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The City of Stardust: the enchanting, escapist and bewitching dark fantasy

Georgia Summers

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Fantasy, Fantasy romance

Filled with magic, stardust, and a shockingly dark heart, this is a stunning standalone fantasy perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Starless Sea and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

Curses are made to be broken.

For centuries, Everlys have seen their brightest and best disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor is a woman named Penelope, who never ages, never grows sick - and never forgives a debt.

Ten years ago, Violet Everly's mother left to break the curse, and never returned. Now Violet must find her mother, or she will be taken in her place.

Her hunt leads her into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods, and monsters bent on revenge. And into the path of Penelope's quiet assistant, Aleksander, who she knows cannot be trusted - and yet to whom she finds herself undeniably drawn.

Tied to a very literal deadline, Violet will travel to the edges of the world to find her mother and the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began . . .

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Praise for The City of Stardust: the enchanting, escapist and bewitching dark fantasy

  • A dark dream of a novel, Georgia Summers's debut is like a sweet shop - an elegant, mysterious one - full of all my favorite things: a grand old house, strange magic, deep lore, a family curse, a cabal, a globe criss-crossing heroine, otherworldly beings, and a new mythos that feels both timeless and original. Welcome to The City of Stardust. Enjoy - and also beware. This fairy tale is deadly - Laini Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Strange the Dreamer

  • A hugely promising debut; beautifully written as well - Daily Mail

  • A story as darkly wondrous as midnight. Summers brilliantly takes our yearning to open doors to magical new worlds, and twists it into a seductively vicious dream of darkness, blood, and winged horrors . . . Enthralling to the last page - Shelley Parker-Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun

  • A starry tale of curses, gods and scholars that glitters with magic. Beautifully spellbinding. I never wanted to leave the City of Stardust! - M. A. Kuzniar, author of Midnight in Everwood

  • A dark, gorgeous tale of curses, gods and monsters, with the love and loyalty of family at its heart - Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

  • Full of twists and turns, you can hear the uneasy tick of the clock counting down your days with each page of this deliciously dark and dangerous debut - Heat

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