The goblins want girls who dream so hard about being pretty their year…

Laini Taylor
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The goblins want girls who dream so hard about being pretty their yearning leaves a palpable trail, a scent goblins can follow like sharks on a soft bloom of blood. The girls with hungry eyes who pray each night to wake up as someone else. Urgent, unkissed, wishful girls. Like Kizzy. ✨ Laini Taylor (2009). Lips Touch: Three Times, p.13, Scholastic Inc.
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