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Shadow Reaper #1

Shadow Reaper

Lynette Noni

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young reaper hunter must conspire with her enemy to uproot the ancient evil that threatens her world in this heart-pounding romantic fantasy from the bestselling author of The Prison Healer.

"This year's must read YA fantasy." —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing

The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist and reapers who roam the streets, stealing magic from innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for years to hunt these reapers, but their ranks keep growing, led by the man who murdered her parents: the Reaper Priest.

When the Priest’s most loyal follower, Reeve Ashton, is captured, he offers Viri a chance to avenge her parents . . . for a price. She knows better than to bargain with a reaper, let alone this reaper, but his offer is too good to resist.

Soon she’s breaking him out of prison, colluding with his crew of magic thieves, and following him deep into the blackmist forest in search of an ancient legend, all so they can stop the Reaper Priest’s plot to doom the city. Viri is staking her life on Reeve’s plan, but how can she trust a silver-tongued criminal to keep his word? And how can she trust her own heart when a buried secret could shatter everything?

Full of relentless twists, enemies-to-lovers romance, found family, and high-stakes action, Shadow Reaper is the start of a breathtaking new duology from international bestselling author Lynette Noni.

YA
Pages
487
First published
June 2, 2026
Language
English
Edition
Ebook

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  • Finished June 3, 2026

    entertaining and emotional dual-narrative fantasy, weaving the past and present with delicious tension and suspensful cliffhangers Viri and Reeve!! I need book 2 immediately because WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT ENDS THERE, LYNETTE?! Childhood-friends to worse-than-enemies to ??? give me more right now!! Honestly I did find the plot a bit predictable but I also hate surprises so that doesn't ruin it for me. Things move at a fairly quick pace, and I never felt bored. I especially loved the journal entries interspersed throughout this, and watching Kadmus's slow but inevitable descent to evil. Lynette Noni does adventure and found family so well & I loved the fairytale qualities this had- the city surrounded by a deadly mist with beasts lurking within, and two reluctant allies on a quest guided by a magical map ✨ Thanks so much to Random House Children's books for this providing me with this free eARC