The Wrath and the Dawn was an entertaining twist on a very old story. Drawing upon the story that framed all of the others in One Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn creates a Shahrzad who volunteers to marry the murdering king in order to avenge the death of her best friend. […]
Category: Retelling
Hold Me Like A Breath By Tiffany Schmidt
The first thing you realize about Penelope is that she is very much a prisoner. She is a prisoner to her rare illness and a prisoner to the fears of her parents. For that reason, she lives in a world where she is sheltered from the outside, but she is not sheltered from the […]
Lion Heart By A.C. Gaughen
Oh, how sad I am to see this series end. When I first picked up Scarlet, I was completely drawn in by the twist on the tale of Robin Hood, and as the story progressed it only got better. There was never a moment to relax in this story. Just when things seemed happy, […]
The Island Of Excess Love By Francesca Lia Block
The first book, Love in the Time of Global Warming, was a loose retelling of the Odyssey, and in The Island of Excess Love, we take a journey that somewhat follows The Aeneid. I am not as familiar with the Aeneid, so I can tell you that if you have never […]
The Stepsister’s Tale By Tracy Barrett
If you look at the story of Cinderella, which has hundreds of variations across hundreds of different cultures, it is really a story about someone who triumphs over an oppressor. It is the story of a girl who no one thought could be anything, rising above her “station” and grabbing the big prize, which is […]
Her Dark Curiosity By Megan Shepherd
Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman’s Daughter #2) Author: Megan Shepherd Category: Young Adult Publisher: Balzar + Bray Release Date: 1-28-14 Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father’s island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying […]
Cress By Marissa Meyer
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) Author: Marissa Meyer Category: Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Release Date: 2-4-14 In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best […]
Cruel Beauty By Rosamund Hodge
Cruel Beauty Author: Rosamund Hodge Category: Young Adult Publisher: Balzar + Bray Release Date: 1-28-14 Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her […]
Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Across A Star-Swept Sea Author: Diana Peterfreund Category: Young Adult Publisher: Balzar + Bray Release Date: 10-15-13 Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant memory. Yet on the isle of Galatea, an […]
Love In The Time Of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
Love In The Time Of Global Warming Author: Francesca Lia Block Category: Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: 8-27-13 Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything—her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, […]