The Otherwhere Post

Gr 9 Up–Eighteen-year-old Maeve Abenthy hasn’t spoken her own name to anyone in years. It never goes well when people find out her father is the notorious scriptomancer responsible for unleashing what destroyed the world of Inverly and forced the burning of the Written Doors to contain it. Now, seven years later, there’s still no travel between worlds and only the couriers of the Otherwhere Post are trained in the scriptomantic scribings that allow them to cross for deliveries; they’ve only just cleared their backlog of undelivered letters sent in the aftermath. Maeve is working at a shop under an assumed identity when she receives a seven-years’ delayed letter saying that her father is actually innocent. She’ll need to become a courier herself to uncover the truth, but can she infiltrate their rigorous and selective apprentice program while hiding who she really is? This dark academia fantasy features masterful worldbuilding, a wildly interesting new magic system, and a lovable cast of characters described with varying skin colors. Taylor has truly elevated her craft since her debut Hotel Magnifique.