Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa @ Wishful Endings where bloggers share which upcoming releases they’re most looking forward to. Join us every Wednesday and watch your TBR list multiply.

I am so excited for Darcie Little Badger’s debut Elatsoe. I am always on the lookout for new fantasy books that are influenced by an author’s culture, so this one is high on my TBR. And doesn’t this cover make you want to be whisked away by the story? This one is out next week! Cover is linked to Goodreads.

Title: Elatsoe
Author: Darcie Little Badger
Series: N/A
Pages: 368
Publisher: Levine Querido
Release Date: August 25, 2020

      “Imagine an America very similar to our own. It’s got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.
      There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day.
      Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family.”

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