A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! ?Astonishing and pristine the kind of debut I love to
be devastated by already so assured and sophisticated that it's difficult to imagine where the
author can go from here. . . . It's simply a delight from start to finish.? ? AMAL EL-MOHTAR
New York Times Book Review ?Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching
spell a book of magic about books of magic . . . extraordinary.? ? MARLON JAMES In this
spellbinding debut novel two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's
library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their
collection?a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal and the pursuit of magic and power. For
generations the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that
let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements?books of magic that half-sisters
Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. All magic comes with a price though
and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica
to escape the fate that killed her own mother and Joanna's isolated herself in their family
home in Vermont devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their
father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before the sisters must
reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process they'll uncover a world of magic far
bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined and all the secrets their parents kept
hidden secrets that span centuries continents and even other libraries . . . In the great
tradition of Ninth House The Magicians and Practical Magic this is a suspenseful and richly
atmospheric novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery and magic romance
and intrigue?and marks the debut of an extraordinary new voice in speculative fiction. Ink
Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure a puzzle a twisty thriller and a
tender romance. . . . I adored it.? ? ALIX E. HARROW If like me you're a fan of Holly Black
and Leigh Bardugo pick up this book at once.? ? KELLY LINK
