

Mysterious as Karou seems to her friends, her life is equally mysterious to her: How did she come to live with chimaera? Why does paternal Brimstone eternally require teeth%E2%80%94especially human ones? And why is she "plagued by the notion that she wasn't whole. Exquisitely written and beautifully paced, the tale is set in ghostly, romantic Prague, where 17-year-old Karou is an art student%E2%80%94except when she is called "home" to do errands for the family of loving, albeit inhuman, creatures who raised her. National Book Award finalist Taylor (Lips Touch: Three Times) again weaves a masterful mix of reality and fantasy with cross-genre appeal.
