Sometimes the Girl

Coming in Spring 2025

When 18-year-old Holiday gets a summer job cleaning out a famous author’s attic, she struggles to understand why the woman never wrote another novel—and discovers how art and life entwine. Publication is planned for spring 2025.

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Discover the magical journey

Jennifer Mason-Black’s debut novel, DEVIL AND THE BLUEBIRD, delivers a captivating tale of loss and hope.

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Jennifer Mason-Black knows how to find won­der in the messy stuff of our world: a bus grave­yard, a diner, a TV game where players stray from their scripted songs. It may not conjure many spirits, yet music is the true magic here.
Farren MillerLOCUS
**STARRED REVIEW**
A magical-realist adventure laced with folk guitar and outcast drifters unpacks the bonds of family—those we are born into and those we choose.
Kirkus Reviews
**STARRED REVIEW**
First-time novelist Mason-Black delivers a subtle, delicate tale reminiscent of the work of Charles de Lint, a magical realist journey of self-discovery and hidden depths, with fascinating characters and a captivating narrative.
Publishers Weekly
Even though the road trip genre goes back all the way to Homer and has been rehashed a thousand times, Blue’s journey feels fresh and surprising. It conjures up a cold wind, a warm hearth, and the sweet jangle of guitar strings.
Caitlyn PaxsonNPR
The odd and intriguing concept, the southern gothic backdrop, and the inclusion of nontraditional families and LGBT characters will endear this to many. Mason-Black’s writing, lyrical and woven through with song and warmth, marks her as one worth watching.
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