Most consistently, Zelda is worried about money, her husband’s alcoholism and lack of productivity, and her own desire for recognition. Fowler is a close study of their famously tumultuous relationship, sparing no detail by following the Fitzgeralds through the less glamorous parts of their lives and the more obscure moments of history, including Zelda’s obsession with ballet and the strained relationship she had with their daughter, Scottie. Then Fowler unfolds the next 20 years: the couple’s New York celebrity after This Side of Paradise the years in Paris with the other “Lost Generation” expats and their return to the U.S. The famous couple have a whirlwind courtship in Montgomery, Ala., where Scott was briefly stationed at the end of WWI, and Zelda was the talk of the town. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald come into focus in Fowler’s rich debut.
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Even though a power like mine was responsible for her curse.īut with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating-and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss. Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fairy-tale, Romance Confusing changes in the world with moral decline, every generation believes the kids today are degrading society and taking language with it. They fail to deal with an inescapable fact about language: it changes over time, adapted by millions of writers and speakers to their needs. But most style guides fail to prepare people for the challenges of writing in the 21st century, portraying it as a minefield of grievous errors rather than a form of pleasurable mastery. More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written word, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and old-fashioned books. What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book about the modern art of writing, Steven Pinker shows us why we all need a sense of style. Steven Pinker, the bestselling author of The Language Instinct, deploys his gift for explaining big ideas in The Sense of Style - an entertaining writing guide for the 21st century Sasha’s cornered in a stockroom by two leopard shifters. Unable to control their shifts, their clothes tear off and they’re in the fur, desperate to find the female who called their beasts. When their band Furred Wrath takes the stage for a Christmas Eve party-they both feel connected to a female in the room. They’re twenty-eight, and according to their parents, should’ve settled down and given them grandcubs already. But Seek is anything but positive that’ll happen. Hyde-the more optimistic of the two-believes they’ll find her when the time is right. The one thing they’re both asking for this Christmas is to find a woman willing to be with two males at the same time. Twin were-leopards Hyde and Seek Sanders are feeling the need to find their mate and settle down. When Sasha Florentine agrees to help out her best friend’s catering business by filling in as a waitress for a dinner party, the last thing she expects is to see two of the four members of the band shift into huge leopards! She drops her platter and hightails it out of the ballroom, but the pounding paws echoing behind her tell her just what she needs to know-they’re coming for her! The question is, what will they do when they get her? "Hicks’s sequential artwork is polished, and though males hold nearly all the political power, the female characters are mighty warriors the men respect (and sometimes fear)." - Publishers Weekly, starred review Faith has created a world so detailed and believable, it makes me want to explore the back alleys to see what is there." -Jeff Smith, author of the Bone series "The beauty and construction of the Nameless City will leave you breathless. Hidden depths abound in The Nameless City." -Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies and Zeroes "This tale of unexpected alliances has everything: winning characters, a sumptuous setting, and sharp observations about power and history. Looking forward to reading more!" -Kazu Kibuishi, author of the Amulet series "Faith Erin Hicks is one of the best creators working in graphic novels today and The Nameless City is a fantastic introduction to an exciting new series. The Nameless City makes you feel everything its heroes are experiencing inside and out, from adolescent angst to the scrape of terra cotta tiles under a leaping boot." -Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender "Faith Erin Hicks breathes life into her characters with gale-force winds. "The artwork is breathtaking.lending each panel a richness that appropriately reflects a multifaceted culture." - New York Times Included in School Library Journal's and Kirkus's "Best of 2016" list, and NYPL's "Notable 100 Best Books for Kids". Many of the acts the girls commit should be unforgivable (and are often stomach-turning), but the strong bond they share make the characters impossible to hate. Hugo Award–winner Gailey doesn’t pull any punches in Alexis’ narration, spinning a tale of consequences, flawed characters, and detailed accounts of gore. As the girls burn, bury, and obliterate Josh’s remains, they begin to pay a high price, and Alexis is terrified that she’ll lose her beloved friends in the process. Her crew of five friends, girls who have bonded over their magical gifts, are quick to try to help her dispose of the evidence and repair the damage, but nothing is working according to plan. 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The slaves that resided on his plantation were well cared for, well fed, and had fine clothes. What many people do not know is that Thomas Jefferson had slaves himself. Thomas Jefferson dedicated his life attempting to free slaves. These compelling high-concept genre bending hooks are standard fare in the work of novelist Gretchen McNeil whose prodigious output of teen angst/sci-fi/horror/suspense novels include I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Relic, Get Even, Get Dirty, Posses, Ten (a movie will be released this summer starring Cassidy Gifford), 3:59 and the forthcoming #MURDERTRENDING. After a high school science experiment goes awry, a teenager is transported into a terrifying parallel universe every night at exactly 3:59 a.m. An exclusive party on a remote island becomes a harrowing fight for survival. But, a true Cancrian who loves her home fiercely and will protect her people no matter what, Rho accepts. When a violent blast strikes the moons of Cancer, sending its ocean planet off-kilter and killing thousands of citizens-including its beloved Guardian-Rho is more surprised than anyone when she is named the House’s new leader. While her classmates use measurements to make accurate astrological predictions, Rho can’t solve for ‘x’ to save her life-so instead, she looks up at the night sky and makes up stories. Rhoma Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars. Here’s more about her book:Īt the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. I’m proud to present Romina Russell, author of the Zodiac series. One of my ideas for Pitch América was to feature writers who are Latinxs, to encourage new writers as well as feature the awesome authors we already have who have made it into the market. Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. Sort of makes the whole ‘not dying’ part redundant. The offer gets him into the Guild of the Arcane, but nowhere did it mention he’d be an apprentice to a battlemage about to embark on a certain mission. If he wants to stay alive-which he decides would be a preferable outcome-he has to accept an offer from the very man he tried to kill. At least until he finds out he’ll work alongside mages with powers responsible for the infection in the first place.Įight, a human experiment of torture, fails to assassinate his target. When his guild leader contacts him after years of silence, it’s to send him on a mission with an assembled crew. Kynnar is a Guild Drengir mercenary roaming the Corrupted Lands, a place of maddening sickness that took the life of his beloved. Their mission: deliver an arcane explosive into the heart of the corruption. A boy struggling to understand emotions he cannot feel.Ī journey into a land of bloodthirsty creatures was never a simple matter to begin with. A man hearing the voice of his dead wife. |