The City of Stardust

In this captivating contemporary fantasy debut, Violet Everly must navigate a mesmerizing magical underworld filled with power-hungry scholars, capricious gods, and vengeful monsters to break a family curse that has plagued generations. Haunted by the mysterious disappearance of her mother, Marianne, when she was a child, Violet faces a dire ultimatum from the unyielding Penelope: find her mother within ten years or become her replacement. With the unreliable yet knowledgeable Aleksander as her guide, Violet embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the secrets of her ancestry and the key to the city of stardust, where her family's tragic story began.