Cruel Illusions

''The perfect sinisterly magical escape'' Stephanie GarberCaraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this deliciously dark young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret so ...

''The perfect sinisterly magical escape'' Stephanie GarberCaraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this deliciously dark young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother''s death.Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home. But it''s been ten years since anyone''s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she''ll ever find one . . . until she stu