They could start a two person club of people-with-cursed-books. (Which sounds like either the best or worst idea for a book club theme.)

Spike pits, though, yeah that sounds about right for the course so far. She'd buy that, no question. “I'm not sure I want to meet them, at this rate. Spike pits with or without flesh-eating or soul-sucking monsters at the ends for good measure, though? And yes, I know I probably just jinxed us by speaking it out loud, so full permission to hold it over my head of the rest of forever.”