A Song of Ash and Moonlight
The old war is over. A new one is just beginning.
The curse plaguing the Ashbourne and Bask families has finally been broken, but Farrin, the eldest Ashbourne daughter, still struggles to find peace. Unflappable and tireless, her composure masks a seething sorrow. Since her mother abandoned the family, Farrin has been their rock―managing her father’s temper, running the estate, keeping tight control over her dangerous musical power, and ignoring her own need for rest, distraction, and most of all, love.
In Ryder Bask, Farrin’s stubborn strength has met its match. The man infuriates her. He’s coarse, arrogant, annoyingly handsome. He’s as tired of their feuding parents as she is, and he brims with some secret anger that mirrors Farrin’s frustrated rage.
But Farrin must work with every ally she can―even the man she has been raised to hate. With every rising dawn, the Middlemist weakens further. Anointed magicians are disappearing. A fiery Olden creature is stalking Farrin. Strange visions haunt the High Queen Yvaine. And as Farrin and Ryder race to find stolen loved ones, they begin to realize a horrifying truth:
The gods are not dead. They’re waking up. And someone is hunting them.
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Legrand has created a lush and atmospheric world in which magic and peril are all around, immersing readers at every turn.
A lush and bewitching gothic romance, where the inner lives of the characters are just as intricately crafted as their sumptuously magical world. I was completely swept away.
This is the type of book that stays with you―like an imprint on your heart. Claire Legrand crafts a heart-achingly beautiful story that’s captivating, thrilling, gritty, at times spooky, and utterly magical.
As usual, Legrand leaves her readers breathless and dazed. Her Middlemist world is exquisitely immersive and the pages sparkle with a tender tale of intrigue, romance and extraordinary mythmaking.
A Song of Ash and Moonlight sets achingly genuine characters against a stunning world and lush mythos, expertly counterbalanced by a heart-wrenchingly sweet romance. Claire Legrand is a master of sweeping, intricate fantasy.
Claire Legrand at her best! This page-turner of a book will leave you on the edge of your seat, with searing love, furious battles, and twists you’ll never see coming.
A lush story a reader can fall into and never want to emerge from, where entire worlds exist in the details and the characters are people we want to know and love.