“Linsmeier ably builds suspense and thoroughly commits to the concept as Kit discovers she’s expected to hew to tradition and sacrifice herself. Fans of folk horror will be entranced by this suspenseful novel.” So nuancedthat the reader, like Kit, can't trust anyone. Thesuspense gradually grows to the nail-biting climax, and character development is “Linsmeier uses a delicate emotional palette todepict her plot, beginning with the subdued gloom and grief surrounding Kit and her mother. “Like the town of Rosemont itself, outwardly lush and beautiful but steeped in sinister secrets beneath the surface, Linsmeier’s STARLINGS is deliciously dark fantasy that I devoured in a single day.” “…the deliciously chilling plot advances swiftly toward a conclusion that will leave readers delightfully creeped out and thoroughly content.” ERIN CRAIG, New York Times Bestselling Author of HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS and SMALL FAVORS “If you ever wished Stars Hollow had more things that went bump in the night, STARLINGS is for you! Linsmeier’s haunting mystery held me captive, eager to learn all of Rosemont’s dark secrets.” And as welcoming as the locals are, Kit can’t shake the feeling that they’re hiding something from her.Īgatha is so happy to finally meet her only granddaughter, and the town is truly charming, but Kit can’t help wondering, if everything is so great in Rosemont, why did her father leave? And why does it seem like he never wanted her to find it?
The Starling family is revered, but there’s something off about how the Starling women seem to be at the center of the all the town’s important history. The longer Kit’s there, though, the stranger it all feels. there’s even a cute guy to show Kit around.
Now Kit has a grandmother she never knew she had-Agatha Starling-and an invitation to visit her father’s hometown, Rosemont.Īnd Rosemont is picture perfect: the famed eternal roses bloom all year, downtown is straight out of the 1950s. Kit’s father always told her he had no family, but his sudden death revealed the truth. In the wake of her father’s death, a teen girl discovers a side of her family she didn’t know existed, and is pulled into a dark-and ancient-bargain she is next in line to fulfill. STARLINGS COMING 6-27-23 FROM DELACORTE PRESSĪ dark YA fantasy debut perfect for fans of House of Hollow and Small Favors.
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