Adelaide Jensen

Well, I mean, you're still always obsessed with mortal instruments, but that's okay.

I rescind all my statements.

You know, it's okay to live.

Just live your truth, Izzy.

Live your truth.

Let's get chatting about Shadow Reaper.

Lynette Noni needs no introduction.

She is the queen of YA fantasy in Australia.

Between her best-selling Prison Healer series, the Madoran Chronicles, the Whisper duology, and her standalone novel, Wandering Wild, her books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Today we'll be talking about Shadow Reaper, which is the first in her new duology.

And Rebecca Yarros has named it the year's must-read YA fantasy, which is a huge endorsement.

Set in an isolated city surrounded by a deadly black mist, Shadow Reaper follows 17-year-old Viri, a hunter on a mission to find the Reaper Priest, the man who killed her parents.

But to do so, she'll have to team up with another Reaper and the Priest's most loyal follower, Reeve Ashton, our male main character.

Now, seeing as this episode will be coming out before Shadow Reaper is published on the 2nd of June, the chat will be completely spoiler free.

And you can join us later for a full spoiler after Dark Decision where we're going to go deep into the book.

So keep an eye out for that when that arrives.

Let's start with our experience of YA fantasy.

Which book or series got you into the genre?

Interesting.

It was formative for that time.