One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig, 2022
Fantasy RomanceContemporary fiction
A woman with a monster in her head hunts a deck of magic cards that could cure her—or bind her tighter.
Feels like longing, dread and curiosity. About power, love and freedom.
A page from the book
The answer to a private question, given in front of everyone.
Are you still pretending?” I said, reveling in his gaze. Ravyn gave a surprised laugh and, in front of everyone, leaned in and kissed me. “I never was,” he whispered into my lips. Rachel Gillig.The magic system turns on Providence Cards, a deck in which each card grants one specific power; gathering the full deck is the book's dangerous prize.
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Questions readers ask
- What is One Dark Window like?
- Feels like longing, dread and curiosity. About power, love and freedom.
- What should I read after One Dark Window?
- If you liked One Dark Window, try The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Carissa Broadbent), Lightlark (Alex Aster) and Phantasma (Kaylie Smith).
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What fear turns into when you stop running from it.
And then I realized. I realized that fear, when embraced, hardens and sharpens. That it becomes rage. That it becomes power. I would not die here.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night · Carissa Broadbent
What it sounds like when someone could ruin you and chooses not to.
I could open a black hole that would swallow the beach. I could turn the sea dark as ink and kill everything inside of it. I could demolish the castle, brick by brick, from where we stand. I could take you back to Nightshade lands with me right now.” His voice was deep as dreams, dark as nightmares. “I could do all of those things.” His lips pressed against the top of her ear, for just a moment. “And I might—if I didn’t think you would hate me for it.
Lightlark · Alex Aster
What tenderness looks like after it has learned to bite back.
Soft hearts don’t survive here.” “What kinds of hearts do?” He leaned down until their eyes were level. “Hearts with teeth.” He reached out and gently gripped her chin in his hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb across her full, bottom lip. She was frozen in place. “C’mon, angel, show me your teeth.
Phantasma · Kaylie Smith
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