How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
As I stared at the creature's mangy pelt, pug snout, and ferocious snarl, I registered every feature without really understanding what it meant. Only when I tried to find a label for this bizarre collection of characteristics did I realize that I couldn't. I didn't know what the strange beast actually was. (10.83-84)
When Nina sees her first werewolf, she's understandably confused. After all, it doesn't look like any other animal that exists. It's the size of a bear, but with a dog's features, and even weirder, it moves and uses its limbs like a human. No wonder her brain can't make the creature's appearance fit into any preexisting mold.
Quote #8
His appearance matched his voice; it was compressed but strangely formidable. […] His rubbery features looked squashed, and he didn't have much of a neck. Yet his broad shoulders, big hands, and broken nose were intimidating—as were his scars, and his empty blue eyes. (11.103)
The gang's first meeting with Barry McKinnon is a little freaky. Based on his appearance, he doesn't look like the kind of guy to forgive and forget. All the descriptions that emphasize bigness and emptiness make him seem scary and lacking in empathy.
Quote #9
But despite being unkempt, unshaven, and thoroughly uncared for, Reuben was still the most stunning guy I'd ever seen. Though he wasn't very tall, his proportions were perfect. So were his teeth, and his nose, and his high, sculpted cheekbones. He had enormous green eyes ringed by jet-black lashes, and a lean, wiry, muscular build. (13.111)
Nina's description of Reuben, when she first sees him in human form, makes him sound pretty darn hot. She notices his proportionate features, his huge green eyes, his lashes that would make any girl jealous, and his body's shape. What's not to like? Especially when you're been hanging around sickly looking vamps for the last few decades.