LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
April 2025 Debut of the Month
Patrice Caldwell’s Where Shadows Meet — the first in a duology — is a thrilling feast of vampiric fiction for romantasy fans.
Here, the author has conjured a rich world occupied by glamorously iconic characters — from a princess of the Heavenly Realms who wears a dress fashioned from sunlight, and a goddess who her sacrificed her wings for the girl she loved, to a vampiric princess who needs human blood to survive, and a show-stopping seeress — to weave a story of love and loss, devotion and betrayal, the awakening of ancient evil, and an ancient race dependent on blood.
1201 years ago, in the Heavenly Realms, Thana — a princess borne of a human and a god — determines to take control of her own destiny, and finds love with Favre, “a girl shunned because she was misunderstood by all the rest”. A girl who sacrificed her very wings out of love for Thana. A millennium later, we meet Leyla, princess of an ancient race that survives on human blood, who ventures to the Island of the Dead in order to rescue her captured friend. As perilous as this is in itself, no one could have foreseen the wild, tumultuous scale of what’s unleashed…
Told from multiple points of view across time and splendid landscapes, Where Shadows Meet is shot through with the question as to whether we choose our own fate, or whether it’s determined for us, and steeped in dark atmosphere, devastating dilemmas, and dazzlingly imagined characters.
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Where Shadows Meet Synopsis
Two deadly romances, one devastating destiny.
You have no idea what I've done for love. Just as you have no idea what you may one day do.
Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost.
Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana's choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.
Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of the malichora - an ancient race that survives on human blood - must travel to the Island of the Dead when her best friend is captured during an attack on her nation's capital. Along with Najja, a fierce, beautiful seer, and the last person she expected to help her, Leyla forges down a dangerous path, intent on saving her friend. But nothing is as it seems. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she risks awakening an ancient evil and destroying everything she holds dear.
Set in the aftermath of a war between vampires, humans, and the gods that created them, this devastating romantic fantasy asks do we choose our fates, or do our fates choose us?
The much-anticipated debut romantasy from Patrice Caldwell, Where Shadows Meet is a vampire fantasy for a new generation! It tells the story of two sapphic love affairs a thousand years apart, with an original spin on the lore, mixed with angels, gods and royalty.
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9781471411861 |
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1st April 2025 |
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Patrice Caldwell |
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Hot Key Books an imprint of Bonnier Books UK |
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Paperback |
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352 pages |
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Press Reviews
Patrice Caldwell Press Reviews
'With her lush and vivid storytelling, Patrice Caldwell has created a tangled world of fallen gods and vicious monsters, family and friendship, and courage and duty, that will suck you in and transport you to another place.' Nisha J. Tuli, bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen
'A lush and thrilling dive into a world of vampires and gods, Caldwell has crafted a story that is a feast for the senses.' - Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella is Dead
'Deeply emotional and utterly original, Where Shadows Meet charts the lengths we will go for love. […] Readers will be left ravenous for the sequel.' Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment
'Simultaneously epic and intricate, Where Shadows Meet is a stunning meditation on the nature of stories, fate, and complicated love.' - Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless
'This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!' - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift
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About Patrice Caldwell
Patrice Caldwell is a former children's book editor turned literary agent and author, born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been named a Forbes's "30 Under 30" as well as a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree. Patrice is also the editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn and Eternally Yours. After years of living in New York City, she moved back to Texas with her two adorable cats and so many books. Where Shadows Meet is her debut novel.
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