Ravenous by Marcykate Connolly

Ravenous by Marcykate Connolly

For fans of tales by the Brothers Grimm, this novel, inspired by the fairytale Hansel and Gretel, is a riveting and wholly original story of an epic quest and a heroine who will stop at nothing to save the one she loves most. A companion to the author's Monstrous, it will be enjoyed by fans of that book as well as readers who are new to this fully imagined and rich world. This paperback includes a bonus story, Precious, a prequel to both Monstrous and Ravenous.

A witch has come to the city of Bryre. She travels in a hut that has chicken feet, and she's ravenous for children.

When the witch captures Hans, Greta's little brother, Greta refuses to let her have him. The two strike up a bargain. Greta will retrieve something the witch desires in exchange for her brother's freedom.

To get the prize Greta must travel to Belladoma--a city where she was once held captive. With the help of a new friend, Dalen, a magical half-boy and half-horse, Greta embarks on the journey and tries to overcome her foes, as well as her own weaknesses.

MarcyKate Connolly is a bestselling children's book author and nonprofit executive who lives in New England with her family and a pack of pugs. She graduated from Hampshire College (a mystical school where no one gives you grades) with a senior thesis that was an opera sequel to Hamlet. She also fell in love with plotting there, and she's been coming up with new ways to make things difficult for her characters ever since. MarcyKate is the author of the Shadow Weaver trilogy and The Star Shepherd, which she coauthored with Dan Haring.