Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
In a desert world of sandstorms and sand-wolves, a teen girl must defy the gods to save her tribe in this mystical, atmospheric tale from the author of Drink, Slay, Love.Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. The goddess will inhabit Liyana’s body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But Liyana’s goddess never comes. Abandoned by her angry tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the dust in search of her.Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a trickster god at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing, and they set off across the desert in search of the other vessels. For the desert tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. But the journey is dangerous, even with a god’s help. And not everyone is willing to believe the trickster god’s tale.
The closer she grows to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants to disappear to make way for her goddess. But she has no choice: She must die for her tribe to live. Unless a trickster god can help her to trick fate—or a human girl can muster some magic of her own.
Sand wolves? Defiance? Goddesses and gods? Jaw dropping cover? Count me in! Look at this cover! I have never seen anything even remotely close to this! The orangey/russet base colors, flowing scarf, beautiful model, and pretty font are just icing on the cake! *Goes back to staring at cover* O . O
IT IS STUNNING!! *o* OMG, count me in as well! This is a fantastic pick to spotlight on, and I can't believe I haven't seen this book around before! thanks so much for sharing! The premise is definitely intriguing as well <3
ReplyDeleteI know right!? The first time I saw this book was yesterday, and the summary and cover just blew me away!
DeleteI just stumbled upon your blog & I love it! Hmmm and this is a beautiful cover! The colors are eye catching and so rich! Sounds like a pretty good story too!
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