Woah, this book sounds like a magic fest. I haven't read THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER, but I've heard great things about it, and I liked the first chapter when I read it. I'm not a big fantasy reader, but I hope I will enjoy this one.
Check it out and add it to your TBR!
Check it out and add it to your TBR!
Expected publication: March 13th 2018
by Candlewick
The Blackburn women are cursed. Ever since the extraordinary witch Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island centuries ago and was shunned by the eight "original" settlers, Blackburn witches have been doomed to carry out a brief whirlwind affair with a descendant of the Original Eight. The vengeful curse, however, had unintended side effects: it diluted the Blackburns' supernatural powers.
That's perfectly all right with seventeen-year-old
Nor Blackburn. All she wants is a quiet, unremarkable life—her powers
are blissfully unexceptional, her love life pretty much nonexistent. Nor
hopes the curse has played itself out through enough generations that
she'll finally be spared the drama. But when a mysterious book comes out
promising to cast any spell for the right price, Nor senses a dark
storm headed straight for Anathema—and straight for her.
In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide's malevolent author—Nor's own mother—looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.
In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide's malevolent author—Nor's own mother—looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.
I haven't heard of this one yet! It does sound very good. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book. The start reminded me of Practical Magic, but the rest of the story went very differently (thankfully). I adored Nor and cannot wait to read more about her.
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