by Ava Reid
First published 2023
Effy Sayre clutches her worn copy of Angharad as she arrives at Hiraeth Manor. The book tells of a girl who loves and destroys the Fairy King, just like the visions that have plagued Effy since childhood. She's here for the contest to redesign the estate of Emrys Myrddin, the book's dead author. The manor is falling apart, and the people living there don't want her around. Preston Héloury proves especially difficult. This young scholar believes Myrddin was a fake and wants to prove it. Effy and Preston become rivals as they dig into Myrddin's past. They discover clues about what the famous writer really was. Dark powers work against them, some human and some not. The truth they uncover threatens to destroy them both. Effy must choose between the fairy tale that has sustained her and a reality that might break her.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, mystery, fantasy
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Hiraeth Manor
378 pages · Hardcover · HarperTeen
Content warnings: death, mental-illness