The Lantern's Ember

By Colleen Houck

Book Overview

A bold and ghostly stand-alone from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck, with all the moodiness of Sleepy Hollow and all the romance her fans love.

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern--one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal--or not-so-mortal--soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare.

Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire--and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.

Colleen Houck, the New York Times bestselling author of the Tigers Curse series and Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween.

Houck] offers a fresh spin on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...with some genuine surprises in store.--Kirkus

A wild and seductive adventure...a must-have for YA collections.--SLJ

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399555722
• ISBN13: 9780399555725
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

one of the best Halloween books that brings all the characters together

I first started reading this book because my husband bought it for me...I wasn't sure if I would like it at all but OMG was I wrong. It turned out to be one of my favorite books of all time!!!! You have a great group of characters, from vampires, werewolves, witches, warlocks, fairies and more. It reminds me of the Page Master meets Hocus Pocus meets any action adventure you want to put in there. There is a cute love story that I wasn't expecting either.