That a cult leader during a camp meeting walked a group of devout followers off a cliff. That a tiny village once here disappeared from the face of the earth, and no one knows where everyone went. But everyone knows there’s something special about this place - an undercurrent, a breath of wind from another world.Ī few different stories float around town, passed along when you’re getting your hair cut, in line at the general store, chatting on sagging front porches. Most of the townsfolk of Haven don’t know the truth, I think, about Havenfall and the Adjacent Realms and the Accords that we commemorate every summer with a summit. The dark is coming down fast, the rain intensifying as I start my long walk up the mountain. This summer, someone at Havenfall will die, and Maddie will find out what secrets her family has hidden from her all this time.Ĭheck out the cover for the novel below, and start reading it today, only on Bustle: But this summer will bring new challenges, and they aren't limited to the arrival of Taya - the motorcyclist staffer who nearly runs Maddie over on her way to Havenfall.

It's also the only place she can connect with Brekken, the boy she loves.

Her uncle guards the portals between Earth - aka Haven - and the other realms, and one day Maddie will take over from him.ĭuty and magic aren't the only reasons why Maddie loves her summers at Havenfall. Every summer, however, Maddie takes a getaway vacation in the Colorado Rockies, where her uncle's hidden inn, the eponymous Havenfall, is located. Her mom is on Death Row, accused of murdering Maddie's brother, and Maddie divides her school days between attending classes and visiting the prison. Maddie Marrow isn't like other teenagers. Havenfall is out on March 3, 2020, but you can read an exclusive excerpt, and get a sneak-peek at the cover, right here on Bustle. In Sara Holland's Havenfall, a teenage girl sworn to protect the portals between Earth and the other worlds finds out just how complicated life can get, after her summer romance goes awry, and someone turns up dead at her uncle's hidden inn. If you've been looking for a new fantasy series to read, you owe it to yourself to check this one out.

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