Showing posts with label conspiracies. Show all posts
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Monday, July 14, 2014

The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

A book review by Madeline Soucie                      



The Enchanter Heir is the fourth book in the Heir chronicles series. In this book the reader is introduced to Jonah Kinlock and Emma Greenwood. Both are survivors of the Thorn Hill Massacre -- the brutal killing of a peaceful Weir (magically gifted) community.

Jonah grew up in the magical world and works/lives in a home for survivors of the Thorn Hill Massacre. Like many of the survivors, Jonah wasn't left unscratched -- he was cursed with the ability to kill anyone or anything he touches.
    
Emma grew up in the normal, but musical world of Memphis, Tennessee with her grandfather making guitars for a living. Growing up in Memphis, music is what Emma knows until she finds her grandfather dying, clutching a note telling her to run. Run Emma does -- into Jonah's life. The two meet unexpectedly and under unusual circumstances.
    
As wizards are being killed off, Jonah and Emma must work together to find out the truth about Thorn Hill and who's behind the murders.

    
This is a great new installment in the Heir Chronicles and a great summer read. The first three books are in order: The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, and The Dragon Heir.
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Find it in: APL Teen New Books YA FIC Chima, C.

Monday, April 21, 2014

The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

A book review by Kat Seevers



The Book of Blood and Shadow really surprised me in a good way. It’s a little bit murder mystery with some historical fiction. It began slow. We followed Nora as she began going to a new school, met some new people, and became a teacher’s aide. The teacher had an obsession with an ancient manuscript. It was Nora's and her friend’s job to translate and decipher it, only after a while strange things start to happen. The only thing Nora can think is that it all has something to do with what’s in the manuscript, and Nora is determined to figure out the secrets hidden in it. It takes her on a journey deep into Prague where she uncovers secrets that others would prefer to be left undiscovered. Uncovering those secrets
may just get her killed.


Find it in APL Teen New Books YA FIC Wasserman, R.