Language: R (153 swears, 35 f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (petting); Violence: PG-13 (bloody violence, deaths)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Is lightfire legend or truth? In Fantome, Shade magic rules all. Daggers use Shade to destroy and rule. Cloaks use Shade to protect and steal. When a man kills Sera's mother and burns down their home, she runs to the only place she’s been told to go if she’s in danger, the Cloaks guild in the city of Fantome. Sera’s mother told her to flee to the Cloaks if anything ever happened to her and she was no longer able to protect 18yo Sera. Sera’s sure a Dagger killed her mother and set their house on fire, destroying everything, and she swears to seek revenge. Monsters with unknown origins are taking over Fantome and no one knows where they came from or how to get rid of them. Sera's mother left her a teardrop charm on a necklace and Sera thinks it’s only a token until it explodes into light and saves her life when a monster corners her. Could her mother's gift be the answer to all?
The twists are so good! My library patrons will love the enemies to lovers theme, with the charming and cute flirting that goes along with it. I love the mystery behind the whole story. Sera has spunk and perseverance. The interesting legend and backstory are fun to dive into.
Sera is white; Sera's friends have a variety of skin tones.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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