A History of Glitter and Blood
Sixteen-year-old Beckan and her friends are the only fairies brave enough to stay in Ferrum when war breaks out. Now there is tension between the immortal fairies, the subterranean gnomes, and the mysterious tightropers who arrived to liberate the fairies. But when Beckan's clan is forced to...
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Sixteen-year-old Beckan and her friends are the only fairies brave enough to stay in Ferrum when war breaks out. Now there is tension between the immortal fairies, the subterranean gnomes, and the mysterious tightropers who arrived to liberate the fairies. But when Beckan's clan is forced to venture into the gnome underworld to survive, they find themselves tentatively for
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781452129426 (1452129428)
ASIN: 1452129428
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
If this keeps up, I'm going to have to stop saying I don't like books about fairies. A History of Glitter and Blood is ambitious, warm, funny, and a great read. The central concept for the format is that a fairy is writing a history, which fairies never do. This leads to a somewhat experimental f...
In the aftermath of a war between the tightropers and the fairies, ostensibly on behalf of the gnomes who life under the city, the only fairies left in Ferrum are Beckan and her friends. They do what they have to to survive. This one is memorable for a couple of reasons: it doesn’t shy away from wha...
Thank you Netgalley and Chronicle Books for this ARC copy of AHOGAB.Did-Not-Finish at 33%I absolutely love fairies and all fairy-related stories out there. If a book’s summary includes “fairy” in the description, I’m probably going to pick it up. Thus, I read an excessive amount of fairy books. A Hi...
When the tightropers came and declared war on the gnomes, almost all of the fairies left the city of Ferrum. The only ones to stay were Beckan and her three friends. A ceasefire is eventually called, but the danger remains as Beckan and her friends try to find a way to survive. This book is weird....
Arc provided by Chronicle Books through Netgalley Release Date: August 18 th Trigger Warnings Two very strange, painful and boring stars, because despite my wish to dnf this e-galley at the very beginning, there was just something about this story, something strangely compelling that kept ...
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