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Title details for Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy - Available

Splinters of Scarlet

by Emily Bain Murphy
Kat Rose-Martin
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For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit will do anything to stay by Eve's side. She decides to risk the Firn and uses magic to secure a job as a seamstress in the Vestergaard household. But Marit has a second, hidden, agenda: her father died while working in the Vestergaards' jewel mines—and it might not have been an accident. The closer Marit gets to the truth about the Vestergaard family, the more she realizes she and everyone she's come to love are in danger. When she finds herself in the middle of a treacherous deception that goes all the way up to the king of Denmark, magic may be the only thing that can save her—if it doesn't kill her first.

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  • Release date

    July 21, 2020

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666552355
      • File size: 308873 KB
      • Duration: 10:43:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 27, 2020
      In Bain’s (The Disappearances) version of 19th-century Denmark, some citizens have magic that amplifies a single talent, enabling excellence beyond ordinary reach. But this power is dangerous: overdo it and die when the eerie Firn turns blood to ice. Reluctant magic practitioner Marit Olsen, 16, uses her gifts as a seamstress to help her protegee and fellow orphan Eve, an aspiring dancer, attract Helene Vestergaard, one of the country’s most celebrated ballerinas. When Helene adopts Eve, Marit flees her grim apprenticeship and joins the Vestergaard household as a servant. Though wary of working for the owners of the mines where her father died, Marit discovers a mostly welcoming community in Helene’s grand home north of Copenhagen, with fellow servants who practice magic proudly and openly. Assisted by her new roommate and a love interest who’s sweet but unsurprising to readers, Marit explores the convoluted fates of her father and sister, and how they relate both to the Vandergaards and the future of Denmark itself. Though a murky mystery burdens this novel’s second half, the refreshing setting and intriguing setup imbue a buoyant charm. Ages 12–up. Agent: Peter Knapp, Park & Fine Literary and Media.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kat Rose-Martin's narration leads listeners into the fantastical nineteenth-century world of Marit Olsen. Her delivery gives narrative drive to the first-person story of the Danish orphan whose work as a talented seamstress is enhanced when she uses magic. But magic has a cost, and Rose-Martin captures Marit's fear of dying--as her sister did--from the poison that builds up in those who use their powers. Rose-Martin lingers over lavish details on food, clothing, and jewels, balancing those descriptions with a gripping mystery and themes of corruption, servitude, and racism. Interspersed narratives by a secondary male character would have been less surprising if there had been a second narrator portraying him. S.W. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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