A Steep and Savage Path
- Author JJA Harwood
- Narrator Rosalind Lailey
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 8 May 2025
- Run Time 13 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Dark fantasy, Fairy and Folk tales, Fantasy romance, Historical fantasy, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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What to expect
From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE THORNS REMAIN comes an enemies-to-lovers journey to the underworld unlike any other, for fans of THE CRIMSON MOTH and THE CRUEL PRINCE
An immortal vampire. A mortal bride. A vow that even death can’t break.
Irina is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the Dead: a desperate ritual designed to lay the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village to rest. Irina’s beloved sister’s soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back – but Irina would need a guide, one who can walk between the living and the dead.
Irina strikes up a deal with her new husband – if he agrees to get her safely there and back again, then he can drink her blood as much as he wants.
They begin a perilous journey through the afterlife together, in which Irina realises Stefan isn’t the cruel and terrifying monster that she thought. In a land of three-headed beasts, winged creatures and walking corpses, the last thing Irina would have expected was to fall in love.
Only, Irina learns that by bringing Stefan to the land of the dead she has put him in grave danger, and will be faced with an impossible choice. Will they be able to make it out, undead or alive?
Critics Review
PRAISE FOR JJA HARWOOD
n‘An un-put-downable historical fantasy drawn from border ballads and myths of the fae… The author has a knack for building tension, keeping the pages flying throughout. This is not to be missed.’
nn n PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewn n
n‘Deliciously dark’
nn n WOMAN MAGAZINEn n
n‘A gothic twist on Cinderella that is truly exquisite. Chilling and beautiful – I devoured it in one sitting’
nn Katie Lowe, bestselling author of THE FURIESn
n‘A thought-provoking take on a classic’
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n‘An impresive debut’
nn n DUNDEE COURIERn n
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