The strange, circular mark appears on Lia Milthorpe's wrist just hours after the death of her beloved father. Since her mother threw herself off the cliffs into the lake on their New York estate many years earlier, Lia, along with her twin sister Alice and her small brother Henry, is an orphan.Lost in a sea of grief, Lia has never felt more alone or confused. Sly, secretive, cruel Alice is behaving even more strangely than usual, seeming almost happy at the passing of their father. Henry is too young, and she feels oddly reluctant to tell even James, her best childhood friend and sweetheart, about the mark on her wrist, though they've always shared everything.
The night after their father's funeral, Lia catches a glimpse of Alice sitting in a candlelit circle carved in the floor of their mother's long-closed bedroom, murmuring strange words. The day after that, James calls Lia into her father's library to show her a strange, one-page book he discovered behind a hidden wall panel. The book, called The Book of Chaos, tells of a prophecy about twin sisters, one the Guardian and one the Gate, who must battle each other and the forces of evil to keep the Lost Souls and their dark lord, Samael, from destroying the world.
It is clear to Lia that she and Alice are the sisters of the prophecy - the mark on her wrist tells her as much. But who is the Guardian, and who is the Gate? And how much will Lia be willing to sacrifice to protect the ones she loves?
This Edwardian gothic novel is a page-turner with twists and turns, family secrets, tragedy, dark magic, dreams and secrets, and just a touch of doomed romance. For fans of Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty, you've got to check out Prophecy of the Sisters @ your library!
Megan
(Now reading the sequel, Guardian of the Gate, which the publisher was kind enough to send us an advance copy of - thanks, Victoria and Little, Brown! It's coming to a library near you in August.)
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