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Wicked King, The

A Year and a Day Author: Holly Black A year and a day. It seems like such a long time, but it’s already half over and Jude has more problems than solutions. As the clever, violent mortal girl stolen into Faerie, she has clawed her way up, she has schemed and lied, she has betrayed, and now the King of Faerie, her old enemy Cardan, is at her beck and call. But only for a little while longer. And the true heir to the throne, the one Jude is fighting for, is still a child, still not ready. How can Jude [...]

Frances Carden2023-02-12T19:12:12-07:00February 12th, 2023|Tags: Faerie, fairy, fantasy, ya|

Cruel Prince, The

The Way of Faerie Author: Holly Black Most fairy tales – most real, unvarnished fairy tales – begin with blood and violence. The Cruel Prince is no exception. Madoc, an angry fey seeking his runaway ex-wife and their half-fairy child (Vivi) shows up one day to turn a peaceful cottage scene into one of murder and mayhem. But Madoc has rules, ruthless as he is, and he takes not only his true child, but his ex-wife’s human children by another man, Jude and Taryn, under his wing. It is, after all, the brutal law of faerie. The girls, however, have [...]

Frances Carden2023-01-22T13:19:50-07:00January 22nd, 2023|Tags: book review, fairy, fantasy, read, reading, ya|

Departures

Comfortably Numb Author: E.J. Wenstrom Seventeen-year-old Evalee is celebrating the last night of her life. There aren’t many who are close to her, not many goodbyes to be said. After all, her death date has been tattooed on her arm from the day of her birth, a result of the Directorate’s infinite wisdom, its mission to keep all citizens from experiencing pain or discomfort. Many people live over a century. But that’s not Evalee’s case, and the date of her Departure has loomed over her short life. But she takes the pill. She says goodbye. She goes to bed, thinking over [...]

Frances Carden2021-10-31T16:01:03-07:00October 31st, 2021|Tags: book review, fantasy, reading, scifi, ya|