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What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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YA Fantasy (maybe?). Trying to find a book about siblings in a “house of time” where a secret name-carving ritual is deadly
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The story centers on a brother and sister who go to or stay in a mysterious place often described as a “house of time” or something similar.
In this house, time is stopped or frozen everywhere else but works differently inside. The siblings can enter and move through it even though time outside is halted.
There is a man or authority figure who tells the siblings (or a small group) that they must carve their names into a wall or a mirror as part of a ritual.
The siblings decide together not to do the carving because it is dangerous and could cause death or have very serious consequences.
Despite their decision, the sister secretly wakes up at night and carves her name into the wall or mirror anyway.
This carving ritual is somehow linked to restarting or fixing time, but the cost is very high — possibly death or a fatal curse for the person who does it.
The house itself has a magical, mysterious vibe — almost like the house in Howl’s Moving Castle — and the whole thing feels very supernatural and eerie.
I might be mixing up details from two different stories, but I don’t think so — all these elements feel like they belong to one single book in my memory.
If anyone knows this book or something very similar, please let me know! I’ve been trying to find it for a long time and would love to read it again.
Thank you so much for your help!