Vespertine: The new TOP-TEN BESTSELLER from the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens

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*THE TOP-TEN BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities. This is the perfect read for fans of Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Maas’s A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series, and Holly Black! Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, tasked with cleansing the bodies of the dead so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a hunger for the living. When her convent is attacked, Artemisia defends it by awakening a revenant. Wielding this ancient spirit extraordinary power almost consumes her but only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a revenant, has any chance of saving Loraille. As Artemisia unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy may require her to betray everything she been taught to believe if the revenant doesn betray her first.Praise for Sorcery of Thorns: ‘A bewitching gem . . . I absolutely loved every moment of this story’  Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series ‘If you loved the Hogwarts Library . . . youll be right at home at Summershall’  Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale ‘An enthralling adventure replete with spellbinding characters, a slow-burning love story, and a world worth staying lost in’  Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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