by Kami Garcia
First published 2011
Ethan Wate returns to Gatlin thinking he understands his town's supernatural secrets. He was wrong. Locusts swarm the streets. Record heat bakes the pavement. Storms tear through neighborhoods. Lena's Claiming has triggered disasters that threaten everyone. Her family's magical powers malfunction in dangerous ways. Ethan faces a terrible question: who must die to save Gatlin? His dreams bring new terrors. Something follows him from sleep into daylight. His memory fragments. Names disappear. Phone numbers vanish. Pieces of himself slip away. He's too frightened to ask why. Lena struggles with her own transformation while their world collapses around them. The supernatural chaos forces impossible choices. Some decisions cannot be undone. This time, no happy ending waits.
Genres: romance, fantasy, young-adult, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Gatlin
Period: contemporary
516 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: emotional-abuse