Stolen Songbird – The Malediction Trilogy #1 – Danielle L. Jensen
Release date: April 1st, 2014Publisher: Strange ChemistryAge Group: Young AdultPages: 469Format: E-bookSource: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review For those who have loved Seraphina and Graceling comes another truly fabulous fantasy… For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she learns there is far more to the myth of the trolls than she could have imagined.…
Pantomime – Pantomime #1 – Laura Lam
Release date: February 5th, 2013Publisher: Strange ChemistryAge Group: Young AdultPages: 392Format: E-bookSource: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review R. H. Ragona’s Circus of Magic is the greatest circus of Ellada. Nestled among the glowing blue Penglass—remnants of a mysterious civilization long gone—are wonders beyond the wildest imagination. It’s a place where anything seems possible, where if you close your eyes you can believe that the magic and knowledge of the vanished Chimaera is still there. It’s a place where anyone can hide. Iphigenia Laurus, or Gene, the daughter of a noble family, is uncomfortable in corsets and crinoline, and prefers climbing trees to debutante balls. Micah Grey, a runaway living on the streets,…
The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare – Alex Wayfare #1 – M.G. Buehrlen
Release date: March 4th, 2014 Publisher: Strange Chemistry Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 416 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. For as long as 17-year-old Alex Wayfare can remember, she has had visions of the past. Visions that make her feel like she’s really on a ship bound for America, living in Jamestown during the Starving Time, or riding the original Ferris wheel at the World’s Fair. But these brushes with history pull her from her daily life without warning, sometimes leaving her with strange lasting effects and wounds she can’t explain. Trying to excuse away the aftereffects has booked her more time in the principal’s office than in…