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Title details for Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino - Available

Not Good for Maidens

by Tori Bovalino
Laura Knight Keating
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Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women—the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never
entered the market—until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered.
Eighteen years later, Lou, May's niece, knows nothing of her magical lineage or the twisted streets, sweet fruits, and incredible jewels of the goblin market. But just like her aunt, the market calls to her, an echo of a curse that won't release its
hold on her family. And when her youngest aunt, Neela, is kidnapped by goblins, Lou discovers just how real and dangerous the market is.
To save her, both May and Lou will have to confront their family's past and what happened all those years ago. But everything—from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves—is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to
find their way in. And if Lou isn't careful, she could end up losing herself to the market too.

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    June 21, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781705040393
      • File size: 314041 KB
      • Duration: 10:54:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 4, 2022
      In Bovalino’s tantalizing horror novel, a retelling of Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” told in alternating past and present perspectives, 17-year-old asexual, white-cued Louisa Wickett-Stevens uncovers sinister family secrets about their terrifying history. Bostonite Lou is tired of her mother’s secrecy regarding their family’s past. In a last-ditch effort to learn more about their ancestry, Lou proposes visiting her best friend Neela—younger half sister to her aunt May and her mother Laura—in their York, England hometown, but Laura refuses. After Lou receives a distressed message from Neela (“I’m out of time... I’m at the market”), she’s plagued by mysterious voices luring her to York and begs Laura to let her help search for Neela. Though Laura insists she stay behind, Lou persuades May to follow after her departure. Diving headlong into a deadly world populated by witches, fairies, and goblins, Lou unravels the real reason May and Laura fled to America. Bovalino doesn’t shy away from the market’s gory horrors but never lingers, successfully balancing grisly depictions of butchered bodies with Lou’s poignant contemplation on her role in the world and her family in this swift-moving and enticing work of horror. Ages 14–up. Agent: Uwe Stender and Amelia Appel, Triada US.

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