By V. E. Schwab
Tor Books, 2020. 442 pages. Fiction
As a young woman, Addie makes a deal with the devil to save herself from the tedium of an arranged marriage, asking to not belong to anyone. The devil grants her immortality but curses her to a life of horrible isolation because no one she meets is able to remember her. After 300 years of moving through the world like a shadow, Addie hears the words she thought she never would: "I remember you."
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By Matt Haig
Penguin Group, 2019. 352 pgs. Sci-Fi
Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 41-year-old man, but due to a rare genetic condition, he's actually over 400 years old. He has recently moved back to London to begin teaching history, but London hides memories around every corner, some centuries old. Tom keeps his condition a secret, which isolates him from everyone except the Albatross Society, a small and secretive group of people who, like Tom, age slowly over centuries. The Society has one rule: never fall in love, as forming attachments leads to trouble. But for the first time in centuries, Tom is captivated by a woman, the school's French teacher. The only way to keep her safe is to stay away from her, but Tom is finding that more and more difficult.
By Clare B. Dunkle
Henry Holt & Company, 2006. 230 pages. Young Adult Fiction
In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to become his bride and queen...
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