Unholy Terrors
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From acclaimed Australian author Lyndall Clipstone comes a spellbinding, darkly romantic YA fantasy, perfect for fans of Lynette Noni and Sarah J. Maas.
Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens - warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine. When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals the monsters have secrets of their own.
Ravel promises the help she needs – for a price. Vespertine magic requires blood, but it’s a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine – let alone fall in love with one – and as Everline and Ravel travel farther across the moorland, she realises the question isn’t whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged.
'Lyndall Clipstone has woven a dark dream that ensnares all five senses. Fanged yet delicate, with its windswept moors, blood moons, and aching romance, Unholy Terrors is utterly spellbinding' – Rachel Gillig, author of The Shepherd King duology
'A whirlwind journey, filled with heart-wrenching tension and sinister twists. This is the kind of dark romance you thirst for!' – Alexandra Christo, internationally bestselling author of To Kill A Kingdom
Praise for Lyndall Clipstone's books
'In an eerily vivid world of dark magic and darker monsters, this lush fairytale of a book is so full of yearning, my heart physically ached.'– Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author
'A beautifully rendered, twistingly gothic tale of love, loss, longing and sacrifice. Utterly gripping, from the first page to the last.' – Vanessa Len, author of Only a Monster
'Prose that reads like a hypnotic incantation.' – Kirkus
'Linguistically lush fantasy.' – Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A teen risks everything for love and truth in this uneven fantasy from Clipstone (the World at the Lake's Edge Duology). Everline Blackthorn has always felt like an outsider among the Vale wardens. Not only is she unable to wield the magic that the other wardens use to protect the enclave and its residents from bloodthirsty monsters called vespertine, she's also the illegitimate daughter of the wardens' commander, birthed by an infamous traitor. On the night Everline was born, her mother betrayed the enclave and decamped to the Thousandfold, a realm home to the vespertine and their eldritch god creator. Everline's father won't discuss her mother's motives, so when a handsome human-vespertine hybrid named Ravel abducts Everline's best friend, Lux, in retaliation for the wardens killing his sister, Everline defies orders and heads for the Thousandfold, hoping to rescue Lux and uncover the truth about her mother's defection. When outside forces contrive to link Ravel and Everline's fates, romance blossoms. Purple prose and anemic worldbuilding give way to a paltry plot, but Everline's evolving relationship with her half sister, Briar, and her commitment to saving Lux, are bright spots, adding nuance and heart. Characters are intersectionally diverse. Ages 14–up.