Gail Carriger

"He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog."

"The monkeys, she explained, were considered reincarnated politicians, which made Rue laugh and the stick entirely understandable."

"Sophronia and Dimity took a vacant love seat at the front, Sophronia dislodging a large, fluffy cat with a scrunched-up face. The cat gave her a disgusted look. Or seemed to; it was hard to tell with that face."