Description: "On Stenland, there comes a time known as skeld season: one day, any woman on the island can wake with three black lines on her forehead, the mark of a skeld. Skeld season comes around without warning, and while each window of time lasts only three months, anyone a skeld turns to stone is very much dead. That's how Tess's mother killed Soren's parents. Maybe for this reason alone, Tess and Soren should not have fallen in love."--
Brief description: Laura Brooke Robson grew up in Oregon and studied English and Creative Writing at Stanford. She is the author of three young adult novels, and her adult debut, A Curse for the Homesick, was published to stellar reviews in 2025. She lives in New York.
Review Quotes: "Darkly enchanting."
--Publishers Weekly
--Meg Shaffer, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Story "Star-crossed lovers, a remote island, a deadly curse... A Curse for the Homesick is an emotionally-charged rollercoaster that is as sexy as it is haunting. You won't want to put it down, but you might have to once in a while just to catch your breath."
--Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance "A lyrical, melancholy, and deeply moving story about the people we love and the places we long for, even when we know we shouldn't. Aching and poignant."
--Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning "An enthralling read that lingers like a half-forgotten memory."
--Booklist "A thoroughly modern love story set against a backdrop of ancient mythology, it evokes perfectly that feeling of, at long last, finding the only place in this world that is home. Deeply atmospheric, profound, and beautiful."
--James Goodhand, author of The Day Tripper "With her signature atmospheric prose and incisive eye for detail, Robson will make you yearn for a place you've never been. A bittersweet, hopeful tale about what it means to belong to a place--and how love is a risk worth taking."
--Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic "This grounded, moving novel is a perfect rainy day read and an ode to what it is to be human--to desire and gain, to desire and lose, to find again."
--Bookpage, starred review