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Beyond the Ruby Veil


-Mara Fitzgerald


A dark, queer YA fantasy that's perfect for fans of the Three Dark Crowns series and Wicked Saints. After Emanuela Ragno kills the one person in Occhia who can create water, she must find a way to save her city from dying of thirst.

Cunning and unapologetic, Emanuela Ragno is a socialite who plays by her own rules. In her most ambitious move yet, she’s about to marry Alessandro Morandi, her childhood best friend and the heir to the wealthiest house in Occhia. Emanuela doesn’t care that she and her groom are both gay, because she doesn’t want a love match. She wants power, and through Ale, she’ll have it all.

But Emanuela has a secret that could shatter her plans. In her city of Occhia, the only source of water is the watercrea, a mysterious being who uses magic to make water from blood. When their first bruise-like omen appears on their skin, all Occhians must surrender themselves to the watercrea to be drained of life. Everyone throughout history has obeyed this law for the greater good. Everyone except Emanuela. She’s kept the tiny omen on her hip out of sight for years.

When the watercrea exposes Emanuela during her wedding ceremony and takes her to be sacrificed, Emanuela fights back…and kills her. Before everyone in Occhia dies of thirst, Emanuela and Ale must travel through the mysterious, blood-red veil that surrounds their city to uncover the source of the watercrea’s power and save their people—no matter what it takes.

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The author states this is a book with a dark and vicious heroine and she isn’t wrong! This is the bloody story of an ambitious girl who seeks power and finds there is a thin line between hero and villain. This was a ruthless book set in a gory and frightening world. I found this fresh take on the fantasy genre surprisingly refreshing and completely original. The world it is set in made my hair stand on end. Content Advisory: Content warnings include murder, torture, depictions of blood, rituals, eye horror, semi-cannibalism, killing a parent, probably others.


Heidi Y.


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