The Replacement - by Brenna Yovanoff (Paperback)

About the Book

Mackie Doyle is The Replacement--left in the crib of a human baby 16 years ago. He has been raised among us. But he is not one of us. Now he must face the dark creatures of the slag heaps from which he came and find his rightful place--in our world or theirs.

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A small town harbors dark secrets and darker creatures in this "fast-paced, dark delicacy" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Unsettling villains and intriguing moral ambivalence make this effort shockingly original and . . . breathtaking."--Booklist, starred review

"Funny and brave, scary and touching."--Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen novels

Something's rotten beneath the town of Gentry . . .

Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement--left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, he's slowly dying in the human world.

Mackie would give anything to live a normal life, play his bass, and find out more about an oddly intriguing girl named Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, he is drawn into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the slag heaps and find his rightful place, in our world--or theirs.

Review Quotes

"Unsettling villains and intriguing moral ambivalence make this effort shockingly original and . . . breathtaking."--Booklist, starred review

"Funny and brave, scary and touching."--Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen novels

"I loved this eerie and beautiful story of ugly things. It should be read aloud after dark, at a whisper."--Maggie Stiefvater, New York Times bestselling author of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series

"Even after finishing the book, readers will be left with the eerie sensation that . . . the true darkness has yet to abate."--BCCB, starred review

"Well-developed characters, a fascinating Fairy Court, an exciting story line, wicked cover art . . .this book has the makings of a success."--Publishers Weekly

"A fast-paced, dark delicacy."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Brenna Yovanoff is one third of the Merry Sisters of Fate along with Maggie Stiefvater and Tessa Gratton, whose flash fiction can be found at www.merryfates.com. She lives in Denver, Colorado. The Replacement is her first novel.