Artemis Fowl II

The Last Guardian, the eighth and final book in Eoin Colfer's best-selling Artemis Fowl series about a teenage criminal mastermind, won't be published until July 10, but he's releasing an exclusive excerpt here.
His publisher, Disney, is revealing the book cover and announcing that the first printing will be 1 million copies. The last three books in the series, aimed at kids 10 and up, have hit the top 10 on USA TODAY's Best-selling Books list. Disney reports more than 13 million copies in print in the USA.

As for the ending, Colfer, from his home in Ireland, tells USA TODAY that "Artemis's story...

Okay, so this is cringey.Even in the FIRST BOOK there are signs of star-crossed affection between Artemis and Holly!!!!
you see, Holly thought that Artemis had died and was actually a bit sad, EVEN THOUGH HE JUST FLIPPIN ABDUCTED HER, and then she realized he wasn't dead and still helped his mum regain her sanity, which shows she had sympathy for him.
In the second book, Artemis was thinking about puberty and thinking that he would start accidentally flirting with Holly in a few months.....OH GOD CRINGE OUT!!
In the third book, they actually become proper friends, and Artemis says he wishes he...