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Starling- Lesley Livingston
I love Lesley Livingston’s faerie series, Wonderous Strange, so when I heard there was going to be a spin-off focusing on the Fennrys Wolf, I was excited. Starling delivers with a stellar new heroine, Mason, who may not be a faerie princess but certainly is something equally as cool (no spoilers, I promise). The Norse mythology is fascinating and the intermingling of mythologies—the hints at the Wonderous Strange fae and the bits of Greek and Egyptian are smartly done. I was always a fan of Fennrys, but even more so here; it’s so nice to see him get a well deserved love interest after that whole self-sacrificing move of being escorted off by a Valkyrie previously. The end, well quite a bit happens and quite a bit is revealed but the cliffhanger will leave you screaming for the next book.
Overall: A
Starling is out now from Harper Teen. Get your copy here.
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Endlessly (Paranormalcy #3)- Kiersten White
In Endlessly, Evie is back to being brave and kicking butt. She’s quite angry (and at times whiny) about being manipulated. She faces a pretty big decision in this book and while she kicks and screams her way through it, in the end you know shes the kind of person who will do what is necessary to help others. Her and Lend are great together and there’s a comical obstructive plot twist for them this time around that was genuinely amusing. Reth and Jack find some redemptive qualities and in the end I felt really bad for Reth. On top of all the faerie court drama, the paranormals demands, and trying to have a real teenage experience, the IPCA are facing new internal threats which quickly pull in Evie and company. I had been disappointed in Book 2 to find Evie less sure of herself than she was in Book 1, and it is so good to have the original Evie back, or as close to it as we’re going to get. The story was a good one, fast moving and nicely tying up the series.
Overall: A-
Endlessly is due out from HarperTeen July 24th. Pre-order your copy here.
ARC provided gratis via Heidi at YA Bibliophile
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