{"product_id":"9781035408030-maddalena-and-the-dark","title":"Maddalena and the Dark","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sweeping gothic fairytale about a dark magic that rumbles beneath the waters of Venice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gothic, Venetian fairytale about the fierce bond between two teenage girls at an 18th century music school, and the fateful bargains they make with a dark magic in the waters of Venice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA darkness takes shape beneath the waters of Venice . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand somewhere in the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOspedale della Pietà, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethere are two girls breathing beside each other, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003elegs entwined.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enchanting and suspenseful' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich and heartbreaking' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lush, decadent fairytale' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaddalena and the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is an opulent and sensuous Venetian fairytale, full of music, magic, passion, and betrayal, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Study in Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[A] beguiling fairy tale' \u003ci\u003eVANITY FAIR \u003c\/i\u003e(A Best Book of Summer)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enchanted.A slow-burn gothic novel \u003c\/b\u003ethat will make you lose track of your surroundings . \u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric banger' \u003ci\u003eLITHUB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFine beguiles with this decadent tale of desire \u003c\/b\u003e. With the alluring Venice backdrop, \u003cb\u003ethis will frighten and captivate in equal measure' \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenice, 1717. Before Maddalena arrived at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's most illustrious music school, fifteen-year-old orphan Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sent to the Pietà until her noble family can find her a husband, Maddalena is cunning, passionate, and unlike anyone Luisa has ever met. Maddalena can promise the world to Luisa, and when she does, their fates intertwine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut Maddalena has made a dangerous wager and, for both girls, there will be an unimaginable price to pay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaddalena and the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is chocolate laced with poison. \u003c\/b\u003eTo read it is to fall under an enchantment . \u003cb\u003eA sweeping, dark fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e about the violent hearts of teenage girls' \u003cb\u003eKATIE GUTIERREZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous feast of a novel, rich and strange and heady.\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Fine is an extraordinary writer' \u003cb\u003eKELLY LINK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'From its first sentence, \u003cb\u003ethis novel curled its crooked little witch's finger around my heart\u003c\/b\u003e and still hasn't let go' \u003cb\u003eAMY JO BURNS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA tense, slow-burning portrait of how desire too easily tangles with envy\u003c\/b\u003e and the price we pay when we get what we want' \u003cb\u003eISLE McELROY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn ecstatic, immersive, layered and astonishingly rendered depiction of girlhood, ambition, violence, art, and desire\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eLYNN STEGER STRONG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful, suspenseful, sensuous, real. 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