'At the lake's edge, I made my promise. In the forest, I will fall.
'The curse that haunted Lakesedge Estate has been broken, but at great cost. Violeta Graceling has sacrificed herself to end the Corruption.
'To escape death, Leta makes a desperate bargain with the Lord Under, one that sees her living at his side in the land of the dead. And though he claims to have given her all he promised, Leta knows this world of souls and mists hides many secrets.
'When she discovers she is still bound to Rowan, Leta goes to drastic lengths to reforge their connection. But her search for answers, and a path back home, will see her drawn into even more dangerous bargains, and struggling to resist the allure of a new, dark, power in Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Lakesedge
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2021
20989158
2021
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
'There are monsters in the world.
'When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. She knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.
'There are monsters in the woods.
'As Leta falls for Rowan, she discovers he is bound to the Lord Under, the sinister death god lurking in the black waters of the lake. A creature to whom Leta is inexplicably drawn…
'There’s a monster in the shadows, and now it knows my name.
'Now, to save Rowan—and herself—Leta must confront the darkness in her past, including unraveling the mystery of her connection to the Lord Under.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'A lush and aesthetic YA Gothic fantasy.'
'A lush and aesthetic YA Gothic fantasy.'
