The eagerly awaited second novel from GennaRose Nethercott, the award-winning author of Thistlefoot and Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, in which a young woman must embark upon an Orphean quest to find her best friend, who’s been ensnared by a mysterious carnival
At first, there was Piper and there was Eels. Eels and Piper, living separate lives in Lonehaven, an artsy, tight-knit Vermont hamlet. But after they both stumble upon the same vintage bottle of Lyrabella perfume, an addictive scent enclosed in an intricate, almost magical vessel, they’re PiperandEels. They quickly become inseparable, save for the few years Piper left for college—though she came back. She would always come back for Eels, who never left, who would never leave.
People just don'''t leave Lonehaven; rather, they disappear. They go ‘Wayward,’ as the townspeople call it, though none quite know exactly what that means. And following a particularly heinous fight with Piper, Eels becomes one of the many Wayward lives lost to Lonehaven. Piper, saddled with grief and regret, has only one thing to remember Eels by: the Lyrabella. Not only the bottle but the wisps of it mysteriously floating in the air. Hunting the only remaining traces of her missing friend, Piper must uncover not only the truth about those who have gone Wayward but also her hometown’s literal underbelly—before it devours another young life whole.
Brought brilliantly to life by Nethercott’s signature lyricism and poignancy, Hometown Gothic is an epic ballad of loss, love, and community.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
At first, there was Piper and there was Eels. Eels and Piper, living separate lives in Lonehaven, an artsy, tight-knit Vermont hamlet. But after they both stumble upon the same vintage bottle of Lyrabella perfume, an addictive scent enclosed in an intricate, almost magical vessel, they’re PiperandEels. They quickly become inseparable, save for the few years Piper left for college—though she came back. She would always come back for Eels, who never left, who would never leave.
People just don'''t leave Lonehaven; rather, they disappear. They go ‘Wayward,’ as the townspeople call it, though none quite know exactly what that means. And following a particularly heinous fight with Piper, Eels becomes one of the many Wayward lives lost to Lonehaven. Piper, saddled with grief and regret, has only one thing to remember Eels by: the Lyrabella. Not only the bottle but the wisps of it mysteriously floating in the air. Hunting the only remaining traces of her missing friend, Piper must uncover not only the truth about those who have gone Wayward but also her hometown’s literal underbelly—before it devours another young life whole.
Brought brilliantly to life by Nethercott’s signature lyricism and poignancy, Hometown Gothic is an epic ballad of loss, love, and community.
Genre: Urban Fantasy