Elisa uses her untried strategic knowledge to always-good effect.
War is coming, and perhaps only Elisa's Godstone-and knowledge from the Belleza Guerra-can save them. With no warning, this fat, self-loathing princess is married off to a distant king and is embroiled in political and spiritual intrigue. She's a devout reader of holy books and is well-versed in the military strategy text Belleza Guerra, but she has been kept in ignorance of world affairs. 12-14)Īdventure drags our heroine all over the map of fantasyland while giving her the opportunity to use her smarts.Įlisa-Princess Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza of Orovalle-has been chosen for Service since the day she was born, when a beam of holy light put a Godstone in her navel. Genre fans won’t be disappointed, and surely the rest of the series will reveal the truly important answer: Team Ash or Team Robbie? (Paranormal romance. Though Kagawa’s faeryland initially appears decorated with the stock set dressing of the genre, the novel’s eponymous villain adds a clever, unexpected twist. Good thing she’s got a crew of helpers: Puck, who seems awfully affectionate Grimalkin, a vanishing cat with motives of his own and Ash, an Unseelie prince of cold, unearthly beauty. Robbie escorts Meghan into the Nevernever on a dangerous rescue mission, where she unsurprisingly discovers she is more than your everyday bayou schoolgirl. On Meghan’s 16th birthday, everything changes: Her four-year-old brother is replaced by a changeling, and Robbie admits he is a faery (Puck, of course). At least she’s got one friend-spindly prankster Robbie Goodfell. Meghan Chase loves her family, but she doesn’t love living on a pig farm in the Louisiana swamps.
Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she loves, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face.and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.Paranormal romance in the style of Melissa Marr and Cassandra Clare. Ten years later, when her little brother also goes missing, Meghan learns the truth-she is the secret daughter of a mythical faery king and a pawn in a deadly war. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan Chase's life, ever since her father disappeared when she was six. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR ME. Countless stories, songs and poems have been written about this wonderful age, when a girl finds true love and the stars shine for her and the handsome prince carries her off into the sunset.
In less than twenty-four hours, I'll be sixteen. This special edition of The Iron King includes the bonus novella "Winter's Passage" and an exclusive excerpt from the new Iron Fey book, The Iron Raven. Enter a fantastical world of dangerous faeries, wicked princes and one half-human girl who discovers her entire life is a lie.
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