Sugar And Spite

Jolina can''t take Claudine''s bullying any longer! The taunts and teasing are too much. Though Jolina knows she''s still in-training to use her grandfather''s arbularyo magic, she sneaks into his potions lab to get her revenge. Jolina brews a batch of gayuma, a powerful love potion.

And it works. The love potion conquers Claudine''s hateful nature. In fact, Claudine doesn''t just stop bullying Jolina -- now she wants to be Jolina''s BFF, and does everything and anything Jolina asks.

But magic comes with a cost, and bad intentions beget bad returns. Controlling another person''s ability to love -- or hate -- will certainly have consequences. The magic demands payment, and it is about to come for Jolina in the form of a powerful storm...

Magic and reality mingle in this brilliant new middle-grade novel by Gail D. Villanueva that asks whether it''s ever okay to take away someone''s free will.