Valencia doesn’t know that every time she thinks she’s fighting Patrick, she’s fighting Cade.Īnd when Cade and Valencia blame each other for a devastating enchantment that takes both their families, neither of them realizes that they have far more dangerous enemies.Ĭowritten by married writing team Anna-Marie and Elliott McLemore, Venom & Vow is a lush and powerful YA novel about owning your power and becoming who you really are.Īnd here’s the epic cover, designed by Lindsey Whitt and illustrated by Mx. Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy.Ĭade doesn’t know that Gael and Valencia are the same person.

Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect. Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore, Elliott McLemore Feiwel & Friends This twisty YA fantasy features a lot of blurring of gender lines, as you’d expect from Anna-Marie. Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana.

Two enemy kingdoms are forced to work together to break a curse in this lush YA fantasy, featuring a transgender prince and a bigender dama/assassin in the lead roles.Ĭade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. You know when two humans you really like also happen to be married and also happen to have written a book you know is absolutely fantastic before you’ve even read a word? And then you get to reveal its cover? Such is the case for me, and I am thrilled to be revealing the cover of Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore today, a trans YA fantasy releasing from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan on May 16, 2023! Here’s the story: