Her mom's a witch.
Her dad's a demon.
And she just wants to be ordinary.
I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on a...

Penelope “Penny” Vale lives for discipline. Ballet is her world, her oxygen—and with a scholarship, a coveted solo in the spring showcase, and a sweet boyfriend by her side, everything looks flawless from the outside.
But pretty doesn’t mean perfect. And lately, nothing feels right.
Tyler, her boyfriend of a year, is kind… until he's not. Not when he's too busy charming the girls who whisper behind Penny’s back. Not when he stops seeing her struggle. She tells herself it’s fine—until his older...