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Inkheart
- Mo's backstory: a kind, goofy book-binder father who accidentally read his wife into a book and had to live with that for the next nine years.
- Meggie's pain at seeing her father abducted by Capricorn's men.
- Elinor's pain and grief at seeing her beloved books burnt by Capricorn's men.
Inkspell
- Mo and Resa's grief upon discovering that Meggie has read herself and Farid into Inkheart.
- The aftermath of Mortola shooting Mo.
- Meggie briefly reuniting with an injured Mo in the Inkworld.
- Meggie's reaction when she, Dustfinger and Farid fail to rescue her parents.
- Meggie and Mo's reunion near the end of Inkspell.
- Roxane's grief over Dustfinger's death.
Inkdeath
- Resa fearing for Mo and not wanting to feel what Roxane is going through.
- Elinor sinking into depression and missing Mo, Resa and Meggie.
The Colour of Revenge
- The entire chapter in which the entire Folchart-Loredan family, plus Fenoglio, Roxane, Brianna and Doria vanish into a book that was being painted by Balbulus.
- Balbulus' growing suspicion and fear that he'd unwittingly trapped innocent people into the book he'd painted.