Shades of Rust and Ruin by A. G. Howard

New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard launches a dark and
compelling new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by
Halloween.
Packed with action scenes, detailed world-building, and allusions to other
popular media, this will be a crowd-pleaser with avid fantasy readers, likely to
appeal to fans of Melissa Marr and Holly Black." -BCCB
Phoenix "Nix" Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she
was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her
twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate.
Ever since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. She can't even find comfort in
Clarey, Lark's boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain,
because Nix's hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. All that
remains are her sketches, where she finds solace among the goblins and
faeries in her imaginary world of Mystiquel. When her depression starts
affecting her ability to see color, Nix all but gives up on her art, until her uncle
goes missing on Halloween day. Hot on his trail, Nix and Clarey step through
a portal, becoming trapped inside a decaying version of their town filled with
Nix's own sketches come to life.
As Nix and Clarey search for her uncle within the sinister and dangerous
world (...)

A. G. Howardis the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of
young adult retellings and adult gothic paranormal romances. Her dark Alice in
Wonderland series, Splintered, has been published in over a dozen languages
and hit the New York Times series list and her Phantom of the Opera retelling
Roseblood was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Bloomsbury
On Sale: Nov 7/23
5.51 x 8.25 • 400 pages
9781547612734 • $15.99 • pb
YA Fic / Fantasy / Contemporary • Ages 13 years and
up