Spellcast
A Novel
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- Expected Jul 28, 2026
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with an epic romantasy set in the world of A Fire in the Sky, about a girl on the hunt for the witch who cursed her, unaware of her own dormant power…waiting to emerge.
For ten long years, Arden has been invisible, trapped in her village by a spell she cannot break. She listens to friends chatter, watches her family grieve, but can never touch, speak, or be seen. Living like a ghost among those who’ve forgotten her, she dreams of vengeance against the witch who cursed her.
Until one fateful day, her village is devoured in flame, and everything changes.
From the wreckage rises a pride of dragons that can transform into humans. Their piercing eyes slice through her curse, and for the first time in a decade, Arden can be seen.
Swept off to the Crags by the enigmatic alpha dragon, Tage, Arden is forced into a world of fire and power, where danger lurks in every shadow. Though she plots her escape at every turn, Tage’s fiery intensity and undeniable magnetism spark an unwilling response in her.
But Arden’s fate is bound to a secret she has yet to uncover, a magic older and more perilous than she could ever imagine. With war on the horizon, Arden must decide whether to trust the dragon she swore to defy, harness the wild magic around her, or risk losing everything.
Sometimes all it takes to break a curse… is to cast another spell.
TROPES
Captor/CaptiveTouch Her and DieExtra SpicyMagic, Dragons & WitchesWorld at War
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Jordan returns to the world of A Fire in the Sky with this steamy but choppy standalone romantasy. Arden is furious when her father refuses to let her leave their remote northern village with her brother and his wife. Frustrated, she runs into the woods, where she wishes for her own disappearance—a wish that soon becomes a reality as she transforms into an unseen, unheard apparition wandering among her people. Ten lonely years later, her village is ravaged by fire and Arden is taken captive by a pride of dragons, who, unlike her fellow humans, are able to perceive her. The story then takes an abrupt turn as attraction blooms between Arden and her brash captor, the headstrong, muscly alpha dragon Tage. The romance plot and the mystery of Arden's curse do get tied together by the end, at least somewhat, but the book feels disjointed for too long. Tage is dominant and controlling, and his possessive behavior is sure to divide readers, but his and Arden's lengthy, high-heat love scenes will please those in it for the spice. This is best suited for Jordan's most devoted fans.
