Welcome to Book Bar's official Fantasy Book Club. For January, the selected book is Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (book description is located at the bottom of this listing).
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https://bookshop.org/a/98905/9781250789167
Audiobook: You can purchase audiobooks from us on Libro.fm. This audiobook can be easily found on our Jan 2026 Book Club Picks playlist here (we will receive a percentage of this sale):
https://libro.fm/playlists/10895?bookstore=bookbarus
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Book Description:
What if the urban legends you've always heard about were real?
It starts with a class in an old movie theater. Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor. Most students believe the Professor’s stories are just fiction, but Holland St. James has always been convinced that magic is real. When she tracks down a local legend named the Watch Man, who can supposedly tell you when you’ll die, the world finally makes sense. Except that the Watch Man tells her she will die at midnight tomorrow unless she finds an ancient object called the Alchemical Heart.
With the clock ticking, Holland is pulled deeper into this magical world in the heart of Los Angeles—and into the path of a magnetic stranger. Everything about him feels like a bad idea, but he promises Holland that her sister sent him to protect her. As they chase clues and stories that take them closer to the Alchemical Heart, Holland realizes everyone in this intoxicating new world is lying to her, even this stranger. And if she can’t figure out whom to trust, not even the Alchemical Heart will save her.
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