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Olivie Blake

    August 27, 1988

    Olivie Blake is a devoted storyteller whose narratives often delve into the fantastic, paranormal, or supernatural, though not exclusively. More frequently, her works explore the essence of humanity and the endlessly fascinating complexities of life and love. Blake's writing probes profound questions of existence and relationships with a keen sense of nuance and psychological depth. Her distinctive style blends otherworldly elements with a penetrating gaze into the human psyche, crafting works that resonate with readers long after the final page.

    Olivie Blake
    My mechanical romance
    From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)
    The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes
    Grow Your Own Optimist!
    Girl Dinner
    Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
    • Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists.

      Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
      4.0
    • Girl Dinner

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      From bestselling author Olivie Blake comes a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust, and a sinister new wellness trend among wealthy moms and sorority girls. Good girls deserve a treat. The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, comprises beautiful, high-achieving members who are universally respected. After a forgettable freshman year, sophomore Nina Kaur believes that being accepted into The House is her ticket to a bright future, offering protection from those who view young women as prey. Meanwhile, adjunct professor Dr. Sloane Hartley faces challenges returning to work after accepting a demotion to support her partner's new position at a competitive university. After 18 months at home with her newborn, Sloane struggles with her identity and the feeling of ennui that fills her days. When she becomes The House's academic liaison, she envies the alumnae's seemingly perfect lives. As Nina and Sloane delve deeper into the sisterhood's arcane rituals, they discover that achieving perfection comes at a bloody cost. Ultimately, they must decide how much they can stomach in the name of solidarity and power.

      Girl Dinner
      3.9
    • Grow Your Own Optimist!

      A Witch Way Anthology

      • 380 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Exploring themes of romance, satire, and the unexpected, this collection features stories that delve into the realms of demons, dystopia, and dating. With a mix of familiar and new narratives, including an exclusive short story, the author captures the enchantment hidden within dark settings. Each tale invites readers to discover the magic that can emerge from seemingly bleak circumstances.

      Grow Your Own Optimist!
      3.9
    • The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes

      • 394 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Within the pages of Witch Way Magazine are tales of magic and witchcraft, love and romance, creatures and spells. A mystical anthropologist desperate to find his lost brother trips and falls into another realm; a witch forced to return to her remote hometown gets trapped with the man she's pretending to date; a journalist banished to an island by her ex turns out to have a fair hand at babysitting monsters; a preternaturally lucky Millennial politician falls for her problematically unlucky neighbor; and a disgruntled tech employee uncovers a surprising secret while seeking revenge on her not-so-altruistic boss. From fiction contributor Olivie Blake, these stories of paranormal romance, adventure, humor, and misdeeds once exclusive to Witch Way Magazine are available to own for the first time, along with a new story written specifically for the collection.

      The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes
      3.9
    • My mechanical romance

      • 266 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      From Alexene Farol Follmuth the globally bestselling, TikTok viral author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake) comes My Mechanical Romance, an adorable opposites-attract YA romance that explores the vulnerability of first love.Nerds are so hot.Especially battle-robot-building nerds. When Bel accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she's forced into joining the robotics club.Enter Mateo Luna, perfect on paper - captain of the football team and the robotics club - who recognizes Bel as a potential asset, even if they couldn't be more different. And as the nights of after-school work grow longer, Bel and Teo realize they've made more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they've made a connection themselves.But with graduation approaching, their differences and what they want for their futures, threatens what they've built together. Can they survive Nationals without breaking their robots - or their hearts?

      My mechanical romance
      3.9
    • Januaries

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      This collection of iconic short stories by bestselling author Olivie Blake offers a fairytale twist on love, heartbreak, and death. It's perfect for fans of Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher and Blake's Alone With You in the Ether.

      Januaries
      3.8
    • From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake) comes Twelfth Knight, an grumpy/sunshine YA romantic comedy and coming of age story about taking up space in the world and learning what it means to let others in.Viola Reyes is annoyed.Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more "likable," and school runningback Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she's ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi's favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren't exactly kind to girls like her--girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself.But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos--Cesario and Duke Orsino--are surprisingly well-matched.As the long nights of game-play turn into discussions about life and love, Vi and Jack soon realise they've become more than just weapon-wielding characters in an online game. But Vi has been concealing her true identity from Jack, and Jack might just be falling for her offline...

      Twelfth Knight
      3.8
    • Masters of Death

      • 403 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself!Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the house has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on.Fox D’Mora is a medium, and though is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn’t entirely without his uses—seeing as he’s actually the godson of Death.When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with her ghost-infested mansion, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the help of an unruly poltergeist, a demonic personal trainer, a sharp-voiced angel, a love-stricken reaper, and a few high-functioning creatures, Vi and Fox soon discover the difference between a mysterious lost love and an annoying dead body isn’t nearly as distinct as they thought.

      Masters of Death
      3.8
    • Alone With You in the Ether. A Love Story

      • 281 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      From the no. 1 international bestselling author of The Atlas Six. 'Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent' - Chloe Gong Chicago, sometime. Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. After their meeting, those things do not change. Everything else, however, is slightly different. Both obsessive, eccentric personalities, Aldo Damiani and Charlotte Regan struggle to be without each other from the moment they meet. The truth - that he is a clinically depressed, anti-social theoretician and she is a manipulative liar with a history of self-sabotage - means the deeper they fall in love, the more troubling their reliance on each other becomes. Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake is a glimpse into the nature of love, what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken. Reader reviews for The Atlas Six: 'The most brilliant, immersive, magic-made-real book I've ever read!' 'Deftly woven plot and amazing ensemble cast' 'Believe the hype! Absolutely fantastic!'

      Alone With You in the Ether. A Love Story
      3.8