Not Good for Maidens
Theyll lure you in with fruit and gems and liquor and dancing, merriment to remember for the rest of your life. But thats an illusion. The market is death itself.
Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett womenthe family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never entered the marketuntil May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered.
Seventeen years later, Lou, Mays niece, knows nothing of her magical lineage or the twisted streets, sweet fruits, and incredible jewels of the goblin market. But just like her aunt, the market calls to her, an echo of a curse that wont release its hold on her family. And when her youngest aunt, Neela, is kidnapped by goblins, Lou discovers just how real and dangerous the market is.
To save her, both May and Lou will have to confront their familys past and what happened all those years ago. But everythingfrom the food and wares, to the goblins themselvesis a haunting temptation for any human who manages to find their way in. And if Lou isnt careful, she could end up losing herself to the market, too.
Auteur | | Tori Bovalino |
Taal | | Engels |
Type | | Hardcover |
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