![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the house slowly reveals his wife’s secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage. For within the crumbling manor’s extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo’s dearest childhood friend who suddenly disappeared. ![]() They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after-and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.īut when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales-the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I'm a big fan of Chris Claremont's X-men run, but this collection is a mixed bag. Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. ![]() He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.Ĭlaremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. ![]() ![]() When she's not writing, Levine likes to share the excitement of research and the importance ofaccuracy with young readers. And one doesn't have to be a grown-up,â sheadds. Nonfiction offers a way tointroduce young readers to real people who have shown tremendous courage, even when facedwith great danger. They can be ordinarypeople who are willing to take risks for causes they believe in. ÂReal heroes,â Levine says, âaren't necessarily on TV or in the news. I enjoylearning new things and meeting new people, even if they lived 200 years ago.â ![]() ![]() âWriting nonfiction lets me in behind the scenes of the story. How did people escape on the Underground Railroad? What was it like to land on Ellis Island?How did it feel to travel the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon? Ellen Levine has revealed worldsof fascinating adventure with her nonfiction books for young readers.Īlthough Ellen Levine enjoys reading and writing fiction, most of her books for young readershave been nonfiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My assumptions were correct! The setting was gothic and very atmospheric and I loved being immersed into this world. I love historical fiction, as well as Beauty and the Beast retellings, so I had a feeling that I would really enjoy this book. *I received an e-arc from the author and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review* But once she gets into the mansion, she discovers dark secrets hidden away-secrets of the curse, of Lord Sebastien. Marie knows the only place she’ll find the cure is in the mansion where Ama was cursed in the first place, home of Lord Sebastien LeClaire. And if she can’t control her, she’ll have to cure her. But when a young boy turns up dead one morning, Marie is forced to acknowledge she might be losing control of Ama. Marking Ama’s victims controls the damage to keep suspicion at bay. Marie laces the perfume delicately-not with poison but with a hint of honeysuckle she’s trained her sister to respond to. ![]() But her perfumes are more than sweet scents in cheap, cut-glass bottles: A certain few are laced with death. ![]() She wants to make enough to save a dowry for her sister, Ama, in hopes of Ama marrying well and Marie living in the level of freedom afforded only to spinster aunts. Seventeen-year-old Marie mixes perfumes to sell on market day in her small eighteenth-century French town. A gothic YA fantasy debut about a young woman striving to break her sister’s curse and stop the killing in her small French town ![]() ![]() ![]() Now there will be no more Lightbringer books. And I think, for the most part, it was definitely worth the wait. Sure, it was a year longer than the typical two years between the other Lightbringer books, but it's not like we're looking at Authors-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named wait times, here. Three years, in the scheme of time between fantasy epics, isn't really all that long. This is not a dig against Weeks's writing speed. And then I waited what seemed like an interminable number of years for the conclusion. ![]() I eagerly waited a couple months for The Blood Mirror, and then devoured that one, too. That summer I devoured the first three volumes the way Kip claimed he devoured pie back in his hometown. This is it! The big one! The one we've all been waiting for!Īnyone who knows me can attest that I have been absolutely in love with Brent Weeks's Lightbringer series since I first learned of its existence in 2016. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are two examples of anaphora in the same paragraph. Cite the anaphoras on page 9 and explain their use. ![]() Her name is Jordan Baker, a professional golfer. Who is the other person in the Buchanan home? The other woman is a friend of Daisy's. He uses a simile comparing the couch to a balloon to add to the airy, light feeling. Fitzgerald creates a light, airy mood in the home by having the wind flowing through the room, lifting the curtains, ruffling the ladies dresses. Analyze Fitzgerald's method of creating mood inside the Buchanan's palace. Fitzgerald uses words with negative connotations such as arrogant, proud, hard, shifting, and cruel in describing Tom, causing the reader to immediately dislike him. What tone does the author use in his description? Tom is a straw-haired, bossy, muscular man in his thirties with arrogant eyes. The lawn appears as a runner, starting at the beach, jumping over sundials, running up the wall of the house,drawing the reader and Nick towards the house, giving the impression things are alive here. Personification is used to make the Buchanan palace seem alive. ![]() Cite the device and the imagery that Fitzgerald uses on page 6 to make the Buchanan palace seem alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() (I am happy to report that my guess for the thief turned out to be correct in the end.) ![]() (The Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed the competition’s status.) I was gripped by Slocumb’s positioning of the character in such a predicament, and like any good mystery novel, I had a lot of questions. At this point, Ray is a contender for the world’s most prestigious music competition, The Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Brendan Slocumb lays out the moment of rupture, when Ray McMillan opens his violin case after returning from New York City and finds a ransom note and a sneaker instead of his violin. However, much of the story is not about the theft, but the mystery of how the protagonist ended up with the prized instrument in the first place. The Conspiracy’s heist is certainly interesting, and the investigation takes up a lot of air time. The premise has precedent in John Meade Falkner’s 1895 novel, The Lost Stradivarius. Like any high art item, instruments of this caliber make the news when lost or stolen. ![]() The Violin Conspiracyis a story about a stolen Stradivarius. ![]() As a nod to the other BWR blog posts written on mystery novels, here’s a recommendation for a musical mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Needless to say, her parents are horrified, as is her fianc back in New York. (He, of course, has already gone ga-ga for this female whirlwind.) So much so that she decides to investigate his church and even winds up falling for him. ![]() It turns out that non-member Charly is intrigued by Sam's beliefs. Their brief "date" winds up lasting longer than one evening. Her reluctant tour guide is Sam Robertson (Jeremy Elliott), a squeaky-clean, LDS computer-science major. The title character is Charlene Riley (Heather Beers), a free-spirited New York art student who's back in her hometown of Salt Lake City for a visit. However, those who weren't as taken by the novel - which has been described, and not unfairly, as the LDS equivalent of Erich Segal's "Love Story" - will probably find it a little too manipulative, even maudlin. If, on one hand, they were swept up by the best-selling novel's quaint and old-fashioned romance and touched by its ultimate message (the timelessness of love), this fairly faithful adaptation - in spirit, if not actual content - will probably enchant. How movie patrons respond to the feature film version of "Jack Weyland's Charly" may depend on their feelings about the printed-page version of the story. ![]() ![]() The amulet tells Emily that her family is in danger. The amulet begins speaking to Emily in her thoughts, giving suggestions beginning that night. While exploring Silas's library, Emily finds a stone amulet that had been hidden in a table, and Navin helps tie it around her neck. Karen say Silas was a "puzzle maker" who disappeared after locking himself in the house. ![]() ![]() She and her children, Emily and Navin, move to the old house of Karen's grandfather Silas near San Francisco. Two years after a car accident that killed her husband, Karen has difficulties as a single mother. Appropriate for grades 6–8 or ages 10–15, it is the first book in the Amulet graphic novel series. ![]() The book concerns the adventures of Emily Hayes, who must try to rescue her kidnapped mother with the assistance of her younger brother Navin, a mysterious amulet, and helper robots such as Miskit. Amulet: The Stonekeeper is a 2008 children's graphic novel written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi. ![]() ![]() Shaken, Eija touched her temple, head still pounding from the oxygen deprivation she’d suffered beneath the beast’s attempt to crush the life from her-that and the minutes stuck in an oxygen-deprived pod. Ronie’s degree in psychology has helped her pen novels of intense, raw characters. They survive on Sonic & Starbucks runs, barbecue, and peach cobbler that they share–sometimes–with Benning the Stealth Golden. She grew up an Army brat, and now she and her Army-veteran husband have returned to their beloved Texas after a ten-year stint in the Northeast. ![]() Ronie Kendig is a bestselling, award-winning author of over thirty books. Only by uncovering the truth about an ancient conflict now shrouded in deception will she find her place.įaced with her true identity, Eija sees her purpose snap into focus, and she realizes the war Marco fears may be the very one he has been called to start. On board the alien dreadnought, Eija Zacdari flounders, torn amidst military machinations, prophecies, and an inexplicable bond with one of the fearsome creatures who have imprisoned her friends. ![]() Does he leave her to fight Symmachia alone, or risk bringing an unwinnable war to every planet in the Quadrants? In them his bonded calls to him across lightyears. But his dreams betray that singular design. Held captive, tortured by monsters of a nightmarish alien race, Marco Dusan clings to a final goal: keep these beasts from the Quadrants, even if it means orchestrating his own death. The war he fears may be the very one he’s been called to start. ![]() |