Girl of Lore, Melanie Dale
Girl of Lore, Melanie Dale
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Girl of Lore

Author: Melanie Dale

Narrator: Helen Laser

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2026

Synopsis

For the first printing only! This hardcover features stained edges while the special edition supply lasts.

A girl who’s used to battling the monster of her own mind discovers there’s a sinister evil lurking in her small town in this atmospheric paranormal novel that’s perfect for fans of Tracy Wolff and Maggie Stiefvater.

Stories of dark magic and even darker creatures have always swirled about Mina Murray’s town of London, Georgia. Mina knows they aren’t true—and are likely perpetuated only to drive the quirky tourist-trap ghost tours of downtown—but that doesn’t stop her from collecting the stories and drawing them in her sketchbook. Something about the possibility of real monsters helps her deal with the monster in her own head: her OCD, which convinces her danger lurks everywhere.

But when a body is found drained of blood and a classmate goes missing, Mina is thrust into a tangled web of London secrets…that she seems to be at the center of.

About Melanie Dale

Melanie Dale is an author, speaker, podcaster, and mother of three children from three different continents. She and her husband live in the Atlanta area. They have successfully kept their kids alive for a combined total of 227,760 hours, give or take. Melanie has appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts and has been featured in articles in Real Simple, The Bump, Working Mother, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keshia on April 21, 2026

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This novel follows Mina Murray as she becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery involving vampires, a hidden legacy tied to the Carfax family, and an ancient entity known as the Old One. As strange event......more

Goodreads review by Ann on April 12, 2026

One of the few gothic horror novels that I've even been able to read all the way through was Bram Stoker's Dracula. Though I read it many years ago, too many to remember it as vividly as some might, I'm still familiar with it enough to recognize some of the plot points in Girl of Lore by Melanie Dal......more

Goodreads review by Tonja on April 17, 2026

Town's secrets and myths swirl with dark undertones to create a read, which is packed with danger, drama, and more. Mina suffers from severe OCD, her mind constantly shoving everything into category, sense, and place. She fights through each day in her mental, jumbled mess, and if that wasn't bad eno......more

Goodreads review by Leah on March 09, 2026

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc! This was...not my cup of tea, for several reasons. Still, a worthwhile contender for YA/middle grade readers. 1. While the premise was solid, I think the author is trying to do too many things at once, and the story is weighed down because of it. This book simultaneous......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 15, 2026

What worked: Mina is the main character, and she has a variety of issues. Her psychiatrist says it’s unlikely that she’ll ever act on her thoughts of stabbing people, and her OCD is how her body maintains control. She doesn’t know how to get along with people, and she’s not sure why popular, pretty J......more

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