The Bright and the Lost
EMCastellan
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  • Reads 307,756
  • Votes 22,682
  • Parts 48
  • Time 7h 22m
  • Wattys winner
EMCastellan
Complete, First published Nov 01, 2016
1920senglandfantasyfeaturedfictionfriendshiphistoricalhistoricalfictionlondonlovemagicmysteryromanceteenfictionwattys2017youngadult
#WATTYS2017 Winner - HIGHEST RANKING # 5 - DOWNTON ABBEY meets Libba Bray's THE DIVINERS in this YA Historical Fantasy set in 1922 England.

Unlike all the Debutantes she knows, eighteen-year-old Vita couldn't care less about her coming out ball. Trapped in her gloomy country estate, all she wants is to spend the summer dancing to jazzy numbers in East End clubs with her best friend Izzy. 

Freshly returned from a year abroad, Izzy is ready for the thrill of the London Season, with its endless whirl of balls, shopping sprees and horse races. Most importantly, she's counting on Vita to help her find the rich and handsome husband every high society girl deserves.

But when Vita is kidnapped and found barely alive in an East London alleyway, the carefree summer the girls had planned turns into something much stranger than they could ever have imagined. 

With flappers turning up dead all over the city, and Vita terrified of hybrid monsters she swears she can see lurking in Mayfair's marbled houses, Izzy can't help noticing that darkness is seeping into their lives.

As Vita starts to believe she's turning into a monster herself, Izzy suspects her friend's sanity is slipping away. Both girls have to find out what's happening before they lose their friendship and status, and their crowd of Bright Young Things becomes a thing of the past.

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A Wattpad Featured Story from 16/02/17 to 25/07/17
HIGHEST RANKING: # 5 on the Wattpad Historical Hot List

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I've Got This Cannon Fodder Trope Covered!

189 parts Ongoing

Author: 伴树花开 Translator: Me (Xiaobai) Longer Title: "Favoring the Concubine and Disregarding the Wife? I'll Protect This Cannon Fodder in the Family Rivalry Novel!" 宠妾灭妻？ 这宅斗文炮灰我罩了 Born and raised as the cherished daughter of a marquis's household, Wei Hanzhang had no grand ambitions in life. She only dreamed of marrying her childhood sweetheart and living a happy life together. Unexpectedly, before they could marry, her childhood sweetheart took two concubines! Shocked, she then discovered she had transmigrated into a book. Her mother was the villainous supporting character who lost in the household battles. Her elder sister was the cannon fodder who was framed and lost her reputation at the beginning. Her maternal family was a minor character family that was quickly destroyed in the original story. And she... She didn't even exist in the original book! Unacceptable! How could she be a mere cannon fodder? Since she was here and had received the grace of life, she had to protect her family. If her childhood sweetheart was unreliable, the Prince next door seemed quite nice.

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