For Review:
(ARC/Releases September 2009 in HB/Little, Brown and Company)
Pushed into indentured servitude for her stepmother in the City to pay off her father's debts, Ash is consumed with grief. She misses her family and her happy life at the edge of the Wood where old magic used to linger in the air like fairy breath. Her only joy comes from the brief, stolen walks in the woods with the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean. Ash's single, unspoken hope is that someday he might steal her away, as faeries are said to do.
But on the day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing faeries, from Kaisa she learns the art of the hunt, how to ride and track. Their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, but it grows and changes, and with it, Ash reawakens her capacity for love - and her desire to live.
Entrancing and romantic, Ash is an empowering retelling of Cinderella about choosing life and love over solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
I'm so excited to read this! I received it from ReaderViews. It will be the first fairy tale retelling I've read. Plus the cover is so pretty.
From Paperback Swap:
(PB/May 2009/Speak)
Ruby can take care of herself
She's used to counting on no one and answering to nobody. But all of that changes when her mother vanishes and Ruby is sent to live with her older sister, Cora. Now Ruby's got her own room in a fabulous new house, she's going to private school, and -for the first time- feeling as if she has a future. Plus, there's the adorable and sweet boy next door, Nate. Everything should be perfect. So why is Ruby so wary? And why is Nate keeping her at a distance? Ruby soon comes to realize that sometimes, in order to save yourself, you've got to reach out to someone else.
(PB/June 2002/Firebird)
Young Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother will defend their people from the growing greed of the king. That promise leads them into a war for which they are ill-prepared, which threatens the very people they are trying to protect. But war is simple compared to what follows, in peacetime. Meliara is summoned to live at the royal palace, where friends and enemies look alike, and intrigue fills the dance halls and the drawing rooms. If she is to survive, Meliara must learn a whole new way of fighting-with wits and words and secret alliances.
In war, at least, she knew in whom she could trust. Now she can trust no one.
I'm very happy about what I got this week. Sorry about the lack of posts. Basically, I've been school shopping and writing my AP European History essay. Wahoo. And spending time with friends before school. School starts on Wednesday, so posts might not be frequent, but I'll try! Oh, I also received some very nice signed bookplates from Becca Fitzpatrick, the author of Hush, Hush. I've taken pictures of the bookplates and the postcard, but my computer is being stupid and won't upload them. I'll post the pictures as soon as I can figure out what's wrong.
Great books! Ash and Lock and Key look interesting! Happy reading! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous of Ash- it looks so good. I <3 fairy tale retellings.
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Lock and key has a lovely cover.
ReplyDeleteLock and Key is really good and Ash looks great. Enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteawesome books! happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. I'm excited to start reading them! :)
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