Venice is a carnival of opposites, and Liona Carvatti thinks she understands it all: canal and palace, magician and merchant, plague and pantomime. As a patrician’s daughter, Liona enjoys the sparkling life of a noble family—although she would prefer to be tending to her flowers than practicing violin or standing around in a ball gown. But what Liona fails to realize is that Venice is a city of stone in a world of water. And ruling the dark waters are the Seleni—ageless, cold, and calculating.
When she loses everything she relies on, Liona must set a new course that will shake the foundations of Venice itself.
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“Definitely my favorite YA book of the year. The world felt effortlessly real, and the story drew me in instantly. I think it’s really difficult to build a world of magic well, but this book did it simply and well. This is exactly the kind of book I wouldn’t be able to get enough of as a teenager, and it was the perfect holiday read as an adult too.” - Goodreads Review