Name: Of Metal and Wishes
ISBN: 9781442483590

Sarah Fine

From the author of The Guards of the Shadowlands series comes a love story for the ages, set in a reimagined industrial Asia, in which a 16-year-old girl is torn between her love for an oppressed factory worker and appeasing the ghost who is determined to protect her against any threat.

Of Metal and Wishes

Assisting her father in a ramshackle medical clinic where they attend low-wage factory workers, 16-year-old Wen is shocked when a ghost grants a brutal wish, prompting Wen to appease the ghost and bond with the oppressed laborers. By the author of the Guards of the Shadowlands series.

Toni Turner

I am really glad I found this gem. 
Super fun and intense story that feels both new and familiar at the same time. It game me Phantom of the Opera vibes but was very unique in a lot of ways. I’m super excited to read the ending!

This love story for the ages, set in a reimagined industrial Asia, is a little dark, a bit breathless, and completely compelling. A “grisly and satisfying” tale (Publishers Weekly) inspired by The Phantom of the Opera. Sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic, housed in a slaughterhouse staffed by the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor. Wen often hears the whisper of a ghost in the slaughterhouse, a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. And after one of the Noor humiliates Wen, the ghost grants an impulsive wish of hers—brutally. Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including the outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the mystery of the ghost. As deadly accidents fuel tensions within the factory, Wen is torn between her growing feelings for Melik, who is enraged at the sadistic factory bosses and the prejudice faced by his people at the hand of Wen’s, and her need to appease the ghost, who is determined to protect her against any threat—real or imagined. Will she determine whom to trust before the factory explodes, taking her down with it?

Of Metal and Wishes

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