Not Good for Maidens, Tori Bovalino
Not Good for Maidens, Tori Bovalino
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Not Good for Maidens

Author: Tori Bovalino

Narrator: Laura Knight Keating

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/21/2022


Synopsis

Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women—the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never
entered the market—until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered.

Eighteen years later, Lou, May’s niece, knows nothing of her magical lineage or the twisted streets, sweet fruits, and incredible jewels of the goblin market. But just like her aunt, the market calls to her, an echo of a curse that won’t release its
hold on her family. And when her youngest aunt, Neela, is kidnapped by goblins, Lou discovers just how real and dangerous the market is.

To save her, both May and Lou will have to confront their family’s past and what happened all those years ago. But everything—from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves—is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to
find their way in. And if Lou isn’t careful, she could end up losing herself to the market too.

About Tori Bovalino

Tori Bovalino is a bestselling author of horror and fantasy fiction. She loves obscure academic facts, folklore, and oversized sweaters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on June 23, 2024

brb, mom. heading to the goblin market. going to fall in love with a girl with like, corduroy skin and a spine made of thorns and have a chunk torn out of my shoulder via teeth. see ya later anyway. i was obsessed with this and read like 200 pages in a sitting and it took me 2 days to get through the......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 18, 2022

This horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ was as gruesome as it was interesting. I haven’t read the poem since doing my A Levels but, while I don’t feel that was a hindrance to my enjoyment or understanding, I imagine there’s references I might have missed. Throughout the......more

Goodreads review by El (Ermreading) on May 31, 2022

CWs: Kidnapping, Dismemberment, Cannibalism, Gore, Violence, Torture, Confinement, Body horror, Antisemitic subtext I'm going to start this review with something that often concerns me in Goblin Market retellings and how I think it was handled in this book before going into my thoughts on the rest of......more

Goodreads review by Ellie on July 08, 2022

May left the Witchery as the sun sank lower and lower and dyed the sky red. She slipped into the twilight, into the hour that was not good for maidens, as the stars blinked and cluttered the night sky. notes on rep: Lou is asexual; May is bisexual; Neela is pansexual; Eitra is sapphic. (also I love E......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on August 15, 2022

The Goblin Market is calling you, will you heed the call? Are you strong enough to resist? And finally, will you become just another entree or come out on top? When Lou Wickett's aunt goes missing she is left with one clue to find her; in a rushed and frightened voicemail he ain't mentions "the mark......more