The Book of Love

In the long-awaited debut novel from bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link,three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle. ΓÇ£A dizzying dream ride you will never forget.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöLeigh Bardugo ΓÇ£An incredible achievement.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöCassandra Clare ΓÇ£Kelly Link is our greatest living fabulist.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöCarmen Maria Machado The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powerschanneling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of loveΓÇöfrom friendship to romance to abiding family tiesΓÇöwith her trademark compassionwitand literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes oneven when we cannot. Late one nightLauraDanieland Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroomalmost a year after disappearing from their hometownthe small seaside community of LovesendMassachusettshaving long been presumed dead. Whichin factthey are. With them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacherwho seems to know something about their disappearanceΓÇöand what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their livesthe three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake themthey may return to their families and friendsbut they can tell no one where theyΓÇÖve been. In the endthere will be winners and there will be losers. But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figuresall with their own agendas. As LauraDanieland Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behindand LauraΓÇÖs sisterSusannahattempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fearsthese mysterious others begin to arriveengulfing their community in danger and chaosand it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster. Welcome to Kelly LinkΓÇÖs incomparable Lovesendwhere youΓÇÖll encounter love and losslaughter and dreadmagic and karaokeand some really good pizza.