The Hollow Witch
By Mary Borsellino
Can love conquer the dead?
When child soldier Silvie loses her magic and part of her hearing, her life as she knew it is over.
Sent to the canal city of Arteria to be an alchemist’s apprentice, she is forced to begin again.
Azura, the alchemist’s daughter, lives among Arteria’s wealthiest and most comfortable. She and Silvie couldn’t be more different, each trapped by the circumstances of their birth, yet the two are drawn to one another.
But Arteria is plagued by the high cost of its magic use: the deadly cadaveri – walking corpses that prey on the living.
As Silvie and Azura navigate this world – in the company of the little queen, Lena, and her faithful bodyguard Myles – terrible truths about the kingdom and its magic are revealed.
When the city comes under unprecedented threat, can Silvie and Azura save it?
Do they even want to?
Genre:
Fantasy Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Body Positivity
Character with Disability
Coming of Age
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
Dark Fantasy
Dark Romance
First Love
Friends to Lovers
Supernatural Elements
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Shamam / Healer
Soldier / Warrior
Sorcerer / Wizard / Alchemist
Witch
Geographic Location:
Fantasy or Fictional Setting
Setting:
Kingdom / Realm
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Queer
Trigger/Content Warning:
Past occurrence of child abuse
