Blossome

For two years, Aurora Mclaren blamed her exhaustion on insomnia. That lie shattered the morning she woke to find a sharp, geometric bruise scarring her wrist, a mark she was certain she never received. Now, the world around her is beginning to fray. Shadows cling to her when she stands still. Reflections scream silent warnings. And a single, unnerving text message from a blocked number delivers a terrifying truth: The boundary is thinning. Dragged through a mirror and into the Hypnagogia, a twisted, silent reflection of her university campus. Aurora discovers the gold veins blooming beneath her skin give her the power to bend and reshape this glass reality. But such power demands a devastating sacrifice. The Hypnagogia is hunting her, led by The Siphon, a monster born from her own deepest trauma. To survive, Aurora must align herself with a mismatched group of desperate survivors and Ben, the boy she’d secretly loved forever. In a world of uncanny reflections, however, trust is a fatal flaw. Ben is behaving strangely. His touch is too cold, his smile is simply too perfect. Aurora must master the rules of the void before the gold in her veins consumes her humanity entirely. Rule #1: Don’t make a sound. Rule #2: Don’t trust the reflection. Rule #3: Don’t fall in love with the monster wearing your friend's face.