The Luminaries
Readers rate it 3.5 (60 on Hardcover)
330 pages · Released Jan 26, 2023 · Daphne Press
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The Luminaries is a dark fantasy adventure aimed at young adults, featuring a protagonist training to become a monster hunter in a mysterious, dangerous town. The story includes combat with supernatural creatures, some scary imagery, and mature themes around family shame and betrayal, but avoids graphic gore or explicit content. Strong themes of resilience, redemption, and loyalty make it suitable for confident teen readers, though younger readers may find the atmospheric darkness unsettling.
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Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you. Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's town—and the rest of humanity—from the monsters and nightmares that... Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you. Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's town—and the rest of humanity—from the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night. Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself true and loyal—and restore her family's good name. Or die trying. But in order to survive, Winnie enlists the help of the one person who can help her train: Jay Friday, resident bad boy and Winnie’s ex-best friend. While Jay might be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls, he also seems to know more about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together, he and Winnie will discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for. Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.
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- Diverse Characters
- Loveable Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Strong Character Development
- A mix driven
- Character driven
- Unloveable Characters
- Adventurous
- tense
- mysterious
- dark
- Fantasy
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ISBN 9781837840007 · Daphne Press