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The Blessed
On sale
2nd August 2012
Price: £6.98
Genre
Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's / Teenage Fiction & True Stories / Fantasy & Magical Realism (children's
Selected:
ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444908350
Brooklyn teens Lucy, Cecilia and Agnes find themselves in the emergency room at Perpetual Help Hospital at the lowest point in their lives. Lucy, the superficial party girl; Cecilia, a drop out rock chick; and Agnes, a hopeless romantic. All rebels running from their lives and themselves, plagued by broken hearts and broken dreams.
Enter Sebastian: mysterious, compelling, seductive.
He brings the girls together and seems to provide each of them with what they long for … and they begin to heal.
But Sebastian is on the run – and soon the girls are hunted too …
A dark, contemporary rock ‘n’ roll retelling of three famous female martyrs – Agnes, Cecilia and Lucy – and their transformation from street deliquents to soul models.
Enter Sebastian: mysterious, compelling, seductive.
He brings the girls together and seems to provide each of them with what they long for … and they begin to heal.
But Sebastian is on the run – and soon the girls are hunted too …
A dark, contemporary rock ‘n’ roll retelling of three famous female martyrs – Agnes, Cecilia and Lucy – and their transformation from street deliquents to soul models.
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Reviews
A powerful ... piece of of modern Gothic, depicting a nightmarish city where those in power are evil and corrupt
Intense, visceral, powerful. * * * *
'Our new favorite dark, sexy rock-n-roll thriller.'
'Intriguing premise, fiery dialogue, and digs about celebrity-obsessed culture that moves at the speed of Twitter...'
this dark ... tale centres around three well-developed, engaging, strong female characters ... this story will grip readers from the dramatic opening to the climactic finish
Intense, visceral
'Brooklyn is the perfect setting for this dark, gritty thriller ... Readers can rest assured that while these young women may be saints, they are definitely not angels.'
'Hurley brings her deadpan wit and blackest humor to the first tale in this trilogy about spirituality, sacrifice and supernatural romance.'
This story will grip readers from the dramatic opening to the climactic finish.
A powerful piece of modern Gothic, depicting a nightmarish city where those in power are evil and corrupt.
