The City of Stardust: an enchanting, escapist and magical debut Summers Georgia (2024)

For centuries, the brightest and best members of the Everly family have disappeared as punishment for a forgotten crime and an unknown purpose. Their tormentor is Penelope, a woman who never ages, never falls ill and never forgives a debt. Ten years ago, Violet Everlys mother left to break the curse and never returned. Now Violet must find her, or be taken in her place. Her search leads into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and vengeful monsters, as well as to Aleksander, Penelopes quiet assistant. Violet knows he cannot be trusted, yet finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. With a very literal deadline approaching, she travels to the ends of the world in search of her mother and the key to the City of Stardust, where the Everly story began.