{"product_id":"9780008741273","title":"The Ordeals","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Greenlaw, Rachel \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/10\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008741273,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the author of The Woodsmoke Women's Book of Spells, featured as a Waterstones' Best Romantasy Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I absolutely treasured it from beginning to end' Cecelia Ahern, Sunday Times Number One bestseller on The Woodsmoke Women's Book of Spells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Old Magic. New power. A contest to die for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  **************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Sophia DeWinter has been bound to her cruel uncle, the Collector since he exacted a blood bond from her as a child. When she learns of Killmarth, an elite academy for magic wielders outside of the Collector’s control, she grabs it as her only chance to break free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each hopeful must prove their worth by competing in brutal and deadly challenges – the Ordeals. And that’s just the beginning, because hopefuls are also being viciously picked off one-by-one. To survive, Sophia could team up with another challenger. Perhaps the powerful wielder Alden Locke. But how to identify an ally from a rival? Or even a murderer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In her haste to escape the Collector's power over her, has Sophia risked everything only to run from the flames and into the fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets the Scholomance series!' Reader review *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ******************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Combines captivating world building, a seriously twisty plot, and a steamy romance… impossible to put down' Demi Winters, author of The Road of Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Deliciously dark with high stakes and a sizzling hot romance, The Ordeals is not to be missed!’ Tessonja Odette, author of A Rivalry of Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Readers ADORE The Ordeals:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Mysterious, chilling, and utterly addictive' Reader review,*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'This completely swept me away. The world-building is absolutely stunning' Reader review,*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Exciting and unique, quick paced and kept you guessing throughout' Reader review,*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I could not put down and devoured in one sitting. I absolutely recommend this book' Reader review,*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A quite creepy atmosphere and… Buffy-esque vampire slaying into the mix' Reader review,*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e PRAISE FOR RACHEL GREENLAW:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'It is an absolute masterpiece' Frost magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Completely captures the imagination' Muddy Stilettos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'The characters are so raw and relatable and the mystery so intriguing that I hated slipping out of this magical world and back to reality.' Kate Robb, author of This Spells Love\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55823769796981,"sku":"9780008741273","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008741273.jpg?v=1755852218","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008741273","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}