She will live or die by what she discovers. I had major major problems with this book. With her very sanity in question, Cora is forced to face her greatest fear. Title: reliquary Author: Sarah Fine Publisher: 47North (47North is the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror imprint of Amazon Publishing, the full-service publishing arm of Amazon) Publication Date: JISBN: 9781503935259 Source: NetGalley I do not know how I truly feel about this novel. As Cora’s dark past swirls chaotically with the versions of Hannah’s life and death that her family and friends want to believe, Cora discovers the disturbing depths of what some people may do-including herself. When a downward spiral of self-destruction forces Cora to work with an AI counselor, she finds an unexpected ally, even as others around her grow increasingly convinced that Hannah’s death was no accident. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions-and dread of what the answers might mean. With Asa by her side, she'll face not only the supernatural forces arrayed against her but the all-too-human temptation that she fears she can't resist.“A dark and twisty psychological thriller that straddles the question of what it means to be human.” - Kirkus ReviewsĬora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin-a sophisticated brain-computer interface-may have recorded each horrifying moment. Now, from magic-laced Vegas casinos to the netherworld clubs of Bangkok, Mattie is on a rescue mission. Asa agrees to help find Ben on one condition: Mattie must use her uncommon talent to assist his smuggling operations. Asa has the power to sense magic, and he realizes Mattie is a reliquary, someone with the rare ability to carry magic within her own body, undetected. Asa has the power to sense magic, and he realizes Mattie is a reliquary, someone with the rare ability to carry magic within her own body, undetected.

It's wildly addictive, capable of producing everything from hellish anguish to sensual ecstasy almost beyond human endurance.ĭetermined to find out who took Ben and why, Mattie immerses herself in a shadowy underworld and comes face-to-face with the darkly alluring Asa Ward, a rogue magic dealer, infamous hustler…and her missing fiancé's estranged brother.

But when her fiancé, Ben, is violently abducted the next morning, her desperate quest to find him rips her away from small-town life and reveals a shattering truth: magic is real-and Ben is hooked. Mattie Carver's engagement party should have marked the start of her own personal fairy tale.

Reliquary by sarah fine