How It All Goes Down
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- Thiago tries flirting with Madrigal, but he's not that slick. He makes comments about her dress falling off and then tears one of the straps himself.
- When the dance requires her to be passed along, she ends up back with Akiva.
- Oh. Wait. They don't even know each other's names yet. It's hard to keep this straight with all the flashbacks and flashwards.
(Hopefully this book doesn't take a cue from Lost and include a flash-sideways anywhere...) - Akiva and Madrigal finally introduce themselves to one another, but Akiva gets mad when he sees that Madrigal's dress has been ripped.
- "I can make you a shawl" (54.59), he says, because nothing is sexier than a man who can crochet.
- He makes her one with magic. Her "shawl" is made of beautiful shimmering moths that settle on her shoulders.
- Right before it's time to pass Madrigal back to Thiago, fireworks go off.
- Madrigal grabs Akiva's hand and they run, far away from the crowd.