Divah
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Eloise meets Rosemary's Baby in New York City’s very own Carlyle hotel.
Seventeen-year-old Itzy Nash is spending the summer at the exclusive Carlyle hotel in New York City. But the hotel harbors more than the rich and privileged; it is host to a gorgeous fallen angel, reclusive movie stars, and—Itzy soon learns—demons of the worst sort. When the Queen of the Damned checks in, all Hell breaks loose. Itzy is called upon to save herself—and all of humanity—from the ravages of the Underworld. There’s only one problem: Itzy’s possessed.
Part gothic thriller, part historical fiction, the novel straddles the Upper East Side and the lush trappings of the Carlyle hotel, and Paris during the Reign of Terror in 1789. Marie Antoinette is the Queen of the Damned. Marilyn Monroe is an expert demon hunter. To kill a demon, Hermès scarves, Evian water, and a guillotine are the weapons of choice.
For anyone who loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone, this has an epic battle between angels and demons with a doomed love story at its core. But it’s also darkly funny, for fans of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, and more than anything it’s something original—dark, funny, clever, and glamorous.
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After 17-year-old Itzy Nash arrives at New York City's Carlyle Hotel, the distant aunt she is supposed to spend the summer with is nowhere to be found. Instead, Itzy is confronted by Luc, a handsome stranger who soon informs her that demons are quite real and as a fallen angel, he should know. Marilyn Monroe, it turns out, was a demon-hunter, while Marie Antoinette was the "Divah," queen of the demons. Marie is returning, threatening dark days for humanity, and the fate of the world may rest with Itzy. Appelbaum's (the Poisons of Caux series) story takes a while to find its footing, unleashing back story and details about this demon-filled version of our world through awkwardly deployed devices that include Luc's letters to Marie Antoinette, the musings of a reclusive actress, and a substantial mid-novel narrative shift that dives into Luc's love-affair-gone-wrong with the French queen. Even so, Appelbaum threads her story with enough playful details to keep readers enticed who knew that guillotines and well-tied Herm s scarves were such useful tools when fighting demons? Ages 12 up.
