Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event originally created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are all eagerly anticipating. Jill has been MIA since August of 2016. Despite this, the meme lives on….Hope you come back Jill! Until then I will be joining Tressa at Wishful Endings and her meme Can’t-Wait Wednesday.
Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell. Occasionally I want a spooky read, one that makes me think and keeps me guessing right to the end. This book (and blurb) promises just that! The cover is haunting and already has my mind spinning. But that blurb?! A necromancer, a mysterious pocket watch, and a boy who comes back from the dead looking as if he was never dead in the first place? Yes please 😀
Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books on 2020-10-27
Length: 240 pages
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The Bone Witch meets Sherlock Holmes in this thrilling historical fantasy about a girl with the ability to raise the dead who must delve into her city’s dangerous magical underworld to stop a series of murders.
Catherine Daly has an unusual talent. By day she works for a printer. But by night, she awakens the dead for a few precious moments with loved ones seeking a final goodbye. But this magic comes with a price: for every hour that a ghost is brought back, Catherine loses an hour from her own life.
When Catherine is given the unusual task of collecting a timepiece from an old grave, she is sure that the mysterious item must contain some kind of enchantment. So she enlists Guy Nolan, the watchmaker’s son, to help her dig it up. But instead of a timepiece, they find a surprise: the body of a teenage boy. And as they watch, he comes back to life—not as the pale imitation that Catherine can conjure, but as a living, breathing boy. A boy with no memory of his past.
This magic is more powerful than any Catherine has ever encountered, and revealing it brings dangerous enemies. Catherine and Guy must race to unravel the connection between the missing timepiece and the undead boy. For this mysterious magic could mean the difference between life and death—for all of them.
About Kelly Powell
Kelly Powell writes fantasy for young adults and currently lives in Ontario, Canada. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and book & media studies from the University of Toronto.
She is the author of SONGS FROM THE DEEP and MAGIC DARK AND STRANGE (October 2020). She is represented by Kristy Hunter of The Knight Agency.
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Ooh pretty cover! That sounds like an intriguing one! I hope you love it once you get to read it!
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