Touch of Death

by Taylor Munsell

Overview

Death is permanent. Even if it hasn’t happened yet.

With just a touch, George experiences a person's future death. High school is hard enough, but sixteen-year-old death witch Georgiana “George” Colburn can’t seem to catch a break. Even Jen’s ghost, the recently deceased popular girl who ignored George in life, won’t leave her alone. George is convinced her life can’t get any worse. That is until she bumps into the new student and experiences his death at her hand.

When a coven mate, Trixie, offers to help her with her magic, George finds herself with a new friend and crush, but she knows even if she found the courage to ask her out, a relationship is impossible: she’d never be able to touch her. With the help of her friends, George must face her fears and learn to embrace her powers to unlock the secrets of her magic before blood stains her hands.

For readers who enjoy These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744310252
Publisher:	CamCat Publishing
Publication date:	09/17/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	749 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Taylor Munsell is a fantasy and YA author currently reading, writing, and hoarding books. She has a background in publishing, funeral directing, teaching, and content creation. She has a passion for telling magical stories about prickly girls. Words are her lifeblood.

When she's not writing, you can find Taylor eating a snack, reading a book, or trying to go on an adventure. She lives and writes in the mountains of North Carolina.

Editorial Reviews

06/24/2024

Sixteen-year-old Georgia “George” Colburn—who lives in the small witch-founded town of Windrop—hates her magical gift: she can experience a person’s death firsthand simply by touching them. She has always been careful to cover as much skin as possible, and even adopts a prickly attitude that she hopes will keep others from getting too close to her. When she accidentally touches new student Silas, she witnesses his bloody demise and is shocked to learn that she’s responsible. Panicked and searching for answers, she turns to classmates Felix and Trixie for their magical expertise. As the three investigate Silas’s background, George must also prepare to undergo a series of trials meant to help her gain control of her powers and ready her to step into her coven’s role as a death witch. Along the way, she learns more about her deathly gift and uncovers a secret about Windrop’s history that threatens the immortal soul of everyone who lives there. Via appropriately eerie prose that fits in well with its witchy contemporaries, debut author Munsell smartly balances horror beats with sardonic humor; steady pacing and a pervading sense of dread anchors the myriad interconnected story lines. Main characters read as white. Ages 13–up. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly