The Vengeful Half
by Jaclyn Dolamore
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: March 10th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
This novel contains interior comics and art by the author.
Olivia might look human, but she’s grown up with a heavy secret: her mother is a potion-maker from a parallel world, the Hidden Lands.
Alfred is the blind, charismatic young heir to the illegal potions trade. When Mom is kidnapped by the magic dealers with whom she once made a bad bargain, Olivia has no choice but to trust Alfred’s offer of help. They travel to a strange new world of bootlegged American pop culture, lifelike doll people, and reincarnation. Alfred finds himself putting his position on the line to defend Olivia against his family’s conniving plans. Maybe he has morals…or maybe he’s just falling in love.
When Olivia escapes from an attack by a curiously familiar sorceress, she learns that potion dealers weren’t the only thing Mom was hiding from. Dark secrets lurk in Olivia’s past, and now Olivia must kill or be killed by the girl with whom she once shared everything…
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dismissive, like she thought he was being stubborn. “I’ve never actually met a
blind person before.”
pretty collectible.”
that! Do you have any blind friends you could ask for advice or something?”
before either,” he said, thinking suddenly that this might be strange. Was it
strange? Well, you couldn’t exactly check out an advice-giving blind person at
the library. “The thing is, for my parents, it isn’t really about the physical
condition. It’s a matter of pride.”
make a decision,” she said.
bad decisions. What do you make decisions based on?”
decisions, because my mother says ‘no’ to everything worth doing. Logic,
mostly.”
said. “At least, not when it goes against my gut feeling.”
him. Close enough that he could easily reach out and touch her. “I think you
are,” she said.
if she touched him when she said that. Her touch must be so different from
Thessia’s. Everything about her was a little sharper. She wasn’t timid in the
same way, even though her situation made her nervous. He knew she didn’t mean
to be brusque; she was just being American and Miralem. But—she was brusque.
And he didn’t feel like he had to dance around anything when he spoke to her.
all their plans.
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LOVE the cover.
Me too. I’m going to grab this one. I’m also curious about the illustrations inside the book.
That is a strange looking cover…lol.
Strange in a good way for me! LOL
I liked the excerpt, thank you.
So did I. Happy to share:)
Who did the interesting cover?