On February 2nd, Penguin are due to publish the UK paperback edition of NEVERTHORN, the acclaimed first novel in Shannon Mayer‘s Of Quirks and Curses series!

Harlow is a 29-year-old wizarding school dropout who is blackmailed into returning to Neverthorn Academy to help defend against the dark wizard Nocta.

So now she’s stuck retaking all the classes she didn’t pass the first time and being mentored by the annoyingly sexy Professor Typhon.

But Typhon and the other professors are hiding a secret and Harlow needs to figure out what it is and fast.

Because Nocta is coming for Neverthorn and Harlow might be the only one who can stop him.

Otherwise the world as she knows it will be destroyed forever.

The second novel in the series, HEATHERMOOR, is due to be published in the UK by Michael Joseph, on July 23rd. (Cover and details to come!)

Here are just a few of the reviews NEVERTHORN has received so far…

‘Full of secrets, second chances and slow-burn romance, Mayer’s dark academia romantasy sets the scene for what promises to be a spellbinding fantasy trilogy.’ — Culturefly

‘If you like your heroes messy, your professors brooding, and your fantasies dark, Neverthorn is for you. Prepare to fall. Hard. Like, it’s gonna hurt.’ — Darynda Jones, New York Times Bestselling author

‘This is a super fun, action-packed magical Academy adventure— perfect for readers of books like Fourth Wing and Zodiac Academy, but who want a main character who is a little bit older, seasoned, and absolutely hilarious!’ — C. N. Crawford, author of The Hallowed Games duology

‘Neverthorn is for the women who’ve lived, bled, and clawed their way to survive. Dark academia gets a savage, spellbinding twist—and Harlow Daygon is the chaotic queen we didn’t know we needed.’ — K. F. Breene, USA Today bestselling author of the Shadowspell Academy series

Zeno represents Shannon Mayer in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.