



By combining their power, they’re sure to succeed-if they don’t destroy each other first.Ĭiannon Smart’s debut YA novel, Witches Steeped in Gold, is a thrilling story that unfolds against a vivid island backdrop inspired by Jamaican culture, history and folklore. When these two witches from warring clans discover they share a target, they must form an unprecedented alliance. Far away in a heavily guarded prison, Iraya plots an uprising with her fellow cellmates, then uses their escape to move toward her true goal: revenge on the royal family. Jazmyne Cariot's queen mother, Judair, rules with an iron fist, but even as Jazmyne joins a rebellion that's planning the queen's assassination, she fears that she isn't prepared to lead after her mother's death.
