Summary
An orphan girl must face untold danger and an ancient evil to save her kingdom’s prince in this “dark, sensuous…queer and lush” (Kirkus Reviews) fantasy perfect for fans of Girls of Paper and Fire and Tess of the Road.
How can you live without your heart?
In the vast palace of the empress lives an orphan girl called Nothing. She slips within the shadows of the Court, unseen except by the Great Demon of the palace and her true friend, Prince Kirin,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534460782 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534460780 |
| Author: | Tessa Gratton |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Margaret K McElderry Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
“Dedicated to gender-fluid teens, this edgy, riveting fantasy of bone-deep love, acceptance, and betrayal will speak to all readers. What starts out as a classic heroic quest slowly evolves, then turns inside out and back again. Written in almost poetic language, both story and characters grow from earnest naivety to fascinating, sensual, and extraordinary.”
* School Library Journal *
“With delicious prose, Gratton crafts an extended fable that is deeply romantic on multiple levels. Queer readers, especially those who are nonbinary or gender-fluid, may see themselves in the pages of this fantasy, a genre that so often excludes them. A strange, dark gem.” * Booklist *
“If you want to know what happens if you put Ursula K. Le Guin, Spirited Away, and a bag of rainbows into a blender…Night Shine is it.” – Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great is Not Okay
Tessa Gratton
Tessa Gratton is genderfluid and hangry. She is the author of The Queens of Innis Lear and Lady Hotspur, as well as several YA series and short stories which have been translated into twenty-two languages. Her most recent YA novels are Strange Grace, Night Shine, and Moon Dark Smile. Though she has traveled all over the world, she currently lives alongside the Kansas prairie with her wife.
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