Design Request
Book Genre:
fantasy
Expect Emotions:
Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Expect Elements:
Front cover details : A twelve cities novel
Expect Layout:
Book description
My book is set in a captivating fantasy world with a hint of spicy romance as its secret ingredient. Are you ready to dive into the next YA fantasy series, a blend of "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke and "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas?
And this is a short synopsis:
Imagine a girl called Genevieve celebrating her sixteenth birthday in a museum with her younger sister Louanne, having a cute little picnic surrounded by paintings of all kinds of nonexistent mythical creatures. Mesmerized by a stunning painting of a phoenix, Genevieve reaches out and traces the painting. Suddenly, the phoenix flies out and changes form. One second it’s a stunning burgundy, large bird, and the next it’s a tiny, blue snake until settling into a russet golden retriever. Genevieve freaks out, but the strange creature keeps following her around, shapeshifting as he goes. Louanne decides they should name it Waffles.
Genevieve tries to forget about the incident, but it happens again and again. Her hands reach out on their own accord, and the subject of the painting steps out immediately. Every single one of them possess mythical powers of which she never heard of. Genevieve confides in her friend and all-time crush, Nox. He’s training to be a Sniffer for the Royal family. They all possess a keen sense of smell that allows them to track anyone. However, her best friend betrays her and wants to hand her over to the Royal family for questioning. Together with Louanne and Waffles, she spends the next two years on the run, hiding from Nox.
Until the day she wakes up Caspian, who convinces Genevieve to listen to his story. He tells her about a time when the Twelve Cities each represented a mythical clan. Changelings like Waffles who can adapt in any shape or form, Tellers who can see the future except for their own clan, Belliators who are fierce warriors,... One day a King from another Kingdom arrived with a clan of Erasers. People who possess the power to lock up any mythical creature into a painting by merely touching them. Somehow this evil King managed to lock up every single mythical creature, and then he murdered the entire Eraser Clan. Any history book that mentions the true heritage of the Twelve Cities or any clan was destroyed. Decade by decade knowledge is lost until the day Genevieve started awakening creatures.
Genevieve decides to fight back and help clans reclaim their rightful place alongside humans and restore their true history. Caspian helps her navigate this maze of lies, power plays, rebellion, and justice. It’s not easy making people believe a past that can’t really be proven and is so magical and unreal. Before Genevieve can make a stand, she’s captured by King Maximillian. A King who claims to want the same thing and wants to correct his predecessors' mistakes. But how can she trust the person that has taken away everything from her in the past?
In this book, there are frequent flashbacks to Genevieve’s past. You’ll learn how she had to fend for herself and her little sister from the age of six and how she broke into the home of Grandma who runs the entire Underground operation of the Twelve Cities. Grandma who took those two little orphan girls in and who trained them to be skilled assassins. Grandma left her entire empire behind for Louanne and Genevieve the day she was murdered by King Maximillian Whitefeather.
Target audience
YA fantasy readers
Expect Color:
None