Ravenfall by Kalyn Josephson

Ravenfall by Kalyn Josephson (256 Pages)

Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Anna Ballinkay has never been normal. Her family uses their psychic abilities to help run the Ravenfall Inn, a magical B&B between the human world and the Otherworld. But it’s hard to contribute when your only power is foreseeing death. So when fourteen-year-old Colin Pierce arrives at Ravenfall searching for his missing older brother, Anna jumps at the chance to help. But the mysteries tied to Colin go much deeper than either of them expects. Now the supernatural creature straight out of Celtic mythology, one with eerie connections to Colin's family, is coming after them. If Anna and Colin can’t stop the creature, it would spell destruction for Ravenfall and the world as they know it.

Opinion: This book is a 2024-2025 Truman Award Nominee. The setting and characters make the book like a paranormal version of the Disney movie Encanto. There's a large magical family with a large magical house and the main character struggles to accept her place within the family/magical world. Though this is more paranormal and mysterious, as the main characters are trying to solve a murder mystery within this kinda hidden magical world. I'd definitely recommend it, especially in the next few months as this is a great fall read.