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Elite students, sinister secrets, and a war that tests all loyalties.
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Winterveil

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  • Paperback

    592 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 2026

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Summary

The Secret History meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in #1 bestselling author Ava Reid’s brand new, epic, dystopian YA novel.

There is no application process for Valeran Academy, but it boasts the brightest – and precociously criminal – students in the nation.

A disgraced politician from a powerful American dynasty.

A coldly brilliant strategist who will sacrifice anything to win.

A former pageant queen with a talent that could change t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008827984
ISBN-10:0008827982
Author:Ava Reid
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Electric Monkey
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:592
Release Date:6 October 2026
Weight:270g
Dimensions:21mm x 129mm x 198mm
Audience Age:14-18
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Winterveil by Ava Reid - ISBN: 9780008827984
129 × 198 mm
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A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

Praise for Ava Reid’s novels:
A Study in Drowning:
A love letter to stories – and to everyone silenced or forgotten in their retelling. ― Allison Saft
A wonderfully written, tense and moving novel that offers its audience an endlessly readable mix of historical fiction, gothic mystery and fantasy romance that will draw you in again and again. ― CultureFly
As merciless as a rising tide and as beguiling as a fairy’s bargain. ― Melissa Albert
A masterclass in pacing, characterisation and tension, with a beautiful meditation on stories and who gets to have an authorial voice. ― The Nerd Daily
Praise for A Theory of Dreaming:
Rarely before has a sequel ever felt so entirely necessary … A true dark academia fairy tale, combining magic, mystery and mythology with literature, politics and intertextuality to craft a haunting story of authorship, identity and love. ― CultureFly
A deftly woven mystery, brimming with lyrical writing and compelling characters who will steal your heart. – Rebecca Ross, bestselling author of Divine Rivals
We’ve been counting down the days ever since until we can find ourselves reunited with Effy and Preston ― Cosmopolitan

About The Author

Ava Reid

Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, A Theory of Dreaming, An Archive of Romance, Fable for the End of the World, Lady Macbeth, Juniper & Thorn, and The Wolf and the Woodsman. Her books have been published in over fourteen territories. She lives in the New York area.

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