The Book of Love

'A dizzying dream ride you will never forget' LEIGH BARDUGO'An astonishing, gorgeous novel' HOLLY BLACK'An incredible achievement' CASSANDRA CLAREFROM PULITZER-PRIZE FINALIST KELLY LINKTime Magazine's 100 Must-Reads of 2024*New York Times' 100 Notable books of 2024*LoveReading Best Books of the Year 2024Supernatural beings and chaos descend on the small seaside town of Lovesend, Massachusetts, in the wake of the unexpected return of three missing teenagers.Laura, Daniel and Mo disappeared without trace a year ago. They have long been presumed dead. Which they were. But now they are not. And it is up to the resurrected teenagers to discover what happened to them.Revived by Mr Anabin - the man they knew as their high school music teacher - they are offered a chance to return to the mortal realm. But first they must solve the mystery of their death and learn to use the magic they now possess. And only two of them may stay.What they do not realise is their return has upset a delicate balance that has held - just - for centuries.

A playful, ambitious story of magic erupting in the everyday, so vividly drawn

Vorwort
The first novel from Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Macarthur 'Genius Grant' fellow Kelly Link, The Book of Love sees supernatural beings and chaos descend on the small seaside town of Lovesend, Massachusetts in the wake of the unexpected return of three missing teenagers.

Autorentext

Kelly Link is the author of White Cat, Black Dog; Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; Magic for Beginners; Stranger Things Happen; and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have been published in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a MacArthur Genius Grant fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts. She is the co- founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. She is also the co- owner of Book Moon, an independent bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Klappentext

FROM PULITZER-PRIZE FINALIST KELLY LINK Laura, Daniel and Mo disappeared without trace a year ago. They have long been presumed dead. Which they were. But now they are not. And it is up to the resurrected teenagers to discover what happened to them. Revived by Mr Anabin - the man they knew as their high school music teacher - they are offered a chance to return to the mortal realm if they can solve solve the mystery of their deaths, learn how to use the magic they now possess, and identify the mysterious fourth soul that crossed back over with them.

Zusammenfassung
'A dizzying dream ride you will never forget' LEIGH BARDUGO 'An astonishing, gorgeous novel' HOLLY BLACK 'An incredible achievement' CASSANDRA CLARE FROM PULITZER-PRIZE FINALIST KELLY LINK Supernatural beings and chaos descend on the small seaside town of Lovesend, Massachusetts, in the wake of the unexpected return of three missing teenagers. Laura, Daniel and Mo disappeared without trace a year ago. They have long been presumed dead. Which they were. But now they are not. And it is up to the resurrected teenagers to discover what happened to them. Revived by Mr Anabin - the man they knew as their high school music teacher - they are offered a chance to return to the mortal realm. But first they must solve the mystery of their death and learn to use the magic they now possess. And only two of them may stay. What they do not realise is their return has upset a delicate balance that has held - just - for centuries.