Part of Series
There is havoc and mayhem aplenty in New Gotham, but Sybille L. Prince, for her part, manages to sleep through most of it. The spindle witch has already tried living in this world, and found it distinctly wanting. When she must be awake, Sybille spends her time working at Briar Alchemy, mixing potions and poisons for some of New Gotham’s leading storymavens, and caring for unfortunate souls. However, it would seem that Enid the Hag has had enough of Sybille’s constant lack of respect for anything but chocolate, sleep, and sharp, pointy objects. Beware the elderly, for they are crafty… Suddenly, Sybille finds herself the subject of a monster’s stony gaze. (Oh, gag me—it’s him.) One of Club Brimstone’s guardians, Nova is a gargoyle and a dreamspinner, a creature with the ability to walk and bend the astral plane. He’s also Sybille’s ex-lover. To date, he’s been the only one with the strength (and patience) to deal with Sybille's madness. Sybille throws every hellacious vision she’s got at the gargoyle, desperate to keep him from haunting her dreams, but the gargoyle is determined she see reason. Not that it’ll be easy. Of course not. (It is her after all.) He’s going to have to step into Sybille’s mind, into her world, and onto her turf. Beware, good sir, for here be dragons…
Author
Sophie Avett is kind of a nerd. Like not even one of the cute, hip ones everyone brags about nowadays. More like the socially awkward hippie who eats way too much bread and dreams about being a dragon from behind towers of mythology books. Um...yeah. Picture old, tattered paperbacks and comic books—mostly Batman and Wonder Woman—dwarfing a tiny desk, with just barely enough room for the troll who writes there and the 70 pound hell-hound that insists of laying it's wet nose on top of her bare foot. Granted not the most exciting existence, but she tries to make up for it by writing romances populated with her own peculiar ilk of paranormal beasties. Trolls, wyverns, the obscure Nordic brownie—she likes to keep things interesting. And bloody. (And mostly naked—but, we'll keep that bit between us.) Sophie Avett loves to hear from her readers. (Hi, mom.) DISCLAIMER: I write fantasy. I buy reference books. Therefore, I review reference books. I will NEVER review a fiction book as Sophie Avett. Such things are frowned upon. Also, I try to be as helpful and as accurate as possible with reference book reviews because they really are an expensive investment. So, NO—I don't know those people. Nor did they ask me to review for them. I'm just tryna help another reader/author out with info. :)
