Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem
Seventeen-year-old Mina has always just kept her eyes on the prize. Asking her father to tell her anything about her Egyptian heritage or her mother’s mysterious death leads to silence.
So when Mina is invited by her aunt to visit her mom’s childhood home, Haikal mansion, in El Agamy, she’s stoked to walk the grounds of her family’s homeland and learn more about the mother she never got to know. Sure, she’s going to need to tell some lies to make this happen, but it’s worth it.
But when Mina returns home from Egypt, she’s not alone. A sinister entity has returned to California with her, and Mina realizes she must abandon those she loves to prevent the entity from possessing them. Fighting alone is no longer an option, so Mina must team up with Jesse. He’s the son of a local mortician and is extremely hostile, appearing to be completely immune to the entity’s power. Too bad Jesse doesn’t want to ally with Mina–that is, until he realizes he has to and that the secrets both his family and Mina’s hold may be the key to defeating this monster.
You can grab this book in your preferred format, hardcover or paperback, as it’s a dual/simultaneous release. —Kelly Jensen