The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz

Mortem, the magic born from death, is a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaire, and Lore’s job running poisons keeps her in food, shelter, and relative security. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city. And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. In this lush, romantic new epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten, a young woman’s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court. I wish to thank the publisher Little, Brown Books and Orbit Books for accepting my request to read this title via NetGalley.This title is due for publication tomorrow and I would like to wish the author a very Happy Publication Day 🙂 This is the first book in The Nightshade Kindom series and it is a fabulous book to delve into. She illustrates as The Moonborn.I am delighted to share my review today for The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten. She also scratches that ChemE itch with a science fiction or two. She writes young adult and adult fantasy stories set in places that remind her of home, so in her mind she’s never too far from the beaches and mountains of Venezuela.

in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, and after a stint in Oil and Gas, decided to dedicate herself to the arts. And, in the end, she’ll become something she never imagined.īorn and raised in Venezuela, Gabriela Romero Lacruz now lives two-thousand miles from home, in the land of bayous and astronauts. Eva is walking a dangerous path, one that gets stranger every day. Yet, it’s hard to deny power when it has always been denied to you.

Magic is the sign of the dark god, and using it is punishable by death. But Eva is hiding a secret: magic calls to her.Įva knows she should fight the temptation. She tries her best to be perfect and to hide her oddities. Illegitimate and of mixed heritage, Eva is her family’s shame. Even the bidding of an ancient god who whispers to her at night. Now dependent on the Doña’s magic for her life, Reina will do anything to earn-and keep-her favor. But the journey is dangerous, and prayer can’t always avert disaster.Īttacked by creatures that stalk the region, Reina is on the verge of death until her grandmother, a dark sorceress, intervenes. Stuck living on the edges of society, her only salvation lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never known. In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of colonialism, ancient magic, and two young women's quest for belonging unfolds.

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz