Where Shadows Meet, Patrice Caldwell
Where Shadows Meet, Patrice Caldwell
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Where Shadows Meet
A Novel

Author: Patrice Caldwell

Narrator: Alexis Campbell, Khaya Fraites, Melinda Sewak

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

This dark and thrillingly romantic debut vampire fantasy, which features multicast narration, questions what it truly means to sacrifice for love.

"This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!" - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift and Into the Light

You have no idea what I’ve done for love. Just as you have no idea what you may one day do.

Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost.

Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.

Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of a vampire nation, must travel to Nekros, the island of the dead, when her best friend is captured during an attack on her nation’s capital. But nothing is as it seems. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she risks awakening an ancient evil and destroying everything she holds dear.

Set in the aftermath of a war between vampires, humans, and the gods that created them, Patrice Caldwell’s devastatingly romantic fantasy debut, Where Shadows Meet, centers the heart-wrenching pain of loss and the struggle of self-discovery to ask: do we choose our fates, or do our fates choose us?

“A feast for the senses. Love, friendship, loss, and the fantastic… it’s all here in exquisite, vivid detail. A brilliant addition to the dark fantasy genre.” - Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead and Sleep Like Death

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Patrice Caldwell

PATRICE CALDWELL is a former children’s book editor turned literary agent and author, born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been named one of Forbes’s “30 Under 30” as well as a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree. Patrice is also the editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn and Eternally Yours and the internationally bestselling author of Where Shadows Meet. After years of living in New York City, she moved back to Texas with her two adorable cats and so many books.

About Khaya Fraites

Khaya Fraites is a New York–based voice actor. She has narrated over 50 books and has been featured in Business Insider, Empire Magazine, and NBC's Today in the Bay for her voice work. She has received an Earphones Award and has been nominated for a One Voice Award.Some Macmillan titles she's lent her voice to include Where Shadows Meet by Patrcie Caldwell and The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika & Maritza Moulite. She is inspired by stories about women across all genres and loves the opportunity to help tell these stories with her voice work.

About Melinda Sewak

Melinda Sewak (she/her/hers) is an Emmy-nominated story chaser, whose rich, lyrical, and welcoming voice brings life to an ever-growing cast of characters. Her facility with language is deeply immersive and has added dimension to 25+ audiobooks, ranging from children’s fiction to YA to romantic comedy to fantasy. Melinda has been fine-tuning her ability to convey the truth and the comedy in every story by drawing on her own diverse life experiences as a Black, queer creator – having grown up as a first-generation Haitian-American, graduated with a BA in Theater Studies from Yale University, toured as a jazz a cappella singer, worked as a firefighter and rescuer, conducted and published critical care and emergency medicine research, attended medical school, coached as a certified personal trainer, served as a Shakespeare teaching artist, worked in IT as a data and business analyst – and professionally acting on stage and screen. While varied, the through-line has always been a love for people and storytelling – and an always-present desire, evident in the rhythm and curiosity that exude from her voice, to discover, to share, and to connect with story and listener alike.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrice on March 18, 2025

Hi y'all! I can't believe this book is out next year!! I, of course, love this book so much. It's everything I wanted as a vampire-obsessed teen, and it's everything I want now as a still vampire-obsessed thirtysomething, ha. I'm sharing this author's note, which can be found within the book itself a......more

Goodreads review by Billie's Not So Secret Diary on February 28, 2025

Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell Where Shadows Meet #1 Fantasy NetGalley eARC Pub Date: Apr 1, 2025 St. Martin's Press Ages: 16+ Favre cut off her own wings so Thana, the girl she loved, could have power, but for that power, they sacrificed the sun and had to feed on the blood of others, which led to......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 30, 2024

Sounded like a great idea, Vampires, Gods, Humans, and actually a new kind of vampire. But alas it didn’t work for me. Too many funky names, too many characters to count and keep track of, too many titles for so many, too much of the story jumping all around. I knew I was in trouble right at the begi......more

Goodreads review by Panda on April 25, 2025

Audiobook (10 hours) narrated by Alexis Campbell, Khaya Fraites, Melinda Sewak. Publisher: Macmillan Audio (Macmillan Young Listeners) The audio and narration are done very well. With three narrators, the audio is seamless. Patrice Caldwell starts this story out in this very big vampire fairy tale-esqu......more

Goodreads review by kate on March 15, 2025

4.5* Compulsive, moving and excitingly unique, Where Shadows Meet is one of the most fun and memorable YA fantasy novels I’ve read in a while. With three strong and distinct POV’s, each with their own compelling stories and motives, world building and lore that’s easily understood but utterly compel......more


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"Caldwell’s YA debut blends lush fantasy and high-stakes romance and features dynamic Black leads fighting against the stifling constraints of duty and honor…the layered worldbuilding is intriguing and enticingly crafted, weaving original mythology and first-person action" - Kirkus Reviews

“A lush and thrilling dive into a world of vampires and gods, Caldwell has crafted a story that is a feast for the senses. Love, friendship, loss, and the fantastic…it’s all here in exquisite, vivid detail. Where Shadows Meet is a brilliant addition to the dark fantasy genre.” - Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead and Sleep Like Death

"Simultaneously epic and intricate, Where Shadows Meet is a stunning meditation on the nature of stories, fate, and complicated love." - Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless, Evermore, Havenfall, and Phoenix Flame

"Where Shadows Meet surprises and shocks with its unique take on vampire lore. This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!" - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift and Into the Light

"Deeply emotional and utterly original, Where Shadows Meet charts the lengths we will go for love. Caldwell gives us two romances that span eons and vampires as you’ve never seen them before. Readers will be left ravenous for the sequel." - Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment

"With her lush and vivid storytelling, Patrice Caldwell has created a tangled world of fallen gods and vicious monsters, family and friendship, and courage and duty, that will suck you in and transport you to another place." - Nisha J. Tuli, bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen