![]() ![]() It has been acquired by Universal Pictures and will be developed as a film franchise in partnership with Temple Hill. Thanks to all this pre-release buzz, the book debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, #1 on the indie bestseller list, and #14 on the USA Today bestseller list. If for whatever reason you haven’t heard of Lightlark yet, chances are you will pretty soon. Because for the curse to finally be broken, one of the rulers must die. ![]() Every 100 years, each kingdom must take part in the Centennial, an event where their rulers come together to try and unravel the damaging curses that are destroying their realms-all while putting their own lives at risk. Lightlark follows the story of Isla Crown, the ruler of Wildling, one of six realms fighting to break an ancient curse that is damaging their islands and harming their citizens in specific and terrible ways. The novel landed like a thunderclap in the publishing world, becoming an internet phenomenon (and generating no small bit of controversy) well before it ever hit shelves, thanks in large part to the author’s deft use of TikTok to engage her audience, where she solicited opinions about the book’s story and created a contest to let fans choose the novel’s cover. ![]() If you follow the world of YA publishing at all, you have probably heard of Lightlark, the young adult debut from middle-grade author Alex Aster that is fairly reminiscent of the mid-2000s speculative fiction boom that gave us books like Divergent and The Hunger Games. ![]()
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