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Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan

Set in a richly imagined world where magic is divided by colour, Until We Shatter follows Cemmy, a young woman born a Hue, the child of a non-magical Typic and a magical Shade. This mixed heritage makes her a target - the Church wants her dead for having magic, while the Council of Shades sees her as impure.

When her mother falls gravely ill, Cemmy turns to thievery to survive. She’s offered a high-stakes job: steal a powerful relic hidden…

Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney’s latest novel deals with the legacy of family secrets and the quiet devastations of grief.  At its centre is Claire O’Connor, a woman caught in a riptide of the past and present. She is dealing with a lot: the death of her parents, the displacement of moving back to her rural homeplace, and a complicated, seemingly unfinished, romance.

As readers we bear witness to all the stories and events carried privately and painfully by the O’Connor family through the…
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