Starlings

By: Amanda Linsmeier

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Synopsis: A dark YA fantasy debut perfect for fans of House of Hollow and Small Favors. In the wake of her father's death, a teen girl discovers a side of her family she didn't know existed, and is pulled into a dark—and ancient—bargain she is next in line to fulfill.Kit&’s father always told her he had no family, but his sudden death revealed the truth. Now Kit has a grandmother she never knew she had—Agatha Starling—and an invitation to visit her father&’s hometown, Rosemont. And Rosemont is picture perfect: the famed eternal roses bloom all year, downtown is straight out of the 1950s . . . there&’s even a cute guy to show Kit around.The longer Kit&’s there, though, the stranger it all feels. The Starling family is revered, but there&’s something off about how the Starling women seem to be at the center of the all the town&’s important history. And as welcoming as the locals are, Kit can&’t shake the feeling that they're hiding something from her.Agatha is so happy to finally meet her only granddaughter, and the town is truly charming, but Kit can&’t help wondering, if everything is so great in Rosemont, why did her father leave? And why does it seem like he never wanted her to find it?