Hey, BookTokers! The book you have all been waiting for is finally coming! Alex Aster is bringing her highly anticipated novel, Lightlark, to Decatur for a special in person conversation with popular BookToker, Calvin.

Admission to this event is free but book purchase is required to gain admittance to the signing line.

This event will take place at the Decatur Library in conjunction with the Georgia Center for the Book.

About the book:

#BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers readers a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel

Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.

To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.

Filled with secrets, deception, romance, and twists worthy of the darkest thrillers, Lightlark is a must-read for fans of legendary fantasy writers Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Leigh Bardugo.

About the author:

Alex Aster is an author of YA fiction as well as award-winning middle grade fiction, including the Emblem Island series, which was published to critical acclaim. Alex graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing. Find out more on TikTok (@alex.aster) or Instagram (@byalexaster).

About the interviewer:

Calvin from @thecalvinbooks on TikTok Instagram and YouTube is a studentfrom Michigan and attends university in NYC. Calvin started their Tiktok a little over a year ago and since then their platform has grown to include over five hundred thousand followers. When they are not studying or binge watching Netflix you can find them writing fantasy, reading it and making videos about it.