A Wish So Deadly
(Scholastic UK, March 2026)
YA Romantasy
When a girl unwittingly steals from an evil Soul reaper, she pays the ultimate price: the theft of her sister’s soul. To right her wrong, she must pair up with the Soul reaper’s handsome but cold protégé and enter a deadly, magical tournament to win the prize of a wish in exchange for her sister’s safe return.
Book Trailer
If you like the following things:
- Deadly tournaments
- High-stakes magic
- Rivals forced into uneasy alliances
- A boy without a soul
- Betrayal that leaves scars
- Forced proximity romance
- An island riddled with beasts
- Magical monsters
Three words to describe AWSD:
Cut-throat, thrilling, lethal.
Top songs on the AWSD playlist:
- Cosmic Love, by Florence + The Machine
- Villain, by Venice Qin
- A Dangerous Thing, by AURORA
- Born Without A Heart, by Faouzia
What inspired you to write AWSD?
I wrote the book after pondering the question: What if I wrote a story from the perspective of the henchmen we so often see forced to do the villain's dirty work? I wanted to write characters who are undeniably flawed, and whom the reader can't help but root for, even after discovering they might not be the hero of the story.
