Mayhap Ballstian and her sisters, Winnow and Pavonine, have lived in Staygarden Place without parents for years. The magic of the house cares for them, making sure to feed them. It’s even given them a special creature that appears to be like a dog and enter their brains to help them sleep. There is just one rule; don’t leave the house and enter the silver grass. When Mayhap catches her sister Winnow wandering through the grass, Mayhap soon starts to find things unraveling.
Hayley Chewins tells such a beautiful story, that it is easy to fall into the prose and be carried along until the very end of the story. While the book is geared towards a teenage audience, the story mater is a times and easily keeps the attention of an adult audience. The story is filled with magical thinking and even when it grows dark it is still charming.
The Sisters of Straygarden Place is available September 15, 2020.
