A HARVEST OF HEARTS

Howl's Moving Castle meets The House in the Cerulean Sea in Andrea Eames’ debut cosy fantasy: a cheeky butcher's daughter a befuddlingly handsome sorcerer and his clever talking cat unlock magical secrets in the dark heart of their kingdom –and just might discover the meaning of true love.Everyone in Foss Butcher’s village knows what happens when the magic-workers come; they harvest human hearts to use in their spells. That’s just how life in her kingdom works. But Foss plain clumsy and practical as a boot never expected anyone would want hers.When a sorcerer snags a piece of Foss’s heart without meaning to she is furious. For once a heart is snagged the experience is … well unpleasant. So Foss finds herself stomping toward the grand City to keep his enchanted House and demands that he fixes her before she keels over and dies or whatever happens when hearts are Snagged.But the sorcerer Sylvester is not what she expected. Petulant idle and new to his powers Sylvester has no clue how to undo the heart-taking or how to do much of anything really apart from sulk. Foss’s only friend is a talking cat and the walls themselves have moods.As Foss searches for a cure she accidentally uncovers that there is much more to the heart-taking – and to the magic-workers themselves – than she could have ever imagined…