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An Amazon Best Book of the Month for YA - February 2024
"A gorgeously twisted modern fairy tale that shimmers with magic and mystery, The Invocations is thrilling, irresistible, and unforgettable." -Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .
Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider-that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave-even trading in the occult.
Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. It's a miserable existence marred by pain, sickness, and monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that she's glimpsed what's beyond the veil, Jude's desperate to ?nd someone to undo the damage she's done to herself.
Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power, a.k.a. the solution to both Zara's and Jude's problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble life, she gives away her most valuable asset-her invocations-to women in desperate situations who are willing to sacri?ce a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willing, but they ?rst have to ?nd Emer.
When Emer's clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know why-and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she can't give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.
"The Invocations is stunning. Perfectly plotted, gorgeously written, with a heart-pounding finale that will leave readers gasping. An intricate, twisty, brilliant book that pulls you in from the very first line and refuses to let go until the final page. I loved it." -Katherine Webber, The Sunday Times bestselling author of Twin Crowns
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- ISBN: 9781761340895
- File size: 401387 KB
- Duration: 13:56:13
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Starred review from October 23, 2023
Sutherland (House of Hollow) pits three teens against a monstrous evil in this devilishly bewitching novel steeped in dark academia and set in a fantasy London where only women wield magic. Grieving schoolgirl Zara Jones yearns to reanimate her murdered sister while reclusive, queer heiress Jude Wolf seeks peace from a curse that has left her necrotic and tormented by demons. Seeking assistance in their endeavors, Zara and Jude tap Irish-born orphan Emer Byrne, a skilled witch who crafts custom spells for women willing to trade their souls for power “so that they in turn could find their own strength.” When a serial killer begins hunting Emer’s former clients, the trio reluctantly unite to find the murderer before the perpetrator finds them. Vivid descriptions, mellifluous prose, expert pacing, and a slow-burning romance keep the tension high and the pages turning while intimately written character arcs probe themes of misogyny, grief, and dynamics of gender and power. Sarcastic, wise-cracking dialogue tempers dark topics with droll wit as the twisty, haunting tale unveils multiple horrors such as rotting souls, inhuman evil, grotesque rituals, decaying bodies, and the chilling social inequities that disempower women. The protagonists read as white. Ages 12–up. -
Narrator Kit Griffiths embodies three London women in this novel about witches and curses. Zara wants to bring her sister back to life, Jude is looking to undo a self-administered curse gone wrong, and witch Emer writes powerful invocations. When some of Emer's customers are murdered, all three women come together to solve the mystery before one of them is next. Listeners will feel Zara's desperation and sadness, Jude's sarcasm and bitterness, and Emer's helplessness and rage as they work together. Griffiths ably conveys body horror without making it unbearable by tapping expertly into each woman's personality. The narrators' measured cadences keep listeners glued to the story, even as the horror and the stakes build toward a breathtaking conclusion. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine -
November 21, 2023
Emer Byrne, Zara Jones and Jude Wolf are young women who have led completely different lives until one thread of commonality brings them together—magic. Zara believes in magic because she’s desperate for an opportunity to bring her murdered sister back to life. Jude is cursed after a deal with a demon went horribly wrong and turned her soul necrotic. Emer has known magic her whole life and has seen firsthand the horrors that those who would hunt a witch can bring. But she is a curse-writer who can offer her invocations to women willing to sacrifice a piece of their soul in exchange for power, and she may just be the solution Jude and Zara need. Krystal Sutherland’s The Invocations is a wild ride of the best kind: strong women, queer representation, a crime that the reader is as equally invested in solving as the characters are, and more. It is intricate, with a twist only readers with a sharp eye may catch before all the signs fall into place. The Invocations pulls you in from the beginning and doesn’t let you go until the end. It’s a perfect addition to a growing niche of stories about queer magic users. It is a brilliant choice for readers 14 and over, particularly fans of Isabel Sterling, Sarah Gailey, and Victoria Lee.
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