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This is the story of the curse and the kiss, the demon and the girl. It's a love story with dancing and death in it, and singing and souls and shadows reeled out on kite strings.

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Laini Taylor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
Author
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Writer
Chico
California
Shadow
Shadows
Singing
Strings
Story
Demon
Girl
Curse
Death
Kiss
Stories
Souls
Reeled
Soul
Kissing
Kite
Love
Dancing
Kites

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Thank you, but we respectfully decline your overture, being more enjoyably occupied at present.
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