Zoe Hana Mikuta delivers a bloody and unrelenting fantasy about young witches dangling on the edge of love and obsession, of magic and madness, of life and death (and death and death and death). . .
Just like her mother and her mother’s mother, 18-year-old Vanity Adams is destined to lead a lavish life under the patronship of the Museum, someday taking her place as its premiere necromantic Spectacle and the centerpiece of their weekly soirees thrown for the City’s elite.
But until that day, Vanity (and the other young witches of the Museum) is isolated from the outside world and purged of her magic—magic being particularly unstable for teenagers and often leading to antisocial conduct, mood swings, bloodlust, delusions, and, most concerning, a habitual, violent obsession with one another.
To all of this, Vanity thinks: Well, whatever. Better than being confined to the Sanatorium with the less fortunate witches, imprisoned in a chemically induced coma as her blood is harvested to make World, the City’s favorite designer drug. At least she’ll be dead someday, there’s always that. And at least the Museum has Arrogance, Vanity’s twin sister, who just might remember how to do magic, and who just might be where our story begins. . . .
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Just like her mother and her mother’s mother, 18-year-old Vanity Adams is destined to lead a lavish life under the patronship of the Museum, someday taking her place as its premiere necromantic Spectacle and the centerpiece of their weekly soirees thrown for the City’s elite.
But until that day, Vanity (and the other young witches of the Museum) is isolated from the outside world and purged of her magic—magic being particularly unstable for teenagers and often leading to antisocial conduct, mood swings, bloodlust, delusions, and, most concerning, a habitual, violent obsession with one another.
To all of this, Vanity thinks: Well, whatever. Better than being confined to the Sanatorium with the less fortunate witches, imprisoned in a chemically induced coma as her blood is harvested to make World, the City’s favorite designer drug. At least she’ll be dead someday, there’s always that. And at least the Museum has Arrogance, Vanity’s twin sister, who just might remember how to do magic, and who just might be where our story begins. . . .
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Praise for this book
"Darkly, heinously romantic - which is to say: beautifully, tenderly horrific." - Chloe Gong
"I couldn't get this world out of my head. You've never read anything like this." - Wen-yi Lee
"Lyrical and morbid, tender and heart-wrenching, THE COVEN TENDENCY is the perfect horror. One I won't forget." - Jamison Shea
"For readers craving a story steeped in blood, dark magic, and haunting beauty, this book will leave you spellbound!" - Aiden Thomas
"I couldn't get this world out of my head. You've never read anything like this." - Wen-yi Lee
"Lyrical and morbid, tender and heart-wrenching, THE COVEN TENDENCY is the perfect horror. One I won't forget." - Jamison Shea
"For readers craving a story steeped in blood, dark magic, and haunting beauty, this book will leave you spellbound!" - Aiden Thomas
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