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Cruel Prince, The

The Way of Faerie Author: Holly Black Most fairy tales – most real, unvarnished fairy tales – begin with blood and violence. The Cruel Prince is no exception. Madoc, an angry fey seeking his runaway ex-wife and their half-fairy child (Vivi) shows up one day to turn a peaceful cottage scene into one of murder and mayhem. But Madoc has rules, ruthless as he is, and he takes not only his true child, but his ex-wife’s human children by another man, Jude and Taryn, under his wing. It is, after all, the brutal law of faerie. The girls, however, have [...]

Frances Carden2023-01-22T13:19:50-07:00January 22nd, 2023|Tags: book review, fairy, fantasy, read, reading, ya|

Departures

Comfortably Numb Author: E.J. Wenstrom Seventeen-year-old Evalee is celebrating the last night of her life. There aren’t many who are close to her, not many goodbyes to be said. After all, her death date has been tattooed on her arm from the day of her birth, a result of the Directorate’s infinite wisdom, its mission to keep all citizens from experiencing pain or discomfort. Many people live over a century. But that’s not Evalee’s case, and the date of her Departure has loomed over her short life. But she takes the pill. She says goodbye. She goes to bed, thinking over [...]

Frances Carden2021-10-31T16:01:03-07:00October 31st, 2021|Tags: book review, fantasy, reading, scifi, ya|

All That’s New in YA Fiction

[wptabs] [wptabtitle]2015 YA Fiction Release Dates[/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent] New YA Book Releases Welcome to the Readers Lane home of young adult fiction! Here is where we'll tell you what's coming out — and what we think about it (we can't resist offering an opinion). Find new titles, new authors, and new installments in your favorite series. You'll find 2015 release dates here and you can tab over to find more YA news from Readers Lane. Week of August 24 Another Day, by David Levithan (August 25) — In this companion novel to body-switching romance Every Day, we learn Rhiannon's side of the [...]

Stephanie Perry2016-12-31T17:53:51-07:00April 13th, 2015|Tags: articles, new releases, ya, ya fiction, young adult, young adult fiction|