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  • Published: 15 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593378083
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

The Diablo's Curse





From the award-winning author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill--about a demon who wants to be human, a boy cursed to die young, and the murderous island destined to bury them both.

From the award-winning author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill--about a demon who wants to be human, a boy cursed to die young, and the murderous island destined to bury them both.

Dami is a demon determined to cancel every deal they've ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and become human again. There's just one person standing in their way: Silas. An irresistibly (and stubborn) cute boy cursed to die young, except for the deal with Dami that is keeping him alive. If they cancel the deal, Silas is dead. Unless... they can destroy the curse that has plagued Silas's family for generations. But to do so, Dami and Silas are going to have to work together.  That is, if the curse doesn't kill them first. . . .

Action. Adventure. Slow burn romance. Find it all in Gabe Cole Novoa's novels:
The Wicked Bargain
The Diablo's Curse

  • Published: 15 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593378083
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

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NetGalley Praise for The Diablo's Curse

This story made me think of F.T. Lukens’ wit and writing combined with the animosity and the quests from The Sunbearer Trials. The Diablos Curse was my first book by Gabe Cole Novoa, but definitely not my last!

A gorgeously written, funny, sharp tale.

The Diablo’s Curse was queer, sarcastic, sweet, and funny. I absolutely loved this book.

A twisting adventure with new dangers at every turn, this spinoff has the comfy vibes of found family with the romantic tension of annoyances to lovers.

Thanks for writing the books I crave, Gabe!

Gabe Cole Novoa's books are everything I love about YA. Adventurous with a heavy dose of sarcasm, sweetness between two idiots who don't want to fall in love, so casually, wonderfully queer, and just downright fun to read.

I think I loved this even more than [Gabe's] first book, and I do really like that you don't have to read one to enjoy the other.

This book genuinely had no right making me as emotional as it did.

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