Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family-the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead Artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: "Let them see me!"

 

There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Abrams .

Cat Winters was born and raised near Disneyland in Southern California. She is the creator of suburbanvampire. blogspot. com and she runs corsetsandcutlasses. wordpress. com, a group blog featuring authors of YA historical fiction.