Boarding school student Talia Morris has no idea her boyfriend, Nathaniel, is a Mystic, let alone second in line to the throne of a secretive, aspirational magical community―one no mortal has ever been allowed to step inside. Until now. Nathanial’s cousin is about to be married in the biggest wedding the magical world has ever seen, and Nathaniel is allowed to bring a date. Talia is the lucky recipient of the golden ticket every Mystic wannabe in the world would kill for―only she doesn’t want it. Talia thinks Mystic worship is lame and stupid and unnecessarily aggrandizes people for being born a certain way. When she finds out Nathaniel is “one of them,” she almost jumps ship. But Nathaniel loves her, and she loves him. So when he begs her to give his family and their community a shot, she reluctantly agrees.
Enter the most fantastical world any mortal has ever seen, and the coolest magical wedding ever. After a few days of bonding with Nathaniel’s family on the island, of seeing how beautiful their magic is and how peaceful their community, Talia’s about to be won over―until the entire wedding party suddenly falls into an unexplainable coma and the community goes on lockdown. Talia, the outsider, is pegged as the culprit and has to do everything in her meager non-power to prove her innocence. As she embarks on a journey to find the truth, Talia soon discovers reality is not all it seems, and her past may put her in more danger than she ever imagined.
In this captivating YA fantasy, Talia must solve a multigenerational mystery and break a curse, all the while being torn between making her family proud and regaining the trust of the boy she loves.
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Rating: 4 Stars
My Review: This was a book that kept me at the edge of my seat. I was trying to figure out if she was going to live or die or what in the world was going to happen. This book was so stressful in a great way. I could not put it down.
From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-This novel is set in a world where some are born Mystics and have the ability to use magic. Talia Morris has a heart condition and empties her bank account on a quest to have a powerful Mystic heal her. When this turns out to be a farce, Talia's distrust of Mystics makes her an activist against magic until she learns that her boyfriend of a year, Nathaniel Wood, has been keeping a secret-he is a Mystic. Pushing the betrayal aside, Talia accepts Nate's invitation to attend his cousin's prestigious wedding on Lumara, a well-concealed, magical island where Nate's mother is the Grand Lumara. Talia hopes that Lillian Wood will be powerful enough to cure her condition. However, once Talia arrives on Lumara, strange dreams and ghostly visitors indicate that Talia and the island are connected in surprising ways. When the wedding party suddenly collapses into an inexplicable coma, Talia is suspected as the culprit, and the circumstances shed light on both Talia and the Wood family that unravel a web of lies, murder, and dark magic. After many twists and turns, readers also discover that Talia is not who she says she is. Landers's novel is well-paced and balances a plot-driven narrative and fully developed characters. Readers will love this mystery exploring magic, romance, grief, and revenge. VERDICT A perfect magic-filled page-turner, this is an ideal read-alike for fans of Holly Black, Leigh Bardugo, and Cassandra Clare.-Linsey Mililloα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Melissa Landers is a former teacher who left the classroom to pursue other worlds. A proud sci-fi geek, she isn't afraid to wear her Princess Leia costume in public--just ask her embarrassed kids. She lives outside Cincinnati in the small town of Milford Ohio, where she writes romantic space adventures for teens and the young at heart. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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