Julia Fine

A gothic fairytale, Maddalena and the Dark is about the fierce bond between two teenage girls at an 18th century music school, and the fateful bargains they make with a dark magic in the waters of Venice....

In 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, two girls are drawn together by a dangerous wager....

A Buzzfeed Most Anticipated Book of the Year A The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year ""A massively entertaining and slyly enlightening story nestled inside another story like a ghost within its host."" —Kathleen Rooney, author of Cher Ami and Major...

“Delightful and darkly magical. Julia Fine has written a beautiful modern myth, a coming-of-age story for a girl with a worrisome power over life and death. I loved it.” —Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry In this darkly funny, striking...