Today’s young adult books bring romance, adventure and social commentary. Take a look at our best bets for what to read this September.
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Type: Novel
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release date: Oct. 5
Den of Geek says: The author’s Venom comp hooked me on this one. Set in an alternate world with Catholic trappings, the central relationship satisfies for folks who want less romance and more monsters in their stories of girls coming of age.
Publisher’s summary: The dead of Loraille do not rest.
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past.
When her...
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Type: Novel
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release date: Oct. 5
Den of Geek says: The author’s Venom comp hooked me on this one. Set in an alternate world with Catholic trappings, the central relationship satisfies for folks who want less romance and more monsters in their stories of girls coming of age.
Publisher’s summary: The dead of Loraille do not rest.
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past.
When her...
- 10/2/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
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