tradition, and an ending you won't see coming, this is a fast-paced, twisty story about power, addiction, and deciding what kind of person you want to be, in a family that has the ability to control everything you are.
Aspen Quick has never really worried about how he's affecting people when he steals from them. But this summer he'll discover just how strong the Quick family magic is-and how far they'll go to keep their secrets safe.
With a smart, arrogant protagonist, a sinister family tradition, and an ending you won't see coming, this is a fast-paced, twisty story about power, addiction, and deciding what kind of person you want to be, in a family that has the ability to control everything you are.
“When you take away someone’s thoughts, or feelings, or . . . or impulses or whatever, you’re taking away part of who they are. I fell in love with your mother for exactly who she was. I’d never change that.”
“Even if it meant losing her?”
“Yeah. Even then.”
— Clever, clever book about the meaning of free will and identity. "Am I the same person if the things that make me (thoughts, feelings, memories) are taken away?"
