Emily Varga with Rebecca Ross and Jill Tew - The River She Became!

After absolutely blowing us away with her debut For She is Wrath in 2024, Emily Varga is back with her next YA materpiece and we are SO READY! Join us for a magical evening with Emily and special guest moderators Rebecca Ross and Jill Tew as we talk all things The River She Became! Read below for more details:

Tickets:

Admission: $0 this free ticket admits one to our event

Admission + Book: $22.00 this ticket admits one to our event and inlcudes a copy of The River She Became to be signed and picked up at the event

You must purchase a copy of The River She Became from Little Shop in order to enter the signing line. Eventbrite, website, and in-person purchases all count! Please note that Rebecca will not be signing.

About the Book:

A high stakes, action-packed romantasy from bestselling author Emily Varga where a relic-hunter searches for an ancient fae object to restore the magic to her world, but must learn to trust her own powers—and her heart.
I’m going across the River. And I’m going to save us all.
Yaseema is a brilliant scholar and loyal servant of the Empire—or so they think. By day, she catalogs the fae relics of her conquered kingdom. But by night, she reclaims the artefacts in secret to restore magic to her dying land.
Until she finds the long lost key to cross the River into the fae world and save her people. But a ruthless realm awaits her there, ruled by monsters wearing beautiful skin—especially the cold-eyed captain who sees through her lies. But even he isn’t what he seems—under the guise of upholding a cruel regime, he works to overthrow it from the inside. To succeed, he needs the same lost relic Yaseema seeks: the crown of an ancient Fae Queen.
With magic that is a mystery even to her, Yaseema can help him find the crown and save his family from a fate worse than death. Unless she steals it first to help her own.
To survive, they must work together to outwit ancient curses, battle creatures born of nightmares, and find a power that could resurrect their worlds. But as secrets unravel and loyalties blur, they face the greatest danger of all: losing their heart to each other.
Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and The Mummy, this thrilling start to a new fantasy duology bursts with dangerous romance, heart-stopping twists, and a heroine who dares to steal back her future.

About the Author and Moderator:

Emily Varga is an internationally bestselling YA author of FOR SHE IS WRATH and the forthcoming THE RIVER SHE BECAME duology. FOR SHE IS WRATH was an instant indie bestseller, a Goodreads Choice nominee and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She has lived in England, Scotland and Australia but now calls western Canada her home where she lives with her family and their menagerie of pets. When not writing, Emily works as a family lawyer, where she learned more about storytelling than she ever expected.

Rebecca Ross is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy books for teens and adults. She has written multiple highly acclaimed novels, including Wild Reverence, Divine Rivals, Ruthless Vows, A River Enchanted, A Fire Endless, Dreams Lie Beneath, Sisters of Sword & Song, The Queen’s Resistance, and The Queen’s Rising. Her books have been translated into thirty-one languages and are international bestsellers. When not writing, she can be found in her garden where she plants wildflowers and story ideas. She resides in Northeast Georgia with her husband, her dog, and a friendly flock of chickens.

Jill Tew is the critically-acclaimed, award-winning Caribbean American author of dystopian romance and middle grade novels that imagine Black girls in exciting new worlds. 

Her books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal, been named Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections, and have been featured in the New York Times, People, and elsewhere. Her debut The Dividing Sky was declared a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Reactor Mag, Publishers Weekly, and Bookshop.org, and was featured in the New York Times as one of Veronica Roth’s favorite dystopian novels.

Jill lives in Atlanta with her family.

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