Instead, she is in search of answers after her sister's death. Phe is a new student at Devenish prep, though not because of punishment or some delinquent status. With a striking cast of characters and detailed, fluid writing, Hopcus has pitched a book that will appeal to both the romantics and the supernatural addicts. Mysterious and twisty, Shadow Hills blends romance, science, the supernatural and prep schools in an intriguing, well plotted way. The longer she stays there, the more she suspects that her sister's untimely death and her own destiny are intricately linked to those who reside in Shadow Hills. Phe is determined to get to the bottom of it. Even Zach - the gorgeous stranger Phe meets and immediately begins to lust after - seems as if he is hiding something serious. Not only does Shadow Hills' history boast an unexplained epidemic that decimated hundreds of its citizens in the 1700s, but its modern townies also seem eerily psychic, with the bizarre ability to bend metal. Once there, Phe quickly realizes that something is deeply amiss in her new town. Hoping to make sense of her sister's sudden demise and the cryptic dreams following it, Phe abandons her bubbly LA life to attend an uptight East Coast preparatory school in Shadow Hills, MA - a school which her sister mysteriously mentioned in her last diary entry before she died. After her sister Athena's tragic death, it's obvious that grief-stricken Persephone "Phe" Archer no longer belongs in Los Angeles.
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