New out March 31, 2026
The Faraway Inn
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Our view
“The Faraway Inn” is a warm, hopeful young adult fantasy about a summer spent saving a rundown Vermont inn that turns out to be magical. Sarah Beth Durst pairs sixteen-year-old Calisa with a grumpy, eccentric great-aunt and lets family secrets surface as the repairs go on. Some readers prize its gentle, comforting enchantment above all. A cosy choice for teenagers and for adults in need of an easy escape.
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About the book
A teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn—only to discover that the fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret—in this cozy and irresistible new young adult fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. When sixteen-year-old Calisa arrives at her great-aunt’s B&B in rural Vermont for the summer, she’s shocked to find a rundown inn rather than the cozy bed-and-breakfast she was expecting. Grumpy and eccentric, Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn . . . even though she clearly needs the help. To convince her great-aunt to keep her around, Calisa sets to work fixing up the inn, enlisting extra help from the groundskeeper’s (handsome) son. But the longer she stays, the surer she is that there’s something strange about the B&B—and its guests. Something almost . . . otherworldly. The inn is keeping a magical secret—but to protect the place she’s come to love, Calisa must unravel the truth before it’s too late.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 29 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 16% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 29 | 100% |
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