Unraveller

By Frances Hardinge,

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Welcome to your new fantasy obsession . . .

In a world where anyone can create life-destroying curses, only one person has the power to unravel them. Kellen does not fully understand his talent, but uses it to help those who have been cursed, including his ally and closest friend,…

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I love the author's beautiful, hypnotic writing. The prologue was so alluring I just had to read on.

Then I fell in love with the book when I read this line in one of the earlier chapters: In his bitter mind's eye, he saw the little hill town for what it was, a shabbily self-satisfied knot of shops and houses, peering over its surrounding wall like a gossip over a fence. I swooned, and when I recovered, I was hungry for more of her intoxicating words and devoured the book.

I am in awe of the author for creating such…

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