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Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.
Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.
When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.
When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.
From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.
Published by: Bloomsbury YA
Expected Publication: July 6, 2021
Why I’m Waiting: A fantasy retelling of The Secret Garden?! (I’ve never read one… is there one???) And it’s own voices Black Girl Magic and it’s LGBTQ?! AND THEN LOOK AT THIS COVER?! How could I NOT be excited about this?! After Bayron’s last retelling, I KNOW I need to get my hands on this one! Can’t wait to see what twists and turns she puts in this one!
What about you? Will you be waiting on this with me too? Have you read a Secret Garden retelling before? Did you read and adore her debut like me? Let me know in the comments!
This one looks soooo cool!!! I am totally loving this cover too! Didn’t realize this was a Secret Garden retelling either! That’s awesome! Hope you enjoy this one once you get to read it!
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