Everly, a homeless bicycle messenger who can see monsters, finds
herself transported to a new world and must join a band of rebels to get
home before war breaks out…
By Ceara Nobles
Sparks and Shadow, YA Fantasy, Riverside Press, 246 pp.
Seattle is full of monsters, and I’m the only one who can see them.
I’ve spent the last 17 years (AKA my whole life) pretending I can’t see the monsters who disguise themselves as humans. I may not have a place to live and my best friend may be moments away from getting in too deep with the city’s most dangerous drug lord, but I’m rolling with the status quo.
This’ll be a cinch.
Release Date: March 4, 2022
Publisher: Riverside Press
Kindle eBook: ASIN: B09HRFLWSW; $3.99
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3G2IYcN
As far as I knew, I was the only one who
could. Sure, some of the monsters interacted
with humans, but they wore some sort of
illusion. Sometimes, if I squinted and tilted
my head to the side, I could almost see the
disguise too. It flickered, shimmering in
front of their true form like a mirage, and
gave me a splitting migraine if I focused on
it for too long.
I reached the door of the warehouse as Peter
whipped around the corner. He swerved,
narrowly avoiding my abandoned bike, and swore
viciously when he saw me. Normally I would’ve
given him the middle-finger salute with a
cheeky grin, but my stomach was too busy
trying to claw its way out of my throat.
Leave, I urged him silently. Get out of here
before it’s too late.
The warehouse door swung open. The hinges
screeched like they hadn’t been used in at
least a hundred years. I turned away from
Peter to face the monster standing in the
doorway. It was at least eight feet tall,
probably male, with blue skin and jagged tusks
that extended from his canines and down past
his chin. My eyes automatically rose to his
face, well above mine.
I realized too late that his illusory face
was much lower. The face of a handsome
red-haired man shimmered in the middle of the
monster’s massive chest.
I’d just broken rule number one.
Her latest book is the YA Fantasy, SPARKS AND SHADOW.
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