тАЬThe perfect sinisterly magical escapeтАжfull of longing, desperation, and betrayal.тАЭ тАФStephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval trilogy and Once Upon a Broken Heart
Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this тАЬbeguilingтАЭ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her motherтАЩs death.
Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home.
But itтАЩs been ten years since anyoneтАЩs seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that sheтАЩll ever find oneтАжuntil she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers sheтАЩs hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they canтАЩt explain.
But theyтАЩve been waiting for her.
The magicians reveal theyтАЩre part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But thereтАЩs a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove sheтАЩs worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.