The Sun and the Starmaker

In the town of Reverie, survival depends upon the Sun-blessed immortal Starmaker, who must pull in sunlight every day to keep the deadly Frost at bay. On 18-year-old Aurora Finch’s wedding day, she has a chance encounter with the current Starmaker, an icily attractive young man far older than he appears, who identifies her as his successor. Whisked away to a magical castle at the peak of the Lost Range, Aurora trains to take over the duties of Starmaker, struggling to accept the new role as she wrestles with grief over losing the quiet life she expected to lead. But as she and her mentor fall in love, she must reckon with the immortal life of duty and loneliness awaiting her when she inevitably steps into her position and her mentor, now replaced, must die. Using highly inventive and thematically rich worldbuilding, Griffin (Bring Me Your Midnight) weaves a stunning fairy tale about love, commitment, and grief, expertly intertwining relatable growing pains of young adulthood with mythological burdens of epic proportions for a star-crossed romance that feels both fresh and instantly classic. Aurora and the Starmaker read as white. Ages 14–up. Agent: Peter Knapp, Park & Fine Literary. (Feb.)