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Destiny by Gillian Shields

Destiny

Gillian Shields

HarperCollins · Hardcover · July 31, 2012

In Destiny, the fourth and final book in Gillian Shields’s romantic, gothic Immortal series, Helen, Evie, and Sarah, the Sisters of the Mystic Way, must use their powers to battle for their souls.

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Who it’s for
A moorland-school gothic where supernatural danger and a promised love share the page.
Themes
Supernatural conflict, Trust and betrayal, Love beyond the mortal world
Genres
Paranormal YA Romance, YA Ghost Stories, YA Fantasy

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About this book

In Destiny, the fourth and final book in Gillian Shields’s romantic, gothic Immortal series, Helen, Evie, and Sarah, the Sisters of the Mystic Way, must use their powers to battle for their souls. Malevolent forces haunt Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, the girls’ elite boarding school on the English moors. Dr. Franzen, an evil man from Helen’s past, has taken over as headmaster.

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And while Helen longs to believe her mother, the priestess of a coven of dark witches, has reformed, she fears her mother cannot be trusted. At least Helen can cling to the prediction that a love "beyond the confines of this world" is waiting for her. Could this be Lynton, the mysterious music student who visits Wyldcliffe for his lessons?

Gothic Entanglements

A moorland-school gothic where supernatural danger and a promised love share the page.

Come here for

  • Paranormal romance threaded with witchcraft and boarding-school menace
  • The final chapter of an established supernatural series

Expect

  • A gothic atmosphere around the sisters’ battle for their souls
  • Uncertainty around a mother, a headmaster, and a mysterious music student

Where it sits

Paranormal YA Romance54%
YA Ghost Stories46%
YA Fantasy37%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens
  • Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens
  • YA Fantasy
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  • YA Fantasy Romance
  • YA Ghost Stories
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens
Authors
Gillian Shields
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
July 31, 2012
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Supernatural conflict · Trust and betrayal · Love beyond the mortal world
Reading lane
Coming of Age