Woven From Clay by Jennifer Birch
This one’s for fans of contemporary fantasy about magic, golems, warlocks, and witches.
Terra is ready for the best senior year possible, despite some of the challenges she’s got, including not knowing her own birth origin. But her plans for an amazing year are thwarted when Throne Wilder comes to town. Thorne is a magical bounty hunter from a coven of witches.
It turns out that Terra is a golem. She was created by a warlock. This information, understandably, turns her entire world upside town. Cyrus Quill was her creator, and he’s a fugitive being pursued by witches eager to hold him accountable for past crimes. There’s one huge problem: if Cyrus dies, so, too, does Terra and everyone else Cyrus created.
Terra makes a deal with Thorne to save Cyrus’s life, as well as her own and her fellow golem created by Cyrus. She has to master her own magic. If she does, everyone will stay safe. If not, well, the ending won’t be great for anyone.
Thorne may have made a deal, but Thorne isn’t going to make this easy. . . even if Terra’s made an alliance with him.