.LacyMB runs down the best new YA book releases hitting shelves in August, including titles from writerkmc, LiselleSambury, adalyngrace_, judyilin, and more!
: A contemporary romance about witches, endangered animals, and a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers vibe? Sold. Rachel Griffin’s previous novelwas a much more overtly magical story, about witches whose powers were all about balancing the elements and tied to specific seasons.feels more like a story that could actually happen, you know, if we lived in a world where magic and witches existed in the first place.
Iris concocts the perfect curse for Pike: one that will turn him into a witch. But just as she’s about to dispel it, a bird swoops down and steals the curse before flying away. If the bird dies, the curse will be unleashed?and the bird is a powerful amplifier, and unleashing the curse would turn not just Pike, but everyone in the region, into a witch.
New witches have no idea how to control their magic and the consequences would be dire. And the Witches’ Council does not look kindly on multiple offenses; if they found out, Iris could be stripped of her magic for good. Iris begs Pike to help her track the bird, and they set out on. a trek through the Pacific Northwest looking for a single bird that could destroy everything