The Bad Ones
Melissa Albert
(Author)
Description
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with THE BAD ONES, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history
Goddess, goddess, count to fiveIn the morning, who's alive? In the course of a single winter's night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora Powell's estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca's disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town's past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca's own childhood games. . . . An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, THE BAD ONES is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.
Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Publish Date
February 20, 2024
Pages
400
Dimensions
5.38 X 8.25 X 1.0 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781250894892
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About the Author
Melissa Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of Our Crooked Hearts and the Hazel Wood series (The Hazel Wood, The Night Country, Tales from the Hinterland) and a former bookseller and YA lit blogger. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children's Books. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
Reviews
Praise for Melissa Albert
"I love Melissa Albert's writing--she makes me believe in magic." --Stephanie Garber, author of CARAVAL "Her words are electric, sizzling; they crash through the bloodstream with the same force as the magic she conjures in her stories." --Krystal Sutherland, author of HOUSE OF HOLLOW "No one weaves fairytale magic into the modern world like Melissa Albert." --David Arnold, author of I LOVED YOU IN ANOTHER LIFEPraise for OUR CROOKED HEARTS "This book is like a puzzle box that somehow contains a more interesting version of THE CRAFT. . . . It all boils down to the roiling cauldron of mother/daughter issues at the core of this story, and the twisting mystery of it all is very satisfying to unravel. It's clever and sharp and there's a reveal that really tore my heart out. All that plus teen witches―what more could you ask for?" ―NPR.org
"Albert has a rare talent for language. Every line reads like an incantation, and the result is a book that holds the reader firmly under its spell." --V. E. Schwab, author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE "A standalone novel so precise and enthralling that the only possible explanation is that Albert herself is a witch . . . a novel that will be devoured as well as savored. It takes risks and, magically, succeeds. And whether or not Albert is in fact a witch, one thing is for sure: her words are magic." ―BOOKLIST, starred review
Praise for THE HAZEL WOOD
"Albert seamlessly combines contemporary realism with fantasy, blurring the edges in a way that highlights that place where stories and real life convene, where magic contains truth, and the world as it appears is false, where just about anything can happen, particularly in the pages of a good book. It's a captivating debut." --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Praise for THE NIGHT COUNTRY
"A must-read for fans of portal fantasies, mysteries, and readers who prefer their magic with bloody sharp edges." --SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review Praise for TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND "Rich with bloodshed, metamorphosis and inevitable comeuppance, written with the absolute assurance of a master storyteller summoning an audience to the fireside on a winter's night, Albert's book is uniquely transporting and discomfiting, a length of shining fabric flecked with glass that sparkles as it cuts." ―THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
