Tons of good quotes in this one.

I like that inside cover too, how they can’t actually show the guy

even though of course it’s described in great detail in the book.

Ax is so funny as a human. When he finds out that Marco’s dad is dating, and ax’s been getting used to TV, he says <Ah. Perhaps your father is Young and Restless. Those who are Young and Restless frequently change mates.>

Love it.

You know what else is interesting, that both sides in this war look like humans, they look like anybody else, even though both sides can turn into murderers at the drop of a hat. Sure. The aliens look like humans, but the child soldiers who change into animals all the time and kill people also look harmless most of the time.

And Jake has a great line about how they’re all different and they have to deal with their trauma in their own way.

And also Jake said I love you to Cassie! Wooo!

Marco has this great quote:

“Self-pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism, that’s tough.”

I am definitely an unlikely optimist, I wonder if this book had any part to play in that particular personality development.