
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Young Adult Fiction / Magical Realism
Pages: 512
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From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes the deliciously dark, enemies to lovers fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for!
‘A candle-lit journey of love, sacrifice and becoming.’ Kiyash Monsef, bestselling author of Once There Was
When death calls, she must answer.
Hazel has always known she was different from her siblings. A thirteenth child, she was promised at birth to Merrick, the god of death.
Under his care, Hazel learns the art – and magic – of healing. Word of her extraordinary gift spreads throughout the kingdom. But all gifts come with a price. When Death claims a soul for himself, it is Hazel who must end their suffering… permanently.
Soon, destiny brings her to the royal court where she meets Leopold, an infuriatingly alluring prince with a disdain for everything and everyone. Here, Hazel faces her biggest dilemma yet: to carry out her duties or follow the urges of her own heart. Can she go against the will of Death himself to save someone who is marked to die?
Readers have been enchanted by The Thirteenth Child:
‘I would give this 13 stars if I could. Put this on your best of 2024 lists now’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘You know when you start a book and you realise that this story will be with you for the rest of your life?’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I just finished reading this and I don’t know what to do with myself’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A story of gods, love, choosing between what is destined and what is right. I fell in love with every page of this book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘The ending shredded my heart…beautiful’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘*chef's kiss*. a BIG twist that I did not see coming at all’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Darkly gothic and deliciously unsettling, this fantasy is one to stay cosy with and get lost in’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘SO SO SAD BUT SO SO GOOD. ��’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review:
The Thirteenth Child is the story of Hazel, born as The Thirteenth Child to her parents, and on the day of her birth, 3 Gods were vying to be her Godparent, but her parents chose the God of Death in this world. The Godfather pretty much ignores his Godchild for most of her young life, and since her parents are expecting her to be claimed at any moment, they don’t treat her that well. As a result, Hazel is desperate to be loved, and when her Godfather finally takes her away, she has high hopes for how her life will turn out. What happens, though, is far from what she imagined. She is trained to be a healer by reading many medical texts, teaching herself every way you would need to cure someone. Of course, she does this as she expects it to impress her Godfather. Hazel, being desperate, goes to extreme lengths in her life to do what she feels is right and, at times, makes some wild choices. The Thirteenth Child is a dark and haunting young adult novel, and I think there are some significant lessons to be learned from this book.
This is one I’ve wanted to read, and it does sound really good, even if it is extremely long. Thanks for the review!