Overview

There is a remote island just north of Scotland that harbours a dangerous curse. It has torn families apart and ripped people from their homes. And now it is threatening to destroy Tess Eriksson's life, too. Unwilling to wake up every day knowing the truth, Tess is desperate to leave the island behind. She would go in an instant - but the love of her life, Soren, is determined to stay and live out his days in the only home he has ever known . . . even if that means cutting his life short. Is Tess willing to walk away from everything she knows and loves? How far can love really go?

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A lyrical, melancholy, and deeply moving story about the people we love and the places we long for, even when we know we shouldn't. Aching and poignant * Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning * Stunning, heartbreaking, a gorgeous lyrical page-turner, A Curse for the Homesick is a must-read for anyone who understands that love is the deepest, darkest form of magic * Meg Shaffer, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Story * With her signature atmospheric prose and incisive eye for detail, Robson will make you yearn for a place you've never been. A bittersweet, hopeful tale about what it means to belong to a place ­- and how love is a risk worth taking * Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic * Star-crossed lovers, a remote island, a deadly curse . . . A Curse for the Homesick is an emotionally-charged rollercoaster that is as sexy as it is haunting. You won't want to put it down, but you might have to once in a while just to catch your breath. * Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance * A thoroughly modern love story set against a backdrop of ancient mythology, it evokes perfectly that feeling of, at long last, finding the only place in this world that is home. Deeply atmospheric, profound, and beautiful * James Goodhand, author of The Day Tripper * Robson's writing brings the island's fog-laden landscapes vividly to life, balancing a sense of doom with poetic melancholy. With the skeld curse as a backdrop, Robson deftly examines the emotional costs of family, love, and loyalty. Fans of literary fantasy and bittersweet romance will find this an enthralling read that lingers like a half-forgotten memory * Booklist * Robson's simple, elegant tale is also a devoted character study and a love letter to her gorgeous fictional setting. [...] This grounded, moving novel is a perfect rainy day read and an ode to what it is to be human. Laura Brooke Robson's debut fantasy romance is both second-chance love story and devoted character study, all written with simple elegance * Jessica Peng * Robson's darkly enchanting debut infuses [a]coming-of-age [novel] with a fairy tale quality and makes the bonds between [characters] feel believable and robust. This is sure to win fans * Publishers Weekly *

A lyrical, melancholy, and deeply moving story about the people we love and the places we long for, even when we know we shouldn't. Aching and poignant * Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning * Stunning, heartbreaking, a gorgeous lyrical page-turner, A Curse for the Homesick is a must-read for anyone who understands that love is the deepest, darkest form of magic * Meg Shaffer, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Story * With her signature atmospheric prose and incisive eye for detail, Robson will make you yearn for a place you've never been. A bittersweet, hopeful tale about what it means to belong to a place ­- and how love is a risk worth taking * Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic * Star-crossed lovers, a remote island, a deadly curse . . . A Curse for the Homesick is an emotionally-charged rollercoaster that is as sexy as it is haunting. You won't want to put it down, but you might have to once in a while just to catch your breath. * Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance * A thoroughly modern love story set against a backdrop of ancient mythology, it evokes perfectly that feeling of, at long last, finding the only place in this world that is home. Deeply atmospheric, profound, and beautiful * James Goodhand, author of The Day Tripper * Robson's writing brings the island's fog-laden landscapes vividly to life, balancing a sense of doom with poetic melancholy. With the skeld curse as a backdrop, Robson deftly examines the emotional costs of family, love, and loyalty. Fans of literary fantasy and bittersweet romance will find this an enthralling read that lingers like a half-forgotten memory * Booklist * Robson's simple, elegant tale is also a devoted character study and a love letter to her gorgeous fictional setting. [...] This grounded, moving novel is a perfect rainy day read and an ode to what it is to be human. Laura Brooke Robson's debut fantasy romance is both second-chance love story and devoted character study, all written with simple elegance * Jessica Peng * Robson's darkly enchanting debut centers on a small Northern European country, Stenland, whose female citizens live under threat of a curse. It's impossible to predict when a new Skeld season will begin or which women will be affected, but those who are marked by the curse will spend three months unable to look others in the eye without turning them to stone. Kitty Sjöberg, Linnea Sundstrom, and Tess Eriksson grow up with the rules to mitigate potential harm drilled into their heads, including always waking up alone and checking the mirror for the marks before leaving the house. One morning, Tess's mother fails to check the mirror, and, not realizing she's been marked, unwittingly turns two people to stone. Robson teases out the consequences of those tragic deaths as Tess and her friends find and lose love and try to run from the magic that's been nipping at their heels since they were born. The author infuses their coming-of-age with a fairy tale quality and makes the bonds between them feel believable and robust. This is sure to win fans * Publishers Weekly *

Author Information

Laura Brooke Robson grew up in the mountains of Oregon and studied English and Creative Writing at Stanford. She now lives in New York, where she enjoys drinking too much coffee and swimming in places she's not supposed to swim.

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