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* [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday]] - Sixteen is when you become fair game for demon possession. |
* [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday]] - Sixteen is when you become fair game for demon possession. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pretty much everyone, but most notably Mae, Jamie and Nick. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pretty much everyone, but most notably Mae, Jamie and Nick. |
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* [[Deal |
* [[Deal with the Devil]] - Magicians by definition, but Black Arthur takes this to an art form, sacrificing {{spoiler|his wife and then-unborn son}} for a tremendous amount of power. {{spoiler|Pity it didn't work.}} |
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] - King, in Nick's case. Slowly and with great difficulty. |
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] - King, in Nick's case. Slowly and with great difficulty. |
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** Liannan is an interestingly literal (if brief) example. |
** Liannan is an interestingly literal (if brief) example. |
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* [[Incest Yay]]: In a deleted scene revealed during the TDS launch chat, {{spoiler|Anzu}} kisses Nick {{spoiler|while in his brother Alan's body}}. It's noteworthy that demons don't care for taboos like incest and probably can't differentiate between sexual and platonic feelings. |
* [[Incest Yay]]: In a deleted scene revealed during the TDS launch chat, {{spoiler|Anzu}} kisses Nick {{spoiler|while in his brother Alan's body}}. It's noteworthy that demons don't care for taboos like incest and probably can't differentiate between sexual and platonic feelings. |
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* [[It Got Worse]] - Especially from Nick's point of view. Perfect stranger brings home a third-tier mark that says he's going to die? No big. Alan gets a first-tier mark? Now [[It's Personal]]. |
* [[It Got Worse]] - Especially from Nick's point of view. Perfect stranger brings home a third-tier mark that says he's going to die? No big. Alan gets a first-tier mark? Now [[It's Personal]]. |
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* [[Jerkass]] - Nick looks like one for most of the book, possibly overlapping with [[Jerk |
* [[Jerkass]] - Nick looks like one for most of the book, possibly overlapping with [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], albeit a laser-guided heart of gold. |
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* [[Kiss of Death]] - {{spoiler|Olivia snuggles up to Black Arthur for a kiss, then sets herself on fire while still holding on to him. Subverted that this doesn't kill him straight off - his son does that a few minutes later.}} |
* [[Kiss of Death]] - {{spoiler|Olivia snuggles up to Black Arthur for a kiss, then sets herself on fire while still holding on to him. Subverted that this doesn't kill him straight off - his son does that a few minutes later.}} |
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* [[Knife Nut]] - Nick. Another character points out that he carries the equivalent of a restaurant's cutlery drawer on him at all times. Sin embodies this trope, as well. |
* [[Knife Nut]] - Nick. Another character points out that he carries the equivalent of a restaurant's cutlery drawer on him at all times. Sin embodies this trope, as well. |
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* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - {{spoiler|Jamie, by the end of ''Covenant.'' Worth noting that Nick was his Professor of Badass.}} |
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - {{spoiler|Jamie, by the end of ''Covenant.'' Worth noting that Nick was his Professor of Badass.}} |
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* [[Troubled but Cute]] - Nick notes that girls are just about always attracted to him. |
* [[Troubled but Cute]] - Nick notes that girls are just about always attracted to him. |
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* [[Twist Ending]] - More specifically, {{spoiler|[[Tomato in |
* [[Twist Ending]] - More specifically, {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror]]}}. |
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* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - At the beginning of the book, the reader is given a bit of background information regarding Nick and Alan's lives. By the end, most of it turns out to be wrong. |
* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - At the beginning of the book, the reader is given a bit of background information regarding Nick and Alan's lives. By the end, most of it turns out to be wrong. |
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* [[Urban Fantasy]] |
* [[Urban Fantasy]] |