Author: Emma Noyes

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Hearts will shatter in this thrilling romantasy for fans of The Vampire Diaries and Heartless Hunter where love, magic, gods, and monsters collide.

Charlie Hudson is just trying to survive junior year, navigating the halls of school and the chaos of parties like a ghost. But her world is about to become seriously transformed―like world shifting altered―when a classmate mysteriously disappears into the forest, leaving only a pair of shoes and strange symbols carved into a tree.

Drawn to the disappearances by forces she can't explain, she finds herself investigating the mysterious, alluring newcomer in town, Elias Everhart. With piercing eyes and sharp wit, he dances around her questions, only intriguing her further. Elias has a secret. More than one.

But what Charlie doesn't know is that those secrets will lead her to a place she never imagined: a world hiding in plain sight, filled with enchantments, mythic beings, hidden dangers―and a first love fated to fall apart.

In Emma Noyes's Soul of Shadow, truths and temptations lurk in the darkness, and for Charlie, the only thing more dangerous than facing her past, is the boy made of shadow with the power to change her future.

"Oh cool... I'm in love with a fictional subhuman bad boy again. Twisty, addictive, and whimsically wicked. Soul of Shadow gave me butterflies that bite." - Daisy Garrison, author of Six More Months of June

"... the absolutely sizzling romance makes this a stunning romantasy that you won't want to miss." - Betty Cayouette, author of One Last Shot and creator of Betty's Book List

"What happens when an ordinary teen finds herself rocketed into an overlapping world of Nordic mythology? [A] breakneck story and surprising twists." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers (MPS)
Published: 07/29/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.06oz
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250342966

About the Author
EMMA NOYES writes books about love, mental health, and magic for both the young adult and adult genre. Her works have been published in over a dozen languages and include Guy's Girl, How to Hide in Plain Sight, The Sunken City series, and The Soul of Shadow series. She was named a 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30. She now lives in Chicago with her Swedish husband and their Pomeranian.