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Simon & Schuster India@simonandschusterin We are so happy to announce that HEKATE by @nikita_gill has been shortlisted for the 2026 @newadultbookprize an award launched by @_thebookseller to showcase the best of new adult fiction! ✨🔮 “Spellbinding” pronounced the judges of Nikita Gill’s verse novel about the Ancient Greek goddess, Hekate. Following the Titanomachy, Hekate is left in the Underworld where she must learn the true extent of her power. Gill brings her own power as a poet to bear, writing with lyrical attention to modern and classical sensibilities. [ #hekate #nikitagill #bookstagram #greekmythology #witchybooks the bookseller, greek goddess, mythological retelling, fantasy fiction, must read books ]
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@arthivp Gorgeous!! And absolutely well deserved!!!🙌🔥🙌
@staceysconnie Phenomenal read 🖤
@arcane_arts_uk 🔥🔥🔥
@rosehexe Yes! Congratulations! ✨️🖤
@seather.r This looks amazing, is it sapphic?
@christine_kenny_coaching Congratulations @nikita_gill you deserve this 🖤🖤🖤
@ourcovencommunity Congratulations, well deserved!
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@lizcookeflags This book is 🔥
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@auxii.reads 😍😍ahhh congratulations ❤️❤️
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@thebalancingcrow Well deserved 🔥🙌
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@bridgetryan16 I devoured this book it was my favourite read this year such a beautiful retelling of Hekates myth n story I’m obsessed with @nikita_gill any chance Nikita you would think about the Irish goddesses next ? Would love to see your take on them ❤️❤️❤️
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@k.m.addinsallwrites Wooooo 🙌
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@kathydalt0n Congrats! I just read Hacate again. ❤️