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405 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen |
August, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-243683-2$17.99
(4)
YA
Twins Iris and Malina share a "gleam"--a magical ability to manipulate beauty--whose mythic origins and troubling endpoint they uncover when they pursue a mysterious white-haired woman who appears just as their mother suffers a deadly attack. Overlong but thickly textured with sensual descriptions, this folklore-based novel set in Montenegro builds to an agonizing choice over which sister will sacrifice for their mutual fate.