Unholy Terrors -- Lyndall Clipstone, Hardcover

Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens--a sect of holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine.

When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate, and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals the monsters have secrets of their own.

Ravel promises the help she needs-- for a price. Vespertine magic requires blood, and if Everline wants Ravel to guide across the dangerous moorland, she will have to allow him to feed from her.

It's a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine-- let alone love one-- and as Everline and Ravel travel further across the moorland, she realizes the question isn't whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged. Or if she wants to.

Critically acclaimed author of monstrous romances Lyndall Clipstone weaves a bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all...

Author: Lyndall Clipstone
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.67w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9781250887733
Age Range: 13-17

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/14/2023
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2023

About the Author
Lyndall Clipstone writes about monsters and the girls who like to kiss them. A former youth librarian who grew up running wild in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia, she currently lives in Adelaide, where she tends her own indoor secret garden. She has a Bachelors in creative writing and a graduate diploma in library and information management. She is the author of Lakesedge and Forestfall.