**Inspired by the gothic classic *Wuthering Heights*, this stunning new fantasy from the author of the Books of Pellinor is a fiercely romantic tale of betrayal and vengeance.**
In a savage land sustained by wizardry and ruled by vendetta, Lina is the enchanting but willful daughter of a village lord. She and her childhood companion, Damek, have grown up privileged and spoiled, and they’re devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But Lina’s violet eyes betray her for a witch, and witches are not tolerated in a brutally patriarchal society. Her rank protects her from persecution, but it cannot protect her from tragedy and heartbreak. An innocent visitor stands witness to the devastation that ensues as destructive longing unleashes Lina’s wrath, and with it her forbidden power. Whether drawn by the romantic, the magical, or the gothic, readers will be irresistibly compelled by the passion of this tragic tale.
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### From Booklist
Is there anything more romantic than Catherine and Heathcliff on a misty moor? Croggon (The Singing, 2009) surely doesn’t think so, as her latest is an admirable—if derivative—paranormal retelling of Wuthering Heights, right down to the narrative style and structure. Lina, a willful, independent girl who has the violet eyes indicative of a witch, and Damek, her brooding adopted brother, have a deep and abiding connection that turns into a dangerous, ill-fated romance. Adding to the danger, magic has been unfairly outlawed for women, and Lina’s possible supernatural powers make her a target of scorn and, eventually, violence. All of this conspires to produce an atmosphere dripping with gothic touches and a darkly captivating tale of heartbreaking, destructive passion. For, as Anna, the kindly narrator of much of the novel, says, “there is so little of interest to say about happiness.” Readers unfamiliar with Emily Brontë’s classic will stick around for Lina’s obsessive and doomed romance with Damek, while fans will delight in the clever echoes of the original. Grades 9-12. --Sarah Hunter
### Review
The insistent power of the Gothic is on full display here, with the added dimension of the kinds of magic that appeal to contemporary teen readers. The language is challenging in the best sense, echoing the prose of its source text. ... [T]he world is compellingly made and fully immersive, and readers will be as attracted and repulsed by Lina and Damek as they have been for nearly two centuries by Catherine and Heathcliff.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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**Inspired by the gothic classic *Wuthering Heights*, this stunning new fantasy from the author of the Books of Pellinor is a fiercely romantic tale of betrayal and vengeance.** In a savage land sustained by wizardry and ruled by vendetta, Lina is the enchanting but willful daughter of a village lord. She and her childhood companion, Damek, have grown up privileged and spoiled, and they’re devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But Lina’s violet eyes betray her for a witch, and witches are not tolerated in a brutally patriarchal society. Her rank protects her from persecution, but it cannot protect her from tragedy and heartbreak. An innocent visitor stands witness to the devastation that ensues as destructive longing unleashes Lina’s wrath, and with it her forbidden power. Whether drawn by the romantic, the magical, or the gothic, readers will be irresistibly compelled by the passion of this tragic tale. ** ### From Booklist Is there anything more romantic than Catherine and Heathcliff on a misty moor? Croggon (The Singing, 2009) surely doesn’t think so, as her latest is an admirable—if derivative—paranormal retelling of Wuthering Heights, right down to the narrative style and structure. Lina, a willful, independent girl who has the violet eyes indicative of a witch, and Damek, her brooding adopted brother, have a deep and abiding connection that turns into a dangerous, ill-fated romance. Adding to the danger, magic has been unfairly outlawed for women, and Lina’s possible supernatural powers make her a target of scorn and, eventually, violence. All of this conspires to produce an atmosphere dripping with gothic touches and a darkly captivating tale of heartbreaking, destructive passion. For, as Anna, the kindly narrator of much of the novel, says, “there is so little of interest to say about happiness.” Readers unfamiliar with Emily Brontë’s classic will stick around for Lina’s obsessive and doomed romance with Damek, while fans will delight in the clever echoes of the original. Grades 9-12. --Sarah Hunter ### Review The insistent power of the Gothic is on full display here, with the added dimension of the kinds of magic that appeal to contemporary teen readers. The language is challenging in the best sense, echoing the prose of its source text. ... [T]he world is compellingly made and fully immersive, and readers will be as attracted and repulsed by Lina and Damek as they have been for nearly two centuries by Catherine and Heathcliff. —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books