The Last Legacy
A Novel
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · August 1, 2023
Now in paperback with a bonus novella!
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- Who it’s for
- A fantasy of fraught family ties, self-invention, and romance with a dangerous edge.
- Themes
- Family and blood ties, Self-reinvention, Controlling your own destiny
- Genres
- YA Fantasy Romance, YA Adventure, YA Romance
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Now in paperback with a bonus novella! New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young's The Last Legacy is a captivating standalone YA fantasy set in the Narrows world about family and blood ties, reinventing yourself, and controlling your own destiny. When a letter from her uncle Henrik arrives on Bryn Roth's eighteenth birthday, summoning her back to Bastian, Bryn is eager to prove herself and finally take her place in her long-lost family.
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Henrik has plans for Bryn, but she must win everyone’s trust if she wants to hold any power in the delicate architecture of the family. It doesn’t take long for her to see that the Roths are entangled in shadows. Despite their growing influence in upscale Bastian, their hands are still in the kind of dirty business that got Bryn’s parents killed years ago. With a forbidden romance to contend with and dangerous work ahead, the cost of being accepted into the Roths may be more than Bryn can pay.
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A fantasy of fraught family ties, self-invention, and romance with a dangerous edge.
Come here for
- A heroine seeking her place in a powerful, shadowed family
- Romance tangled with questions of trust and belonging
Expect
- A standalone YA fantasy in the Narrows world
- A tense pull between acceptance and self-determination
Where it sits
| YA Fantasy Romance | 87% |
|---|---|
| YA Adventure | 45% |
| YA Romance | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- Epic YA Fantasy
- YA Fantasy Romance
- Authors
- Adrienne Young
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- August 1, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family and blood ties · Self-reinvention · Controlling your own destiny
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure