Rylee Perry has always felt she doesn't quite belong. When a blind hermit in the woods calls her a "balancer" and shows her a black onyx mirror, Rylee unlocks a startling gift: whatever kindness or cruelty people aim at her echoes instantly back onto them. As romance blooms with childhood friend Merritt and her beloved mother battles a brain tumor, a sinister immortal named Nathaniel comes hunting Rylee's power. A clean YA fantasy about grief, first love, agency, and finding beauty in a world of opposition. A superpower with a catch: every kindness and cruelty aimed at Rylee echoes straight back—but she can't use it to save the person she loves most. Clean paranormal romance meets a tearjerker about watching a mother slip away to cancer. Ancient Eden and Tree-of-Life mythology reimagined for a modern high school girl. A debut YA novel that blends world-religion-class musings on karma with a page-turning supernatural chase. “Because if there was no bad, you wouldn't recognize that the good is good. Without horrible, you would have no fantastic. YOU have always been my fantastic, Rylee.”Perfect for a teen girl who loves clean paranormal romance with emotional weight and a story about losing a parent.
