Peternelle van Arsdale crée des récits captivants pour jeunes adultes qui plongent dans des mondes sombres et imprégnés de magie, où le courage et l'espoir confrontent les peurs les plus profondes. Ses œuvres, souvent décrites comme glaçantes mais édifiantes, explorent les complexités de l'esprit humain à travers des intrigues convaincantes et des personnages inoubliables. Avec un sens aigu du détail et une profonde compréhension de la psychologie des personnages, van Arsdale construit des mondes qui immergent pleinement les lecteurs. Sa prose témoigne du pouvoir de la narration d'éclairer même les recoins les plus sombres de l'expérience humaine.
In this haunting tale, Alys, a girl with a secret talent, must confront the soul eaters that threaten her village. Abandoned and transformed, these beings devour souls, while Alys grapples with her connection to them and the Beast. As she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and healing, she faces dangers both external and internal.
“A dark and enchanting tale.” —Bustle “Fiercely written and beautifully feminist.” —Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician One girl must uncover secrets of the past to save her friend from a terrible curse in this “dark, angry fairy tale” (BCCB, starred review) filled with love, revenge, and redemption that is inspired by the myth of Medusa. Milla knows two things to be true: Demons are real, and fear will keep her safe. Milla’s whole world is her family’s farm. She is never allowed to travel to the village and her only friend is her beloved older brother, Niklas. When a bright-eyed girl named Iris comes to stay, Milla hopes her loneliness might finally be coming to an end. But Iris has a secret she’s forbidden to share: The village is cursed by a demon who possesses girls at random, and the townspeople live in terror of who it will come for next. Now, it seems, the demon has come for Iris. When Iris is captured and imprisoned with other possessed girls, Milla leaves home to rescue her and break the curse forever. Her only company on the journey is a terrible new secret of her own: Milla is changing, too, and may soon be a demon herself. Suspenseful and vividly imagined, The Cold Is in Her Bones is a novel about the dark, reverberating power of pain, the yearning to be seen and understood, and the fragile optimism of love.