The Winner’s Curse Author: Marie Rutkoski Category: Young Adult Publisher: FSG Release Date: 3-4-14 As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to […]
Category: Fantasy
Defy By Sara B. Larson
Defy Author: Sara B. Larson Category: Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Release Date: 1-7-14 Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king’s army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince’s guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks […]
The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Traitor (Call of the Forgotten #2) Author: Julie Kagawa Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 10-29-13 After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as “normal” as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. […]
Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier
Raven Flight (Shadowfell #2) Author: Juliet Marillier Category: Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 7-9-13 Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and […]
Asunder by Jodi Meadows
Asunder Author: Jodi Meadows Category: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: 1-29-13 Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place. Many are afraid […]
Ex Libris Audio: Graceling
Graceling Author: Kristin Cashore Narrator: Cast Recording Performance: Excellent Publisher: Full Cast Audio Available Now In a world where people born with an extreme skill – called a Grace – are feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of the skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her […]
Ex Libris Audio: Days of Blood and Starlight
Days of Blood and Starlight Author: Laini Taylor Narrator: Khristine Hvam Performance: Excellent Publisher: Hachette Audio Available Now Art student and monster’s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved […]
Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier
Shadowfell Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 9-11-12 Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill—a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk—Neryn sets out […]
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: 6-5-12 Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the […]
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
This is a review of book two in the Fire and Thorns series. You can read my review of The Girl of Fire and Thorns here. The Crown of Embers Author: Rae Carson Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Release Date: 9-18-12 Elisa is the hero of her country. She led her people to victory […]