
Ever since she discovered her affinity for magic, seventeen-year-old Anouk has been desperate to become a witch. It’s the only way to save her friends who, like Anouk, are beasties: animals enchanted into humans. But unlike Anouk, the other beasties didn’t make it out of the battle at Montélimar in one piece.
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With her friends now trapped in their animal forms, Anouk is forced into a sinister deal involving a political marriage with her sworn enemy, a wicked plot to overthrow London’s fiercest coven of witches, and a deadly trial of fire to become a witch. The price for power has always been steep in the world of the Haute. Now, it will cost Anouk everything.
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Wicked and delightful, this spellbinding sequel and conclusion to Grim Lovelies is perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and The Hazel Wood.
What People Are Saying
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“Readers familiar with the first volume will enjoy this final leg of Anouk’s journey in which enemies become family and the powerless become powerful...A satisfying conclusion.”
— Kirkus
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"Exciting action scenes and unexpected personal revelations and character relationships combine to form a tantalizing conclusion to Shepherd’s duology."
— Booklist
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"One heart-stopping scene after another... a satisfying conclusion to this duology."
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Publishing Worldwide
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​US/UK/CANADA/PHILIPPINES: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
MEXICO: Vergara & Riba Editoras S/A
ARGENTINA: V&R Editoras, S.A.
SPAIN: La Galera S.A.U. Editorial
BRAZIL: Vergara & Riba Editoras S/A
BULGARIA: Egmont Bulgaria
FRANCE: Bragelonne​