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Where Shadows Meet

A Novel

by Patrice Caldwell

Length 9 hours 50 minutes

Language English

Narrators Alexis Campbell, Khaya Fraites & Melinda Sewak

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Summary
About the author

This dark and thrillingly romantic debut vampire fantasy, which features multicast narration, questions what it truly means to sacrifice for love.

"This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!" - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift and Into the Light

You have no idea what I’ve done for love. Just as you have no idea what you may one day do.

Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost.

Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.

Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of a vampire nation, must travel to Nekros, the island of the dead, when her best friend is captured during an attack on her nation’s capital. But nothing is as it seems. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she risks awakening an ancient evil and destroying everything she holds dear.

Set in the aftermath of a war between vampires, humans, and the gods that created them, Patrice Caldwell’s devastatingly romantic fantasy debut, Where Shadows Meet, centers the heart-wrenching pain of loss and the struggle of self-discovery to ask: do we choose our fates, or do our fates choose us?

“A feast for the senses. Love, friendship, loss, and the fantastic… it’s all here in exquisite, vivid detail. A brilliant addition to the dark fantasy genre.” - Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead and Sleep Like Death

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

Romance Fantasy YA Fiction

PATRICE CALDWELL is a former children’s book editor turned literary agent and author, born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been named a Forbes’s “30 Under 30” as well as a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree. Patrice is also the editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn and Eternally Yours. After years of living in New York City, she moved back to Texas with her two adorable cats and so many books.

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Audiobook details

Author:
Patrice Caldwell

Narrators:
Alexis Campbell, Khaya Fraites & Melinda Sewak

ISBN:
9781250366252

Length:
9 hours 50 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Macmillan Audio

Publication date:
April 1, 2025

Edition:
Unabridged

PDF extra:
Available

Libro.fm rank:
#2,241 Overall

Genre rank:
#114 in YA Fiction

Reviews

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"Caldwell’s YA debut blends lush fantasy and high-stakes romance and features dynamic Black leads fighting against the stifling constraints of duty and honor…the layered worldbuilding is intriguing and enticingly crafted, weaving original mythology and first-person action" - Kirkus Reviews

“A lush and thrilling dive into a world of vampires and gods, Caldwell has crafted a story that is a feast for the senses. Love, friendship, loss, and the fantastic…it’s all here in exquisite, vivid detail. Where Shadows Meet is a brilliant addition to the dark fantasy genre.” - Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead and Sleep Like Death

"Simultaneously epic and intricate, Where Shadows Meet is a stunning meditation on the nature of stories, fate, and complicated love." - Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless, Evermore, Havenfall, and Phoenix Flame

"Where Shadows Meet surprises and shocks with its unique take on vampire lore. This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!" - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift and Into the Light

"Deeply emotional and utterly original, Where Shadows Meet charts the lengths we will go for love. Caldwell gives us two romances that span eons and vampires as you’ve never seen them before. Readers will be left ravenous for the sequel." - Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment

"With her lush and vivid storytelling, Patrice Caldwell has created a tangled world of fallen gods and vicious monsters, family and friendship, and courage and duty, that will suck you in and transport you to another place." - Nisha J. Tuli, bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen