Staff Pick
This fantasy debut is just plain fun, even in its darkest moments. There’s been a resurgence of powers in the world, but Vesper’s gift feels more like a curse: she can summon anyone’s worst fears into reality, and the more she tries to bottle it up, the more violently it bursts out. An underground tournament with a powered-up prize of rewriting the past could be her chance to set things right — if she can train as a fighter and master her fear in time. MMA meets urban fantasy! Recommended By Madeline S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize.
Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality--but she's learned the hard way that it's an addicting and dangerous power. One wrong move and you could hurt someone you love.
But when she earns a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past, Vesper finally has a shot to reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
She turns to Sam Hardy, a former MMA fighter who's also carrying a tragedy he desperately wants to undo. However, helping heal Sam's heart will mean breaking her own, and the competition forces her to master her powers--powers she has been terrified of since they destroyed her life.
--S.J. Kincaid,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Diabolic