Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christina Calella.
April 8th
Never Hollowed By The Stare – Promotional Post
PopTheButterfly Reads – Review
April 9th
Therearenobadbooks – Top 5 Reasons to Read The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray
April 10th
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Review
April 11th
Writing Rose Reads – Review
Rampant Reading Reviews – Review
April 12th
Midsummer Night’s Read – Review
April 13th
Eye-Rolling Demigod’s Book Blog – Promotional Post
April 14th
Teatime and Books – Promotional Post
Nonbinary Knight Reads and Reviews – 15 Reactions While Reading The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray
April 8th
dana.loves.books – Promotional Post
fictionalfey – Review, Creative Post: If You Like This, Watch This
kmartbooks – Review
April 9th
ohyouread – Promotional Post
alexandriavwilliams_ – Review, Favorite Quotes
therearenobadbooks – Content Creator’s Choice
April 10th
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
quirkylitlover – Promotional Post
by_hckilgour – Review, Creative Post: Cosplay
itsgaybookreviews – Review, Favorite Quotes
April 11th
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
artxsouls – Review, Mood Board
writingrosereads – Content Creator’s Choice
rampant_reading – Content Creator’s Choice
April 12th
get.outside.and.read – Promotional Post
ablueboxfullofbooks – Creative Post: Little Free Library Drop
casreadsanything – Review, Favorite Quotes
April 13th
whatkarinareads – Promotional Post
whimsicalwords.litreviews – Review, Favorite Quotes
eyerollingdemigod – Content Creator’s Choice
April 14th
ychg_ – Promotional Post
magnoliapigeonbookblurbs – Review
stargirls.magical.tale – Top 5 Reasons to Read The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray
nonbinaryknightreads – Content Creator’s Choice
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Publishing date: April 9th, 2024
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Rep: LGBTQIA+
Synopsis:
Storms and pirates are nothing compared to the evil within men’s hearts.
After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of superstitious townsfolk, Ophelia Young, a bastard child of the notorious pirate queen, is tired of paying for the sins of her mother. Despite playing by the rules her whole life, she’s earned nothing but spite and suspicion. So when a naval officer saves her from the jeering crowd at her mother’s hanging, Ophelia hatches a new hope of enlisting in the navy to escape her mother’s legacy and redeem her own reputation for good. But Ophelia soon discovers that a life at sea isn’t as honorable as she hoped.
Betsy Young is as different as she could be from her half-sister Ophelia. She’s a nervous homebody who wants to keep her family safe and longs to be in love. So naturally, she’s devastated when the son of their family’s business partner rejects her hand in marriage and her sister joins the navy. But when her father contracts a life-threatening illness as well, Betsy has to bring Ophelia home to save the family business.
Unfortunately for the Young sisters, Betsy trying to get Ophelia recalled reveals that Ophelia enlisted fraudulently under Betsy’s name, a secret which Ophelia struggles to keep from crewmates who would kill her if they knew she was the pirate queen’s daughter. To save Ophelia from the naval authorities, Betsy will have to board a ship during hurricane season and brave all the dangers of the sea to get them both home safe.
Content Warning: hanging, corporal punishments (whipping), strangulation
When not writing, Christine Calella spends her spare time singing showtunes in the shower, drinking more chai lattes than is strictly necessary, and either over- or under-watering an unfortunate string of houseplants named after sitcom characters. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and she lives in New York City.
As her romance alter ego, Madeline Bell, Christine also pens adult rom-coms with a bookish twist. For more information, check out the Books section, under the “By Madeline Bell” drop-down.