Magic exists, Josy sucks at it, and now her cat won't stop talking. Seventeen-year-old Josy Barrows thinks she's an orphan. So, when opportunity knocks in the form of an address and a plane ticket from a mystery aunt, Josy jumps at the chance to start a new life with her black cat, Nine. Fast forward. There's no aunt, no house... just a weird junk shop in a dark alley. And a strange owner with a cryptic...