Cavan smiled, looking at the book. "I like mine bad guys too." He tapped the book. "It was cheap and I'd never heard of it. I needed something to read while waiting for the bus, and the guy at the counter said it was really popular. I'm guessing the people who like it are under the age of fourteen and female."
Now that they'd both given their excuses for why they'd ended up with the book, his only sort of a lie, he wondered if they would have a mutual ground. Something that he could use to get her talking more. Find out things about her. Get to know her. Decide if he would use her in his current project.
"Part of me is curious how it ends. It can't be a whole book about a clumsy girl falling in love with a guy who might legally be considered a pedophile. Can it?"