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Gary Hili garyhili — Sword of Light is the first of a four book series based on Arthurian legends that imagines what might have happened had King Arthur and Queen Guinevere had a child. That child, a daughter named Rhianna, has been raised in secrecy on the magical island of Avalon, in order to keep her safe. Rhianna always knew she was different from the other children in Avalon, because was human and they were fairies, but she never knew who her real parents were. Then Merlin came to the island with the body of King Arthur, with hopes that if his body rests in the magical caverns of Avalon, he can someday be reborn. He also tells Rhianna the truth about who her parents are, and of the quest she must undertake in order to save the kingdom from her wicked cousin, Mordred, who killed her father. The first task Rhianna must complete is to find her father's magical sword, Excalibur, which was thrown into a lake after his death. Only a Pendragon can wield the sword, so Rhianna must find it before Mordred, who was badly wounded in his battle with with King Arthur, recovers enough to search for it. On her quest, she faces many dangers and makes new friends, and has to prove that although she is a girl, she is brave and strong and can be a a worthy successor to her father. Sword of Light was a quick, enjoyable read, but it's definitely middle grade and not young adult. I don't think Rhianna's exact age was ever stated, but I think she was probably around twelve years old or so, since she often seems very young and acts quite impulsively and foolishly - but then again, so do many much older characters in other books, so at least this character is young enough to have an excuse for it! If you like middle grade fantasy and are interested in reading a new take on the Arthurian legends, then I recommend giving Sword of Light a try, I definitely liked it enough to want to read the rest of the series. This would also be a good book to give to younger readers, particularly girls, who love fantasy novels, since it's not too dark or scary and there's nothing in the story that would be inappropriate, and there's a lot that would appeal to young readers - magic, fairy horses, and a young main character who is strong and brave.

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Molly Clark mollysclark — *The fairy tale courtship did not turn into a happily ever after. Not until her husband dropped dead, that is. He had been horrible enough to Christiana during their short marriage, and she was not going to allow the traditional period of mourning to ruin her sisters’ debuts as well. So Christiana decides to put him on ice and go on as if nothing’s happened. Until the real earl appears. Richard Fairgrave had every intention of confronting his villainous twin who robbed him of his name and title…only to discover that he’d died. Quietly assuming his identity, Richard must now deal with a maddening desire for his ravishing inherited “wife”—certainly a gold digger and possibly a murderess. And Christiana must deal with an unwanted new “husband”…and they both must figure out what to do before the ice melts!* This book had some qualities that best appeal to me: humor, physical chemistry between the main characters, a murder mystery to solve and strong cast of secondary characters. This book also had an ingredient that has become an irritant to me. Characters who have sex much too quickly and then it's the "screech and roar" kind of sex that makes me roll my eyes. Seriously, who has ever screamed or roared during sex? I would think it would bring the neighbors running to the rescue, instead of knowingly smirking the next day as the secondary characters do here. Unfortunately, this kind of orgasm expression has become standard fare in many of Sands and other authors works. But, luckily, the rest of this book is not as over the top, but is an engaging, well-paced tale with a couple of scenes that may have you laughing out loud as I did. Grade: B *Taken from the book's back cover description.

Leo Sanz leosanz — The author writes in the afterword that this book was inspired by the many tales of the "handless maiden" (a heroine who loses her hands in some horrific sacrifice-ish way and then gains new silver or other metal ones and triumphs) in mythology. So I guess I went into this story expecting serious, grim, trauma and angsty sacrifice a la those mythological tropes. Unfortunately, what I got instead was a pretty average YA love triangle with fey and alchemy thrown into the mix. Not to say that the idea/image of this book's particular version of silver hands (Donna Underwood as iron/silver alloy tattoos that go all the way to the bone as a kind of reconstructive surgery) wasn't way cool....I think I just didn't get drawn into Donna's particular mix of past trauma (lost parents and nightmares due to being chased through woods by dark elves and a monster)nor did the sacrifice really loom its head. Donna Underwood has one friend; Navin, and is being homeschooled because of an incident at school with a bully. (She basically mangled a metal locker with her bare hands). She's kept secret all these years the fact that she's grown up in a secret alchemical society and has these arms and hands that are superstrong (she wears gloves all the time.) Oh, poor me, I am a freak, and oh poor me I have no friend but my most bestest tell everything to friend who is a boy who is also in love with me but I don't know that. You get the picture. Then she's invited to a party and meets Xan, a popular, gorgeous boy who not only likes her, but knows about the elves and magic. Together they must find a way to defeat the elf Wood Queen when she demands Donna steal the elixir of life from the alchemists in return for Navin's life. What gets me is that within the competent writing, somewhat cliched portrayal of high school (for once can a cute popular guy act like he knows he is cute and popular? And what is up with all the rampant bullying of "different" kids? When I was in high school different kids all hung out with eachother and had their own social thing going on, the popular ones didn't deign to notice them) and somewhat over-expository word building are great teasing banter between Navin and Donna, cool alchemy tidbits, and the start of a great story/mystery surrounding who Donna really is and what happened to her and to Xan in the woods. Those tidbits are buried. And unfortunately the story only really gets going like two thirds of the way through. While enjoyable, the book didn't reach in and wring out my heart like Melissa Marr's fey wickedness, or set to resonating my myth detectors in the way Robin McKinley's myth retellings do. This Book's Food Designation Rating: An iceberg lettuce salad with cherry tomatoes that you eat most of the way down only to find the bacon bits and blue cheese crumbles gathered at the bottom.