Buona serata, Petrichors!
Darò la colpa ufficialmente a Netflix e all’uscita di Tredici, che mi ha fatto perdere un po’ di tempo nello stilare questa lunghissima lista di uscite di Aprile. Sapete già che è un mese molto carico di novità letterarie, non solo per quanto riguarda quelle americane, ma anche per le italiane. Questo mese, in particolare, vi parlerò di The Fate of the Tearling e anche di un’altra uscita che non trovate qui solo perché non c’è sicurezza ancora nella data. Progetti super top secret, insomma.
Per quanto riguarda le uscite inglesi, Defy The Stars ha ottenuto la mia totale attenzione.
Vi lascio ai libri, buona lettura!
Darò la colpa ufficialmente a Netflix e all’uscita di Tredici, che mi ha fatto perdere un po’ di tempo nello stilare questa lunghissima lista di uscite di Aprile. Sapete già che è un mese molto carico di novità letterarie, non solo per quanto riguarda quelle americane, ma anche per le italiane. Questo mese, in particolare, vi parlerò di The Fate of the Tearling e anche di un’altra uscita che non trovate qui solo perché non c’è sicurezza ancora nella data. Progetti super top secret, insomma.
Per quanto riguarda le uscite inglesi, Defy The Stars ha ottenuto la mia totale attenzione.
Vi lascio ai libri, buona lettura!
“The Breaking Light” di Heather Hansen
In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light. Arden—beautiful, street-smart, and cynical—is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as sister to the leader of the most powerful gang in Undercity, she has access to Above.
There she meets Dade, one of the few lucky enough to be born into the sun-kissed families who reside in the Towers soaring above the rest of the city. But life isn’t perfect in the sky. Dade, desperate to escape his upcoming arranged marriage, has a secret of his own, and he’s willing to risk everything for it.
An unlikely romance develops between the two teens—but their love faces opposition from above and below. When her gang pressures Arden to help break the grip of the elite and end Dade’s interference with their drug trade, she is forced to make a deadly choice between love and family loyalty. But will the brewing class war destroy the world around them first?
“Toward a secret sky” di Heather Maclean
In uscita il 4 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Goodreads – Amazon
Shortly after 17-year-old Maren Hamilton is orphaned and sent to live with grandparents she’s never met in Scotland, she receives an encrypted journal from her dead mother that makes her and everyone around her a target. It confirms that her parents were employed by a secret, international organization that’s now intent on recruiting her. As Maren works to unravel the clues left behind by her mother, a murderous madness sweeps through the local population, terrorizing her small town. Maren must decide if she’ll continue her parents’ fight or stay behind to save her friends.
With the help of Gavin, an otherworldly mercenary she’s not supposed to fall in love with, and Graham, a charming aristocrat who is entranced with her, Maren races against the clock and around the country from palatial estates with twisted labyrinths to famous cathedrals with booby-trapped subterranean crypts to stay ahead of the enemy and find a cure. Along the way, she discovers the great truth of love: that laying down your life for another isn’t as hard as watching them sacrifice everything for you.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Goodreads – Amazon
Shortly after 17-year-old Maren Hamilton is orphaned and sent to live with grandparents she’s never met in Scotland, she receives an encrypted journal from her dead mother that makes her and everyone around her a target. It confirms that her parents were employed by a secret, international organization that’s now intent on recruiting her. As Maren works to unravel the clues left behind by her mother, a murderous madness sweeps through the local population, terrorizing her small town. Maren must decide if she’ll continue her parents’ fight or stay behind to save her friends.
With the help of Gavin, an otherworldly mercenary she’s not supposed to fall in love with, and Graham, a charming aristocrat who is entranced with her, Maren races against the clock and around the country from palatial estates with twisted labyrinths to famous cathedrals with booby-trapped subterranean crypts to stay ahead of the enemy and find a cure. Along the way, she discovers the great truth of love: that laying down your life for another isn’t as hard as watching them sacrifice everything for you.
“Shadowcaster” di Cinda Williams Chima
In uscita il 4 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Sequel di Flamecaster.
From New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, this is a thrilling story of the unfathomable costs of war, the allure of dark magic, and two principled and conflicted characters drawn together despite everything they stand to lose.
Alyssa ana’Raisa, the reluctant princess heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, feels more comfortable striking with a sword than maneuvering at court. After a brush with death, Lyss goes on the offensive, meaning to end the war that has raged her whole life. If her gamble doesn’t pay off, she could lose her queendom before she even ascends to the throne. Across enemy lines in Arden, young rising star Captain Halston Matelon is being sent on ever more dangerous assignments. Between the terrifying rumors of witches and wolfish warriors to the north and his cruel king at home, Hal is caught in an impossible game of life and death.
Lyss and Hal’s intricately linked fates become inseparable when they fall under the shadow of a new enemy—a force that threatens to extinguish the last rays of hope in the Shattered Realms.
“Defy The Stars” di Claudia Gray
In uscita il 4 APRILE.
Genere: YA Sci-fi
Lingua: Inglese
Trovate la trama tradotta qui.
Genere: YA Sci-fi
Lingua: Inglese
Trovate la trama tradotta qui.
Noemi Vidal is a teen soldier from the planet Genesis, once a colony of Earth that’s now at war for its independence. The humans of Genesis have fought Earth’s robotic “mech” armies for decades with no end in sight.
After a surprise attack, Noemi finds herself stranded in space on an abandoned ship where she meets Abel, the most sophisticated mech prototype ever made. One who should be her enemy. But Abel’s programming forces him to obey Noemi as his commander, which means he has to help her save Genesis–even though her plan to win the war will kill him.
Together they embark on a daring voyage through the galaxy. Before long, Noemi begins to realize Abel may be more than a machine, and, for his part, Abel’s devotion to Noemi is no longer just a matter of programming.
After a surprise attack, Noemi finds herself stranded in space on an abandoned ship where she meets Abel, the most sophisticated mech prototype ever made. One who should be her enemy. But Abel’s programming forces him to obey Noemi as his commander, which means he has to help her save Genesis–even though her plan to win the war will kill him.
Together they embark on a daring voyage through the galaxy. Before long, Noemi begins to realize Abel may be more than a machine, and, for his part, Abel’s devotion to Noemi is no longer just a matter of programming.
“Perfect” di Cecelia Ahern
In uscita 4 APRILE.
Genere: YA Distopia
Lingua: Inglese
Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine’s life has completely fractured–all her freedoms gone.
Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick–the only person she can trust.
But Celestine has a secret–one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing.
Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or to risk her life to save all Flawed people.
And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed?
Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick–the only person she can trust.
But Celestine has a secret–one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing.
Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or to risk her life to save all Flawed people.
And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed?
“Red sister” di Mark Lawrence
In uscita il 4 APRILE.
Genere: Adult Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Genere: Adult Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin.
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.
But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse.
Stolen from the shadow of the noose, Nona is sought by powerful enemies, and for good reason. Despite the security and isolation of the convent her secret and violent past will find her out. Beneath a dying sun that shines upon a crumbling empire, Nona Grey must come to terms with her demons and learn to become a deadly assassin if she is to survive…
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.
But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse.
Stolen from the shadow of the noose, Nona is sought by powerful enemies, and for good reason. Despite the security and isolation of the convent her secret and violent past will find her out. Beneath a dying sun that shines upon a crumbling empire, Nona Grey must come to terms with her demons and learn to become a deadly assassin if she is to survive…
“Spindle Fire” di Lexa Hillyer
In uscita l’11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy Retelling
Lingua: Inglese
Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close.
And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood–and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.
As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.
Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape … or the reason for her to stay.
Spindle Fire is the first book in a lush fantasy duology set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines.
And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood–and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.
As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.
Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape … or the reason for her to stay.
Spindle Fire is the first book in a lush fantasy duology set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines.
“Unearthly Things” di Michelle Gagnon
In uscita l’11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Retelling
Lingua: Inglese
After losing her parents in a tragic accident, surfer girl Janie Mason is forced to trade the sunny beaches of Hawaii for the cold fog of San Francisco. She’s never even met her new guardians, the Rochesters—an old money family who relish being pillars of high society. Janie feels hopelessly out of place in their world of Napa weekends, fancy prep schools, and cotillions. Nicholas is the only Rochester who treats her with anything resembling kindness—but he’s only six. When she strikes up a friendship with Daniel, a fellow surfer, it feels like things might finally be improving.
But something isn’t right in the Rochester mansion. There are noises—screams—coming from the attic nearly every night. Noises everyone else claims they can’t hear. Then John, the black sheep of the family, returns after getting kicked out of yet another boarding school. Soon Janie finds herself torn between this new “brother” and Daniel, who has secrets of his own. Just when she thinks her life can’t get any worse, she learns the truth about the Rochesters: what they’re hiding, what they want from Janie, and how far they’ll go to get it.
“Blacksouls” di Nicole Castroman
In uscita l’11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Pirati
Lingua: Inglese
Sequel di Blackhearts
Nicole Castroman brings the dangerous pirate ports of the Caribbean to life in this vibrant sequel to Blackhearts—the reimagined origin story of history’s most infamous pirate, Blackbeard.
Edward “Teach” Drummond is setting sail to the Caribbean as first mate on the most celebrated merchant ship in the British fleet—until he rebels against his captain. Mutiny is a capital offense and Teach knows it could cost him his life, but he believes it worth the risk in order to save his crew from the attacking Spanish ships.
Sailing on the same blue waters, Anne barely avoids the Spanish attack, making it safely to Nassau. But lawless criminals, corrupt politics, and dangerous intentions fill the crowded streets of this Caribbean port. Soon, Anne discovers that the man entrusted to keep the peace is quite possibly the most treacherous of them all—and he just happens to hold Teach’s fate in his terrifying hands.
Life and death hang in the balance when Teach and Anne are given a dangerous mission. It’s a mission that will test their love, loyalty and devotion, forcing them down a path neither one could have ever imagined.
Edward “Teach” Drummond is setting sail to the Caribbean as first mate on the most celebrated merchant ship in the British fleet—until he rebels against his captain. Mutiny is a capital offense and Teach knows it could cost him his life, but he believes it worth the risk in order to save his crew from the attacking Spanish ships.
Sailing on the same blue waters, Anne barely avoids the Spanish attack, making it safely to Nassau. But lawless criminals, corrupt politics, and dangerous intentions fill the crowded streets of this Caribbean port. Soon, Anne discovers that the man entrusted to keep the peace is quite possibly the most treacherous of them all—and he just happens to hold Teach’s fate in his terrifying hands.
Life and death hang in the balance when Teach and Anne are given a dangerous mission. It’s a mission that will test their love, loyalty and devotion, forcing them down a path neither one could have ever imagined.
“Nel profondo della foresta” di Holly Black
In uscita l’11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Editore: Chrysalide – Mondadori
Lingua: Italiano
Standalone
Nel profondo della foresta c’era una bara di vetro che giaceva sulla nuda terra.
Dentro vi riposava un ragazzo con le corna in testa e orecchie affilate come coltelli… Hazel e il fratello Ben sono cresciuti a Fairfold, una piccola città dove, da tempo, gli umani hanno imparato a convivere pacificamente con le creature fatate della vicina foresta. Un posto diventato meta di tanti turisti curiosi, attratti dalle magie che qui hanno luogo ma in particolare dal ragazzo con le corna che riposa dentro una bara di vetro, la meraviglia più grande di tutte.
Affascinati fin da bambini da questa presenza misteriosa, Hazel e Ben hanno provato più e più volte a immaginarne la storia. Nelle loro fantasie il giovane era a volte un principe dal cuore nobile e dalla natura buona e generosa, e altre un essere crudele e spietato.
Ora che è cresciuta, però, Hazel pensa che sia arrivato il momento di accantonare tutte quelle fantasie infantili accettando il fatto che, per quanto lo abbia desiderato a lungo con tutta se stessa, il ragazzo con le corna non si sveglierà mai.
Un giorno, però, quello che sembrava impossibile accade… sconvolgendo la vita della ragazza, di suo fratello e della loro città.
Fiaba moderna dalle sfumature dark, appassionante e ricca di colpi di scena, Nel profondo della foresta segna il ritorno di Holly Black ai romanzi delle origini che l’hanno fatta conoscere, e amare, dai lettori.
Dentro vi riposava un ragazzo con le corna in testa e orecchie affilate come coltelli… Hazel e il fratello Ben sono cresciuti a Fairfold, una piccola città dove, da tempo, gli umani hanno imparato a convivere pacificamente con le creature fatate della vicina foresta. Un posto diventato meta di tanti turisti curiosi, attratti dalle magie che qui hanno luogo ma in particolare dal ragazzo con le corna che riposa dentro una bara di vetro, la meraviglia più grande di tutte.
Affascinati fin da bambini da questa presenza misteriosa, Hazel e Ben hanno provato più e più volte a immaginarne la storia. Nelle loro fantasie il giovane era a volte un principe dal cuore nobile e dalla natura buona e generosa, e altre un essere crudele e spietato.
Ora che è cresciuta, però, Hazel pensa che sia arrivato il momento di accantonare tutte quelle fantasie infantili accettando il fatto che, per quanto lo abbia desiderato a lungo con tutta se stessa, il ragazzo con le corna non si sveglierà mai.
Un giorno, però, quello che sembrava impossibile accade… sconvolgendo la vita della ragazza, di suo fratello e della loro città.
Fiaba moderna dalle sfumature dark, appassionante e ricca di colpi di scena, Nel profondo della foresta segna il ritorno di Holly Black ai romanzi delle origini che l’hanno fatta conoscere, e amare, dai lettori.
“Seeker. La ragazza del destino” di Arwen Elys Dayton
In uscita l’11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Editore: Sperling & Kupfer
Lingua: Italiano
Terzo volume della serie “Seeker”
Per tutta la vita Quin è stata solo una pedina nelle mani del padre. È stata addestrata per uccidere e manipolata per garantire il potere alla sua famiglia. Ma anche adesso che è riuscita a scappare da quel disegno fatto di violenza e inganni, Quin si trova invece di nuovo in trappola, vittima suo malgrado di una trama ordita da secoli, generazione dopo generazione. Nulla può fermare la forza del tempo e del destino, o forse sì. Perché Quin non è più disposta a essere una pedina. Lei è una Seeker. La sua missione è di portare luce nell’oscurità del mondo. Per salvare sè stessa e le persone che ama, dovrà però affrontare la vendetta del passato e i suoi amici, o se non altro morirà provandoci.
“Given to the sea” di Mindy McGinnis
In uscita il 11 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Goodreads – Amazon
Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she’s allowed to dance – an uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy – she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match.
Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty in a kingdom where the old linger and the young inherit only boredom. When Khosa arrives without an heir he knows his father will ensure she fulfills her duty, at whatever cost. Torn between protecting the throne he will someday fill, and the girl whose fate is tied to its very existence, Vincent’s loyalty is at odds with his heart.
Dara and Donil are the last of the Indiri, a native race whose dwindling magic grows weaker as the island country fades. Animals cease to bear young, creatures of the sea take to the land, and the Pietra – fierce fighters who destroyed the Indiri a generation before – are now marching from their stony shores for the twin’s adopted homeland, Stille.
Witt leads the Pietra, their army the only family he has ever known. The stone shores harbor a secret, a growing threat that will envelop the entire land – and he will conquer every speck of soil to ensure the survival of his people.
The tides are turning in Stille, where royals scheme, Pietrans march, and the rising sea calls for its Given.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Inglese
Goodreads – Amazon
Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she’s allowed to dance – an uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy – she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match.
Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty in a kingdom where the old linger and the young inherit only boredom. When Khosa arrives without an heir he knows his father will ensure she fulfills her duty, at whatever cost. Torn between protecting the throne he will someday fill, and the girl whose fate is tied to its very existence, Vincent’s loyalty is at odds with his heart.
Dara and Donil are the last of the Indiri, a native race whose dwindling magic grows weaker as the island country fades. Animals cease to bear young, creatures of the sea take to the land, and the Pietra – fierce fighters who destroyed the Indiri a generation before – are now marching from their stony shores for the twin’s adopted homeland, Stille.
Witt leads the Pietra, their army the only family he has ever known. The stone shores harbor a secret, a growing threat that will envelop the entire land – and he will conquer every speck of soil to ensure the survival of his people.
The tides are turning in Stille, where royals scheme, Pietrans march, and the rising sea calls for its Given.
“The Adjustment” di Suzanne Young
In uscita il 18 APRILE.
Genere: YA Dystopia
Lingua: Inglese
Sequel della serie The Program.
How do you go back to a life you can’t remember? Find out in this follow up to the New York Times bestselling The Program and The Treatment.
Tatum Masterson never went through The Program. She never had her memory stripped, never had to fight to remain herself. But when Weston, her longtime boyfriend and love of her life, was taken by handlers, she hoped he’d remember her somehow—that their love would be strong enough.
It wasn’t.
Like all returners, Weston came back a blank canvas. The years he and Tatum spent together were forgotten, as well as the week when he mysteriously disappeared before The Program came for him.
Regardless of his memory loss, Tatum fights to get Weston to remember her. And just as they start to build a new love, they hear about the Adjustment—a new therapy that implants memories from a donor. Despite the risks, Tatum and Weston agree to go through the process. Tatum donates her memories from their time together.
But the problem with memories is that they are all a matter of perspective. So although Weston can now remember dating Tatum, his emotions don’t match the experiences. And this discrepancy is slowly starting to unravel him, worse than anything The Program could have done.
And as the truth of their life together becomes clear, Tatum will have to decide if she loves Weston enough to let him go, or to continue to live the lie they’d build together.
Prepare for your Adjustment.
“Traveller” di Alexandra Bracken
In uscita il 18 APRILE.
Casa Editrice: Sperling & Kupfer
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Italiano
Goodreads – Amazon
Etta Spencer non sapeva di poter viaggiare nel tempo fino al giorno in cui si è ritrovata a chilometri e secoli di distanza da casa sua. Ora, di nuovo sola, in un luogo e in un tempo a lei sconosciuti, lontana dal ragazzo che ama e derubata dell’unico oggetto che avrebbe potuto proteggere la linea temporale e salvare sua madre, Etta deve fare i conti con una scioccante rivelazione. Una verità in grado di mettere in discussione tutto quello per cui ha combattuto fino ad ora, e che potrebbe cambiare pericolosamente per sempre il suo futuro.
Casa Editrice: Sperling & Kupfer
Genere: YA Fantasy
Lingua: Italiano
Goodreads – Amazon
Etta Spencer non sapeva di poter viaggiare nel tempo fino al giorno in cui si è ritrovata a chilometri e secoli di distanza da casa sua. Ora, di nuovo sola, in un luogo e in un tempo a lei sconosciuti, lontana dal ragazzo che ama e derubata dell’unico oggetto che avrebbe potuto proteggere la linea temporale e salvare sua madre, Etta deve fare i conti con una scioccante rivelazione. Una verità in grado di mettere in discussione tutto quello per cui ha combattuto fino ad ora, e che potrebbe cambiare pericolosamente per sempre il suo futuro.
“The Glittering Court” di Richelle Mead
In uscita il 19 APRILE.
Casa Editrice: Edizioni LSWR
Genere: YA Fantasy Romance
Lingua: Italiano
Goodreads – Amazon
Casa Editrice: Edizioni LSWR
Genere: YA Fantasy Romance
Lingua: Italiano
Goodreads – Amazon
Liberi, insieme, per sempre.
Per un gruppo selezionato di ragazze la Corte Scintillante (The Glittering Court) rappresenta l’opportunità di conquistare una vita che finora potevano solo sognare, una vita fatta di lusso, glamour e ozio. Per l’aristocratica Adelaide, costretta dalla sua famiglia nobile, ma ormai decaduta, a un matrimonio d’interesse, la Corte Scintillante rappresenta qualcos’altro: l’occasione di pianificare il proprio destino e di avventurarsi in una nuova terra ricca e incontaminata al di là dell’oceano.
Dopo un incontro fortuito con l’affascinante Cedric Thorn, Adelaide si spaccia per una cameriera. Tutto comincia a sgretolarsi quando Cedric scopre lo stratagemma di Adelaide e questa viene notata da un giovane governatore molto potente, che vuole sposarla. La fanciulla non si è lasciata alle spalle la gabbia dorata della sua vecchia vita solo per diventare di proprietà di qualcun altro. Ma a essere davvero sconvolgente – o meravigliosa – è la fortissima attrazione proibita tra Adelaide e Cedric, che, se assecondata, li renderebbe due emarginati in un mondo selvaggio, pericoloso e inesplorato, e forse ne causerebbe perfino la morte.
“The Fate of the Tearling” di Erika Johansen
In uscita il 20 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Editore: Multiplayer Edizioni
Lingua: Italiano
Terzo libro della serie.
Amazon
Genere: YA Fantasy
Editore: Multiplayer Edizioni
Lingua: Italiano
Terzo libro della serie.
Amazon
In meno di un anno Kelsea Glynn, dall’adolescente impacciata che era, è diventata una sovrana sicura di sé. Mentre maturava nel suo ruolo di regina del Tearling, questa leader testarda e lungimirante ha trasformato il regno intero. Nel suo tentativo di eliminare la corruzione e riportare la giustizia, si è fatta numerosi nemici tra i quali la terribile regina rossa, la sua rivale più feroce, che ha rivolto l’esercito contro il Tearling.
Per proteggere la sua gente da un’invasione devastante, Kelsea ha fatto l’impensabile: si è consegnata, con i suoi zaffiri magici, al nemico, facendosi sostituire sul trono da Mazza Chiodata, il fidato comandante della sua guardia personale, cui ha affidato il ruolo di reggente. Ma questi non ha intenzione di chiudere occhio finché, con l’aiuto dei suoi uomini, non sarà riuscito a salvare la regina, prigioniera nel Mortmesne.
Qui inizia l’emozionante capitolo finale, nel quale il destino della regina Kelsea e dell’intero Tearling saranno finalmente rivelati.
“La rosa del califfo” di Renée Ahdieh
In uscita il 27 APRILE.
Genere: YA Fantasy
Editore: Newton Compton Editori
Lingua: Italiano
Sequel di La Moglie del Califfo.
Shahrzad è stata la moglie del califfo di Khorasan. era giunta nella sua dimora con lo scopo di vendicare la morte di altre fanciulle andate in sposa a lui. Poi il suo piano è saltato, Khalid non è infatti il mostro che tutti credono. È un uomo tormentato dai sensi di colpa, vittima di una potente maledizione. Ora che è tornata dalla sua famiglia, Shahrzad dovrebbe essere felice, ma quando scopre che Tariq, suo amore d’infanzia, è alla guida di un esercito e sta per muovere guerra al califfo, la ragazza capisce che deve intervenire se vuol salvare ciò che ama. Per tentare di evitare una sciagura, spezzare quella maledizione, ricongiungersi a un uomo di cui ora scopre di essersi innamorata, Shahrzad farà appello ai suoi poteri magici, a lungo rimasti sopiti dentro di lei…
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