{"product_id":"dark-city","title":"Dark City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is dating a guy she doesn''t even like in the hopes of winning her prickly mother''s approval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe just also happens to be a demon hunter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Welcome to Half City, in which Kate Golden does nothing by halves: \u003cb\u003efull-throttle action, a twisty mystery, and a deliciously tense romance\u003c\/b\u003e make this an absolute romp. Our lead, Viv, is equal parts badass and messy, and her love interest may give you a thing for claws. \u003cb\u003eAbsolutely fabulous action writing\u003c\/b\u003e by Golden, beautifully offset by a story about acceptance, belonging, and what it means to be human'' - \u003ci\u003eBrigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Kate Golden deftly fuses \u003cb\u003ea lush and bewitching dark academia setting\u003c\/b\u003e, complex characters, and a sizzling slow burn romance in \u003ci\u003eHalf City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethe unputdownable first installment \u003c\/b\u003eof a trilogy that will leave readers breathless'' - \u003ci\u003eJulie Soto, author of Rose in Chains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Packed with edge-of-your-seat action, steamy scenes that will set your curtains on fire, and some of the wittiest banter I''ve ever read, \u003ci\u003eHalf City\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ethe urban fantasy \/ dark academia book this Buffy fangirl has been waiting for all her life.\u003c\/b\u003e I don''t know what sort of magic Kate Golden weaves into her books but I hope she never stops. The Harker Academy series is \u003cb\u003emy newest obsession\u003c\/b\u003e'' - \u003ci\u003eJenna Levine, author of Road Trip With a Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504748601717,"sku":"9781529443738","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529443738.jpg?v=1786953665","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/dark-city","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}