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Graphic novelist Willow Tate is a Visualizer, able to draw images of beings from the realm of Faerie, bringing them from their world to ours in the process. After a ten-foot-tall red troll follows her from Manhattan to Paumanok Harbor in the Hamptons, Willow realizes that many of her relatives and their neighbors possess psychic talents-truth- knowing, scrying, weaving wishes, picking lucky numbers, and more. So when magic and mayhem return to Paumanok Harbor, and Willow is called upon to rescue the town, she enlists the local talent. Three magical mares are searching the Long Island village for a missing colt, and their distress is causing sleeping nights, bad tempers, and dangerous brawls among the gifted but peculiar residents. Though the Department of Unexplained Events sends Willow a world-famous horse whisperer, Texan Ty Farraday seems more interested in whispering in her ear than in rescuing the kidnapped colt whose terror only Willy can feel. Even with help, she still has to struggle with snakes, drug dealers, tourists, hidden caves, a mad scientist-and the almost overwhelming distraction of that sexy cowboy.
Is Night Mares in the Hamptons appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Parents should know this contemporary fantasy features magical creatures causing community chaos, moderate fantasy violence including dangerous brawls and struggles with snakes and drug dealers, and a romantic subplot with a charming cowboy that includes flirtation and mild sensuality.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include substance abuse, kidnapping, and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the quirky small-town setting where everyone has psychic powers and the heroine must rescue magical horses while dealing with an attractive cowboy.