Magic Realism

Practical Magic meets Nova Ren Suma’s Imaginary Girls and Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap in this lush, atmospheric new novel by acclaimed author Katrina Leno. A magic passed down through generations. An island where strange things happen. A summer that will become legend. Georgina Fernweh waits impatiently for the tingle of magic in her fingers—magic that has touched every woman in her family. But with her eighteenth birthday looming, Georgina fears her gift will never come. Over the course of her last summer on the island—a summer of storms, falling in love, and the mystery behind one rare three-hundred-year-old bird—Georgina will learn the truth about magic, in all its many forms. In Summer of Salt, Katrina Leno weaves another gorgeously original novel of magical realism and coming-of-age. Fans of April Genevieve Tucholke and Anna-Marie McLemore will be swept away.

Luna The shadows still stalk my steps, even after two years. His voice still haunts my dreams, even after all this time. I swore I'd never dance with devils who paint their stories in blood again. Yet here I am, undone by a pair of storm-grey eyes that made me break every promise I ever made to myself. Roman Empire built on logic. Kingdom ruled by control. I've survived this long by keeping my demons chained and my emotions buried. That's what I thought, at least... until I met a pair of forest-green eyes sprinkled with stars. Now I'm learning that the most dangerous obsession comes with freckles and the power to bring me to my knees.