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reason they want her leave………….*sighs* Just another blurb that didn't get edited before it was published. There's a sense of mystery in this blurb because we don't know why she was sent away from her home but with that mystery comes confusion. There seems to be very little set up for these events, or at least very little explanation. I don't want too much detail in a blurb because then I will know too much and not be interested in the book anymore. However, I think this blurb is on the opposite side, where it could benefit from a bit more explanation.
The Spider Catcher (Redemption
Book 1)
A.L. Tyler
Bright and shy, Ember Gillespie was sent away
from her home and her family when she was little. She was raised by strangers
in an urban boarding school that didn't resemble her family's rural and
hermetic home in any way.
Her sister Thalia, always her mother's favorite, got to stay. They never told Ember the dark family secret--why she had to go.
When she finally gets home at the age of sixteen, the realization that her family doesn't want her is nearly more than she can bear. Her grandmother has become senile, her mother is manic, and her sister is a brainwashed shadow of who she used to be. Her only refuge from the constant strain in her mother's house comes from a young man who has taken her under his wing, and a dark friendship that seems to have the potential to ignite into romance.
The only thing more shocking than her family's rejection is the reason they want her leave. Thalia confesses that the town is inhabited by demons, and that Ember is too weak to fend for herself. Their mother believes that Ember's paramour is particularly dangerous and bent on revenge.
Ember knows her mother is crazy. But as she starts losing her memories and waking up to strange notes she's left herself, she begins to believe her mother might also be right.
Her sister Thalia, always her mother's favorite, got to stay. They never told Ember the dark family secret--why she had to go.
When she finally gets home at the age of sixteen, the realization that her family doesn't want her is nearly more than she can bear. Her grandmother has become senile, her mother is manic, and her sister is a brainwashed shadow of who she used to be. Her only refuge from the constant strain in her mother's house comes from a young man who has taken her under his wing, and a dark friendship that seems to have the potential to ignite into romance.
The only thing more shocking than her family's rejection is the reason they want her leave. Thalia confesses that the town is inhabited by demons, and that Ember is too weak to fend for herself. Their mother believes that Ember's paramour is particularly dangerous and bent on revenge.
Ember knows her mother is crazy. But as she starts losing her memories and waking up to strange notes she's left herself, she begins to believe her mother might also be right.
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