Her Sharp Embrace (Nightshades #1)

Name: Her Sharp Embrace (Nightshades #1)
Brand: Wednesday Books
SKU: 9781250321244
Price: 25.20 USD
Availability: InStock

$25.20

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"A gritty, enchanting tale." --Booklist

"This story, which is a good hybrid of mystery and queer romance, stands out with its crew of femme fatales and sets the stage for a series full of magical intrigue." -- School Library Journal

"Dark, seductive, and razor-sharp, Her Sharp Embrace is a story of queer desire, criminal devotion, and the terrible cost of choosing who gets to survive. Her Sharp Embrace asks how far love can bend before it becomes something monstrous. For readers who crave morally gray heroines, doomed romance, and power bought with blood, this is a story that does not flinch." --Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys

" Her Sharp Embrace is an immersive, fast-paced blend of fantasy and mystery in the most entertaining of ways. Delightfully twisty, it features an intriguing, charismatic cast of characters that will keep you on the edge of your seat, eager to see where this story takes them." --Rachael Lippincott, New York Times bestselling author of She Gets the Girl

"Driven by fierce desires and unexpected betrayals, Koenig's Nightshades kept me guessing the entire way through. Vicious, riveting, and deliciously twisty." --Tori Bovalino, bestselling author of The Second Death of Locke

Biographical Note:
KATE KOENIG is a queer and neurodiverse writer, photographer, and cat mom originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied history and children's literature at the University of Pittsburgh before earning her MFA at The New School. Kate writes across genres and mediums, but her heart belongs to YA fantasy. She likes flawed, messy women who make the wrong choices, love big, and sometimes--hate harder. Her ultimate goal is to write stories for all lost girls looking for a place to call home.

Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2026 (EAN 9781250321244, Hardcover)
School Library Journal 03/01/2026 pg. 78 (EAN 9781250321244, Hardcover)
Booklist 06/01/2026 (EAN 9781250321244, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Koenig, Kate
KATE KOENIG is a queer and neurodiverse writer, photographer, and cat mom originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied history and children's literature at the University of Pittsburgh before earning her MFA at The New School. Kate writes across genres and mediums, but her heart belongs to YA fantasy. She likes flawed, messy women who make the wrong choices, love big, and sometimes--hate harder. Her ultimate goal is to write stories for all lost girls looking for a place to call home.