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As Many Souls as Stars
- Author
- Natasha Siegel
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 6 November 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fantasy, Historical fantasy
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What to expect
1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.
Miriam Richter is a creature born of shadow. Forged by the dark arts, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone – consuming the souls of mortals for sustenance.
Everything changes when Miriam meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. Miriam offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation and the chance to change her stars in exchange for her soul.
Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. But Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules. As the two women circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win… but perhaps they can’t survive without each other.
Natasha Siegel's fantasy debut is full of transporting historical detail, with thrilling twists and an abiding, thought-provoking romance that feels at once epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love.
Critics Review
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Siegel delivers a story that is at once sumptuous and seductive, searing and sinister, an homage to possession, rage, and mortal fears that will capture readers as assuredly as a deal with the devil
Laura R. Samotin, author of The Sins on Our Bones
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Haunting, beautiful and rippling with tension, As Many Souls As Stars is crafted with razor sharp precision that over spills into blood. I could not look away
Rosie Talbot, author of Sixteen Souls
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Siegel’s prose is enrapturing as she spins a tale that crosses centuries. A dark and dreamy portrait of two star-crossed souls finding one another again and again through time. Delicious and heartbreaking in equal measure – I couldn’t put it down
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Principle of Moments
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Lyrical, haunting, captivating . . . reminiscent of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Filled with soul stealing lines, this is a book that will stay with you
Rachel Greenlaw, author of The Ordeals
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Dark longing waltzes hand-in-hand with historical elegance in this hypnotic gothic tale
S. T. Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood
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With lyrical writing and a poet's touch, Siegel delivers an epic story of deep loneliness, tormented love, and one woman's quest to set herself free – no matter how many lives she must be born into
Sunyi Dean, bestselling author of The Book Eaters
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This is a gorgeously written tale of a Faustian bargain and a dangerous game of desire and destruction across the centuries. Vividly conjuring up different time periods and the shadows that haunt those women who are called monstrous, the book kept me as spellbound as any of the circles of salt within its pages
Sarah Brooks, author of The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands
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A gorgeous Gothic romance
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Details
- Author
- Natasha Siegel
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Duration
- 11 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9781526684585
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Fantasy, Historical fantasy
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents As Many Souls As Stars by Natasha Siegel, read by Kristin Atherton.1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.Miriam Richter is a creature born of shadow. Forged by the dark arts, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone – consuming the souls of mortals for sustenance.Everything changes when Miriam meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. Miriam offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation and the chance to change her stars in exchange for her soul.Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. But Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules. As the two women circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win… but perhaps they can’t survive without each other.Natasha Siegel's fantasy debut is full of transporting historical detail, with thrilling twists and an abiding, thought-provoking romance that feels at once epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love.
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