Sarah Beth Durst
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La petite boutique de sortilèges
Sarah Beth Durst, Lulu Chen, Clémentine Curie
- Bragelonne
- Fantasy
- 9 Avril 2025
- 9791028124090
Une somptueuse fable qui foisonne de livres de sortilèges volés, d'amitiés inattendues, de confitures délectables et d'amours plus délicieuses encore. Une comédie romantique peuplée de créatures mythiques et saupoudrée de roulés à la cannelle et de magie, qui met du baume au coeur et nourrit l'âme.
Kiela a toujours eu du mal avec les gens. Par chance, son travail à la Grande bibliothèque d'Alyssium lui a permis de vivre en recluse parmi les livres de sortilèges les plus précieux de l'empire. Mais lorsqu'une révolution éclate et que la bibliothèque part en fumée, Kiela et son assistant, Caz, une plante sentiente créée par magie, sauvent autant de livres qu'ils le peuvent et mettent le cap sur une île lointaine où Kiela était certaine de ne jamais retourner : la terre de son enfance.
Kiela espère faire profil bas dans la chaumière délabrée héritée de ses défunts parents. À son grand désarroi, en plus d'écoper d'un voisin aussi fouineur que séduisant, elle découvre que le village est dans un triste état. L'empire néglige depuis des années les gens qui dépendent de ses interventions magiques pour des récoltes fructueuses, et pire encore, la magie censée les aider a engendré des tempêtes destructrices qui ont fait des ravages sur l'île. Kiela résout de trouver un moyen d'arranger les choses... en ouvrant la toute première sortilègerie secrète de l'île.
Son plan n'est pas sans danger : partager la magie avec les gens du peuple est passible de mort. Et pour se faire une place parmi les habitants bienveillants et excentriques de son île, elle devra apprendre à abattre les remparts qu'elle a érigés. -
The Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman''s unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over . . .
''Sarah Beth Durst is the hidden gem of the fantasy world'' - Book Riot
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn''t had to.
She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire''s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city''s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, she and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. She''s hoping to lay low and figure out a way to survive before the revolution comes looking for her. To her dismay, in addition to a nosy-and very handsome-neighbor, she finds the town in disarray.
The empire with its magic spellbooks has slowly been draining power from the island, something that Kiela is indirectly responsible for, and now she''s determined to find a way to make things right. Opening up a spell shop comes with its own risks-the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela comes to make a place for herself among the quirky townspeople, she realizes that in order to make a life for herself, she must break down the walls she has kept so high.
Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and TJ Klune, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a cosy fantasy tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter romance. -
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Return to the cosy and heart-warming world of The Spellshop in The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst, a world brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes and honeyed love.
Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium.
This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses. She''s starving and freezing, and the only other human on the island is a grumpy gardener. To her surprise, he offers Terlu a place to sleep, clean clothes and freshly baked honey cakes - at least until she''s ready to sail home.
But Terlu can''t return home and doesn''t want to - the greenhouses are a dream come true, each more wondrous than the next. When she learns that the magic that sustains them is failing - causing the death of everything within them - Terlu knows she must help. Even if that means breaking the law again.
This time, though, she isn''t alone. Assisted by the gardener and a sentient rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she wants to save the island - and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.
Funny, kind and forgiving, The Enchanted Greenhouse by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst is a story about giving second chances - to others and to yourself.
Praise for The Spellshop:
''A warm, peaceful delight of a novel'' - Katherine Arden, author of The Bear and the Nightingale
''As comforting as homemade jam on a fresh baked muffin!'' - Rebecca Thorne, author of Can''t Spell Treason Without Tea
''Utterly delightful'' - Publishers Weekly -
THE RELUCTANT QUEEN ; BOOK TWO OF THE QUEENS OF RENTHIA
Sarah Beth Durst
- Harper Voyager Us
- 6 Mai 2025
- 9780063444881
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Sarah Beth Durst is the award-winning author of over twenty fantasy books for adults, teens, and kids, including The Queens of Renthia series, Drink Slay Love, and The Stone Girl's Story. She won an ALA Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy A
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THE RELUCTANT QUEEN 2 THE QUEENS OF RENTHIA
DURST, SARAH BETH
- HARPERCOLLINS US
- 31 Mars 2021
- 9780062474117