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Highlights
- This Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes.
- 576 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy
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"Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir to an overthrown and magically gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyea when just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom--and bengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up dressed in gold, with stolen magic at her fingertips. Daugher of the self-crowned doyenne, her existence is a threrat to her mother's rule. But unlike her sister before her, Jazmyne has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother's power. Sworn enemies, the two witches enter a deadly alliance to take down the woman who threatens both their worlds: Doyenne Cariot. But revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain--except the lengths Iraya and Jazmyne will go to win this game."--Book Synopsis
This Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes.
Divided by their order. United by their vengeance.
Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom--and vengeance.
Jazmyne is the Queen's daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother's power.
Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain--except the lengths they will go to win this game.
"A thundering waterfall of magic, vengeance and intrigue." --Samantha Shannon, New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree and The Bone Season.
Review Quotes
"Aglow with detail, Witches Steeped in Gold is a thundering waterfall of magic, vengeance and intrigue. Smart spirits the reader straight to the heart of a vivid and perilous world, where power rests in the hands of women and fate turns on the bonds they break and forge." -- Samantha Shannon, New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling author of THE BONE SEASON & THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
"A bloody and deadly delight, Witches Steeped In Gold puts power into the hands of Black girls -- the true, beating heart of magic!"
-- Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series
"This delightfully delicious tale of witches and magical intrigue will have you reading late into the night." -- Rena Barron, author of Kingdom of Souls
"A richly realized tale." -- Kirkus Reviews