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    "annotation": "<p><span>When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island&rsquo;s original eight settlers to burn &ldquo;the witch&rdquo; out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred&ndash;some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch&rsquo;s backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she&rsquo;ll be smack in the eye of it. In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide&rsquo;s malevolent author &mdash; Nor&rsquo;s own mother &mdash; looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.</span></p>",
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