The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters

Edgar Allan Poe is young at the start of this story.  He's looking forward to going to college and getting away from his adopted father but he can't go unless his father pays.  His father wants him to stop writing poetry and settle down into a working life.  He's driven to write poetry.  It's his passion in life.  His adopted father would cut it off totally if he could.

Amulet Books shared this book with me for review (thank you).  It is being published today.

Edgar has a young woman he loves and he asks her to wait for him to return to college.  She agrees.  Then he meets his muse.  She's a dark woman that leaves soot wherever she goes.  She encourages his writing.  She wants him to let her be seen.  He's not sure about that.

His muse is a hit at college.  The boys there think she's great.  But when he comes home, his father goes after her with his rifle.  He shoots her and Edgar is afraid she'll die...  She does, but she comes back again.

This is fantasy novel with the muse being a girl who is turning into a raven.  The boy and his father hate each other.  Life is tough for Edgar.  (It was in real life, too.)  This is an interesting read about a well-known author and his muses.  Most people don't have live muses but Edgar wasn't like most people.  I found the story intriguing.  Why don't you give it try?