At the room’s crux, a colorless floral arrangement of dripping hyacinths sat atop a sleek marble plinth. The author was trying to mix a lot of very different and interesting concepts, and it just didn’t work. Kelly Andrew’s lived-in experience adds an authenticity to her protagonist and the way she moves through the book’s world (or worlds, in this case), as well as the way the world perceives her.

Goodreads Description: Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she’s Deaf. On the third day, Delaney was swapping out the dull lead of one pencil for the pin-sharp nib of another when the proctor summoned her by name. It feels like a mix of JK’s Harry Potter— waking up to find your world isn’t normal as you’d thought— and SJMaas’s Crescent City —all the crumbs of clues she plants on purpose that makes no sense til the grand finale.So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove he.

Across from her, the interviewer watched her much too closely, firing off a series of seemingly unrelated questions. The “Apostle” was the most obvious person ever and would have been better if the author just straight-up said who it was instead of making it a mystery. When a man goes missing in the rainforest, the past begins to resurface, breathing new life into memories of previous tragedies - two girls lost, seventeen years apart. In re-discovering old diary entries she had written about her invisible playmate, Andrew started to wonder how their story would have ended if the boy hadn't been imaginary at all.The Whispering Dark is an urban fantasy novel that centers around Delaney Meyers-Petrov, a Deaf college student with a peculiar connection to the afterlife. But Delaney and Colton quickly discover that there's consequences to revolving between worlds — like the ancient evil they just might awaken, one that threatens to destroy them both, and the unlikely romance blossoming between them. Throw in some paranormal thrills and a forbidden romance that crackles with tension, and you’ve got yourself a truly atmospheric and enthralling autumn read.