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The Wretched and the Divine
THE WRETCHED AND THE DIVINE is an upper young adult historical fantasy novel that combines the millennia of longing in Divine Rivals and the historical devastation of Lovely War about Death and the soul he longs to save. Heartbreaking and filled with longing, this novel is perfect for fans of Rebecca Ross and The Book Thief. This novel was also named as a finalist in the 2025 RevPit Contest.
SYNOPSIS
Alexandria Bothe is dead. When she lay there, freezing in the snow, she expected Death’s arms to be cold and unforgiving.But they were warm and kind.Dmytro, one of Death’s most beloved Reapers, is tasked to bring souls to his master as offerings. But when he met Alexandria, something drove him to take her with him to accompany his work as a Reaper.But then Dmytro goes missing.Shattered by his untimely disappearance, Alexandria makes her way back into the realm of the living to find out what fate befell her beloved. Except it is now 1918, and the entire world is entrenched in a terrible war. Given a new life and a new purpose, Alexandria joins the British Expeditionary Force as a runner in the hopes of finding out where Dmytro went.Dmytro has been cast out of his role as a Reaper. No longer allowed to be a part of Death’s shadowed council, Dmytro has been banished and cursed with mortality. Struggling to understand his mortal urges and emotions, Dmytro joins a civilian journalism division in France to try and figure out what his feelings mean, why he has been banished to the realm of the living, and what happened to Alexandria.If Alexandria and Dmytro want to be reunited, and save the people they have come to care about, they must find the beauty in destruction, the clarity in madness, and the hope where hope is lost. Above all else, they must run—they must run for their lives.
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my (other) novel˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚
Ad Infernum
AD INFERNUM is a dark academia YA speculative thriller (with crossover potential) where the devilish romance of Katabasis meets the paranormal mystery and occultism of Ninth House. Haunting and dark, this novel would fit well alongside The Secret History by Donna Tartt and A Study in Drowning by Ava Ried.
SYNOPSIS
When Isodel Athey discovered the body in the library, she hadn’t expected her name to be among the list of the killer’s condemned. Terrified yet intrigued, she teams up with the other four condemned students so that she may find out the mystery behind her sister’s murder at the very same university ten years ago.Octavius Browning’s best friend was murdered. Devastated, he finds himself thrown into a world of twisted secrets and years of buried lies that the university has kept hidden. But Octavius also has a terrible secret to hide, one he will go to any length to ensure remains dead and buried.Anala Singh is Isodel’s closest friend and the school’s most notorious true crime enthusiast. After she discovers her name alongside the other students’, she knows that she has a headline story in her hands. Yet as the true nature behind the brutal murder begins to unravel, Anala questions whether or not this article is worth risking her and her friends’ lives for.River Lopez, a rising star artist, is about to debut their first art collection when their name is found in the library. At first, River’s art collection being pulled from the exhibit seems like the worst of their worries, but when they start hearing strange whispers within the walls of the university, they begin to believe that there is more to this murder than they initially believed.Damien Highwater is a demon hunter. So when he infiltrates East Bridge University to investigate a paranormal murder and an eerily familiar cult, he’s shocked when he finds his name among the condemned. Unnerved, Damien joins the group of students to investigate the murder while the shadows from his past haunt him at every turn.
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