As an adult, I find there are fewer
and fewer books that allow me to access the sheer amazement I felt as a kid
toward books (and why I devoted over a dozen years to them as an adult). The Scholomance
series re-immersed me in this feeling as I surrendered to the world, narrative,
and characters of the Scholomance.
I stayed up all night, the plot tugging me
on, leaving me ambivalent about anything outside the world of the book. I laughed
with delight and pure, writerly awe at how skillfully Novak wove every thread
of the plot together.
And I’m a little envious that you may get to read this series
for the first time and experience the incredible mix of nostalgia, originality,
fear, hope, and flawed love in the pages.
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Paste, Publishers Weekly
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it’s all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we’ll survive to make it out the gates and improbably…
As with May’s first book, Wintering,Enchantment is powerfully resonated.
Poetic
language captures the feeling of falling out of wonder with the world—from
reading to walks—during the pandemic. May’s quest to rediscover enchantment is
both memoir and lesson, both quiet and dazzling, utterly ordinary and
exquisite.
To be sat with, mulled over, and returned to, this a book to keep on
your shelf.
'It will do your soul good to read this.' NIGELLA LAWSON
A balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering.
Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. The magic is of our own conjuring.
'A total joy . . . Thoughtful, patient and beautifully written, like walking with a friend as dusk settles, this is the book your soul needs right now.' CARIAD LLOYD
It is a brilliant weaving of multiple mythologies that manages to be both timeless and fresh. Vo’s characters glimmer, sparkling off the page, somehow having nuanced depth while critiquing stereotypes.
The language, the complexity of plot… this novel doesn’t want to be put down, and even if you do, it continues to haunt you.
"Lyrical, mesmerizing, and otherworldly. . . stunning proof that Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today. A beautiful, brutal, monstrous Hollywood fantasy.”―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Immortality is just a casting call away.
World Fantasy Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist Ignyte Award Finalist An Amazon Best Book of 2022 One of NPR’s Best Books of 2022 Vulture’s #1 Fantasy Novel of 2022 Indie Next List Reading Group Book of 2023
Best of Year Selections at Apple Books | B&N Booksellers | LibraryReads | TIME Magazine…
An emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans ofBloom and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me.
Right before Jade is about to leave for a summer art intensive, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on herself right now? But at the Art Farm, Jade has artistic opportunities she's been waiting for her whole life. And as she gets to know her classmates, she begins to fall for whimsical, upbeat, comfortable-in-her-own-skin Mary.
Jade pours herself into making ceramic monsters that vent her stress and insecurities, but when she puts her creatures in the kiln, something unreal happens: they come to life.
