Margaret K. McElderry

9781534477117

STARRED REVIEW

Vespertine

This darkly thrilling tale, set in a world where the Dead don’t always stay that way, is grounded by an endearing and psychologically complex heroine.

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Review of ‘Vespertine’

In Loraille, the Dead are dangerous. If they’re not interred with the proper rites, dead souls can return in the form of spirits, ranging from harmless shades to rare and apocalyptically powerful Revenants. People blessed with the Sight can be possessed by the risen Dead, so Sighted children are brought into convents or monasteries to…

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