Seventeen-year-old Katinka is trapped in a magical dress in the middle of New York City. Ever since a man with burning blue eyes snatched her into his fancy flying carriage, Katinka has been a prisoner in the realm of the Magi, an invisible 18th-century world of haughty, aristocratic wizards, torturous corsets, and absolutely no chance of education for women. Which is very unfortunate since all Katinka wants is to get the education no women in her family have ever had. Her kidnapper Balthazar, resident playboy of the Magi court, is locked in a battle of power with his formidable mother - the reason why he kidnapped "a filthy human" in the first place. As Katinka searches for a way back home, she finds Olivia, an autistic girl locked up in the house. Soon Katinka is busy solving Olivia's mystery, sending home magical letters, and trying not to trip in her gargantuan dress in front of a very charming courtier. It is most inconvenient, then, that the only person who can help her untangle the knots and find her way home is the man she has sworn to loathe for all eternity - Balthazar.

Jas gives me a sympathetic look. She sighs heavily, long nails tapping against the wooden table, dodging the 'Missing' posters scattered all over the surface. "Maybe," she finally says, "Just maybe, he doesn't want to be found, Ava." I clench my jaw. "No. I refuse to believe that. He's not like that." "What do you know?" Jas snorts, finally withdrawing her hand from the table and turning back to look at me. "You don't even know him." xx Ford Wilson was in three out of four of Ava Jackson's classes. They had one mutual friend, did a project together once in sophomore year, and had the same lunch. When Ava's car had broke down, she had even ended up parked outside of Ford's house, asking for gas. In Ava's life, he was everywhere. And yet, she didn't notice him until he was nowhere to be found.

The Black Mirror, the prison dimension bearing every demonic monster of the spirit world has been shattered and its inhabitants unleashed upon the earth. Seas are boiling. Cities are burning. Some of humanity's greatest warriors have perished, their iron weapons useless against this new threat. Inarhi, heir to the throne of the Holy Ephesian Empire, seeks to end this plague. She risks her comfortable life as a minister to broker a pact with the last of an age-old race of powerful witches, the only ones who can send back the demons forever. But her decision is considered reprehensible by the Church, as well as to the people she's trying to save. While toiling through ancient rivalries, Inarhi will be tracked into the far reaches of the spirt realm, where from ages long past dwelt the high kingdoms of gods and beasts. And as time runs out, Inarhi must decide how far she's willing to damn her soul for the sake of a thankless empire. Please vote and share if you think others might like this book. Thank you!