About the Book:

Title: Unholy Terrors 

Author: Lyndall Clipstone 

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Release Date: October 17, 2023

Pages: 384

Genre: YA Fantasy, YA Romance, YA Paranormal 

Synopsis:

A bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all…

Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens—a sect of holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine.

When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate, and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals the monsters have secrets of their own.

Ravel promises the help she needs— for a price. Vespertine magic requires blood, and if Everline wants Ravel to guide across the dangerous moorland, she will have to allow him to feed from her.

It’s a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine— let alone love one— and as Everline and Ravel travel further across the moorland, she realizes the question isn’t whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged. Or if she wants to.

Review:

*I received an e-arc via Netgalley for review. Thank you to the Author, Publisher and Netgalley. All thoughts are my own*

I absolutely adored the Lakesedge duology by Lyndall Clipstone, so I knew I NEEDED to read this book. She continues to impress and has become an auto buy author for me. I loved Unholy Terrors! Lyndall has such beautiful writing, that just pulls you into the story. The world and the characters are so vivid, they leap off the pages. If you enjoy gothic fantasy, dark romance, and monster boys then I think this one is for you! 

Everline Blackthorn has devoted her whole life to the wardens. They are holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine. Everline isn’t quite like the other wardens and has always felt like she doesn’t quite fit in. She has her best friend and a strained relationship with her father and half-sister.

Some unusual things occur outside of their wards, and Everline disobeys her father’s orders to investigate. Beyond the wards she discovers Ravel Severin, a vespertine, that reveals that the monsters carry secrets of their own.

Ravel promises the help that Everline needs to answer some questions of her own about her past and the Thousandfold.  The price Everline must pay is in blood, as vespertine magic requires it. If she wishes Ravel to take her across the dangerous moorlands, she will need to let Ravel feed from her. It’s a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine, let alone let one live.  They are enemies, but there are lines that become crossed. As Everline and Ravel travel together, she begins to wonder not about whether or not she’ll survive, but if she will return to the wardens unchanged, and if that is what she truly wants.

This gorgeous story will be out in the world on October 17, 2023! It will be the perfect fall read, so please add it to your TBR! I can’t wait to get a physical copy of this beauty! 

 

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