A teen inherits her missing mother’s gift for astrology and digs into dark secrets with an unlikely ally in this tense YA mystery-thriller.
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A teen inherits her missing mother’s gift for astrology and digs into dark secrets with an unlikely ally in this tense YA mystery-thriller.
Avicenna Crowe's mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of being stalked. Now she is missing. The police are called, but they're not asking the right questions. Like why Joanne lied about her past, and what she saw in her stars that made her so afraid. But Avicenna has inherited her mother's gift. Finding an unlikely ally in the brooding Simon Thorn, she begins to piece together the mystery.
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Mild YA romantic subplot; attraction and a budding relationship
Murder investigation; dark underworld peril; chilling violent climax
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Brief mentions of drug abuse
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Mythology references woven through the narrative
No fantasy magic present
Astrology and divination central; predictive star-chart readings
Class disparity and racism toward multiracial people in Australia
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Mentions of rape, physical abuse, and stalking; intergenerational cruelty
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