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Half a Soul

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It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.

Ever since a faerie cursed her, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear, embarrassment, or even happiness—a condition which makes her sadly prone to accidental scandal. Dora's only goal for the London Season this year is to stay quiet and avoid upsetting her cousin's chances at a husband... but when the Lord Sorcier of England learns of her condition, she finds herself drawn ever more deeply into the tumultuous concerns of magicians and faeries.

Lord Elias Wilder is handsome, strange, and utterly uncouth—but gossip says that he regularly performs three impossible things before breakfast, and he is willing to help Dora restore her missing half. If Dora's reputation can survive both her ongoing curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world... but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul.

Pride and Prejudice meets Howl's Moving Castle in this enthralling historical fantasy romance, where the only thing more meddlesome than faeries is a marriage-minded mama. Pick up Half a Soul, and be stolen away into debut author Olivia Atwater's charming, magical version of Regency England!

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 18, 2022
      Atwater’s sweet, low-stakes first Regency Faerie Tales romantic fantasy opens with Lord Hallowvale, a nobleman of the faerie world, stealing half of human Theodora “Dora” Eloisa Charity Ettings’s soul. Lord Hallowvale whisks the half he’s claimed off to the faerie world, leaving behind a Dora who is no longer capable of feeling the full range of human emotions. Believing Dora is cursed, her cousin Vanessa Ettings takes her to London to seek the help of the magic-wielding Lord Sorcier. While there, the cousins are thrust into high society, entering a glittering world of balls, tea parties, and betrothals. As Dora carves an opportunity for herself to work with the Lord Sorcier, together they discover a mysterious sleeping plague targeting the city’s poor and vulnerable. Their investigation into this illness quickly supersedes the focus on breaking Dora’s curse, and given how successful she is both professionally and romantically without it, readers will wonder why they should root for her soul to be restored at all. Atwater keeps things light and charming, meshing romance tropes with fairy tale elements, while not shying away from the darker side of Regency London. Readers are sure to be swept away.(June)Correction: An earlier version of this review incorrectly stated this book was the third entry in a series.

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