The Notorious Virtues with Alwyn Hamilton
Thu 01 May 2025
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights
All tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, a soft drink, author talk, Q&A and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome bestselling author Alwyn Hamilton to Mr B’s to hear all about her intoxicating new YA novel, The Notorious Virtues.
A glittering fantasy thriller (and the first in a duology!) The Notorious Virtues features a family obsessed with money, power, fame – and magic. Featuring a glitzy and sinister blend of fairy-tales, murder mystery, and dazzling socialites, The Notorious Virtues is sure to delight fans of Kika Hatzopoulou and Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Alywn Hamilton is the bestselling author of the Rebel of the Sands series, a heart-pounding romantasy trilogy featuring Djinni magic and a sharp-shooting heroine. Alwyn was born in Toronto and spent her early years bouncing between Europe and Canada, before moving to Cambridge to study History of Art at King’s College. She now writes full time.
About the Book:
Who will be the next heiress? Let the Veritaz trials commence.
At sixteen, Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gamanix; her family controls all the money – and all the magic – in the entire country. But when her mother is found murdered in an alley, the family throne and fortune are up for grabs, which means Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the deadly Veritaz trials to determine the rightful inheritor.
But there’s a surprise rival in the form of Ottoline, aka Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora’s aunt, who was left with nuns as a baby. Thrown into the Veritaz, she is suddenly surrounded by a hostile family she never knew she had.
As the Holtzfalls wage their battles of privilege, something bigger and more sinister bubbles beneath the surface, and revolution is in the air. Incredible tests, impossible choices, and deadly odds await both girls. But there can only be one winner…
‘Sparkling . . . Hamilton is back and better than ever.’ Samantha Shannon, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
‘More-than-magical . . . readers are sure to devour!’ Alexandra Christo, author of TikTok sensation To Kill a Kingdom
‘Irresistible!’ Catherine Doyle, author of instant #1 bestseller The Dagger and the Flame
‘A treat . . . had me in a chokehold.’ Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
‘An absolutely intoxicating, irresistible read.’ Katherine Webber, bestselling author of Twin Crowns
‘A galloping, glittering, twisty treat of a book.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, award-winning author of The Deathless Girls
If you can’t make it to the event, you can pre-order a signed and dedicated copy of the book here!