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The Book of Love: A Novel

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle. “A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Imagine a ring of David Mitchell and Stephen King books dancing around a fire until something new, brave, and wonderful rose up from the flames.”—Isaac Fitzgerald, Today ONE OF VULTURE AND PUBLISHER WEEKLY’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The New Yorker, Time, Town & Country, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Post, Book Riot, Lit Hub The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love—from friendship to romance to abiding family ties—with her trademark compassion, wit, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on, even when we cannot. Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, having long been presumed dead. Which, in fact, they are. With them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearance—and what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they’ve been. In the end, there will be winners and there will be losers. But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind, and Laura’s sister, Susannah, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing their community in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster. Welcome to Kelly Link’s incomparable Lovesend, where you’ll encounter love and loss, laughter and dread, magic and karaoke, and some really good pizza. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House


Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 13, 2024


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 640 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812996585


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 86


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.36 x 1.49 x 9.53 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #72,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #32 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books) #1,040 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books) #2,763 in Romantic Fantasy (Books)


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    • The Book of Love, Grief, and Tigers
Format: Hardcover
"Magic, like grief, could come welling up. The difference was how grief slammed into you without any kind of ceremony or invitation. Magic you could use. Grief just used you up." -The Book of Mo Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for the ARC. To say that The Book of Love is nothing short of spectacular would be doing the novel a great disservice. This book was entertaining, captivating, beautiful in its entirety, and a definite re-read for my bookshelf. Combined with a near-lyrical prose and fable-like incredulity, Kelly Link creates a world that is entirely too familiar and yet vastly impossible, along with characters that are whole and complete in their own right. The Book of Love, through a myriad of point-of-view perspectives, follows a small group of New Englanders a year after they died. Laura, Daniel, and Mo mysteriously disappeared one night and have been presumed dead. Pulled back to life by their high school music teacher, Mr. Anabin, they are given a chance to reclaim their previous lives as if nothing happened, as long as they can discover how they died that fateful night. All of these characters, ranging from upright and sensible Laura, to her wild and grief-stricken sister Susannah; dutiful and loyal Daniel; sarcastic and wiser than his years Mo; and even mysterious and fluid Bowie, have complex and in-depth stories that are laid out in the tiniest puzzle pieces. It is a feat for authors to not only create such vastly different personalities, but to show us their wants and vulnerabilities in such tender increments. What also captivated me was the system of magic Kelly Link creates. At times frightful and dark, and other times whimsical in a Hayao Miyazaki-esque grandeur, this book invites you to get swept away, to throw out all sense of reality, and to go with the flow. There are references to pop culture that don't feel entirely dated or forced, and combined with a tilted writing style, there is so much to devour and enjoy on every page. I loved this Book of Love, and I don't think anyone will be able to let me be silent about it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024 by Abby
    • Contains teenagers. Not a YA!
Format: Kindle
Kelly Link has previously been hailed as a writer of short stories, many of which I have read. Now she tries her hand at a novel. It’s a long one, but on the whole quite charming; certainly never tedious. If I told you it’s one of those magic realism novels you might--supposing you’re not a fan of the South American, faux naive prose translated from Portuguese or Spanish--say, “thanks but I’ll pass.” It’s not. It’s quintessentially American--a small New England town with its coffee shops, karaoke bars, and a famous writer of Romance fiction in residence. And the premise is interesting, too. Three teenagers (Daniel, Laura, and Mo) and someone else find themselves back in the classroom of their music teacher, Mr. Anabin, just before Christmas. They know they’ve been returned from the dead, but they soon find that their friends and families (chiefly among them Laura’s slightly older sister Susannah) think they have been in Ireland, studying music on a scholarship. The events that follow ensue from this premise. Yes, teenagers have returned, but be not afraid: this is not a YA, but adults who like YAs will certainly enjoy it, but with a caveat. The Book is long, maybe too long. Sometimes Link seems to be saying, “Look! I’m writing!” And then, too, the book is overpopulated with a supply of children who, with one exception, don’t seem to add much to the tale. The construction is weird. There are no chapter names, no numbers. It’s just “The Book of Susannah,” or whoever. So each chapter continues the story of the multiplicity of characters herein. And that leads to another issue: I always say this about multi-pov novels: there’s always one character you’d rather not hear from. But (surprise) not here. The author has, for me anyhow, rendered them all quite interesting. And maybe the best thing about the novel is the way Link brings a distinctive sense of humor to the book, so you may find yourself laughing unexpectedly at characters emerging full blown from an egg or escaping from a goddess with murder on her mind by turning themselves into a . . . you’ll see. And a unicorn appears. Of course it does. Notes and Asides: Kindle readers who like to set their devices to time left in chapters will happily discover that each “The Book of” functions as a chapter. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024 by Leslie Bialler
    • Strange book indeed!
Format: Kindle
This book is pure fantasy. Sci-fi. Is it about love? Not to me, it's not. I liked it, some parts were fast moving other parts a bit tedious. I must admit once I was nearing page 550 I couldn't wait till the end. I felt it was much too long. Had I known this all before I read it I wouldn't have read it. It had such fabulous reviews, that confuses me. I think the name of the of the book is wrong as to me the book had very little to do with love. It just wasn't at all what I expected and not in a positive way. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2025 by Miss Prim
    • 5 stars for fantastic author/book, but my book smells like a ton of dryer sheets :(
Format: Hardcover
Great author and I can't wait to start reading this book, 5 stars for Kelly Link! Less stars for my copy of the book -- I'm unhappy that my book arrived smelling heavily like dryer sheets/scented detergent, which I am quite allergic to. Maybe it's a warehouse issue? I didn't plan on needing to let it air out before reading! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024 by H
    • The Great Kelly
Format: Kindle
Kelly Link is one of my favorite, living short-story writers. This is a novel with an intriguing premise. The characters were well formed. Even though it was slow in a few places, the mystery held my interest.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025 by Jon S. Wesick
    • Too much homoeroticism and also just too long
Format: Kindle
Didn’t care for the male on male sex scenes. (Does that make me a homophobe?)
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2025 by Charlie from Holiday
    • Gorgeous, strange, and powerful fantasy
Format: Kindle
A gorgeously written fantasy about the power of love and friendship and family and music...strange and beautiful. I loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2025 by Kathleen
    • Maybe not for me
Format: Kindle
I really wanted to like this book. I tried. I didn't like most of the characters. I thought the flow was weird - the multiple narrators made the timeline double back. It was sometimes predictable - I suspected most of the doppelgangers of something fishy before I knew what they were. Although the sex scenes weren't explicit, they have more information than I wanted to know. I thought the premise was unique. The connection between music and magic was interesting. I found the book to be LGBTQA inclusive. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024 by BrandiLee733

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