[I received a review copy of this novel through Netgalley. This review was originally posted on my book blog: Iris on Books].Dust Girl left me a little conflicted. The story is good and compelling. However, the thing I couldn’t overlook is the somewhat problematic cover.But first let me tell you wha...
Callie LeRoux isn’t who she thinks she is. When her mother “disappears” during a freak sand storm her world is turned completely upside down. She attempts to keep the hotel running while her mother is gone, but finds herself caught up with some strange characters - a mysterious man, a strange fami...
I have always had a particular fear of stories set in space or deep in the ocean. Characters completely surrounded by a hostile environment, guaranteed death if fragile technology breaks down around them. I can now add "on the Great Plains during a dust storm" to my list of frightening environment...
I had pretty much no expectations when it came to reading Dust Girl. I was just hoping it was good. It had an interesting enough summary, but to be honest, there were a lot of things I didn't care for in this book. There was enough good to warrant 3 stars, but I almost feel like I am being too gener...
Dust Girl is the first young adult novel written by Sarah Zettel, who is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. It is a fantasy and the first planned in The American Fairy Trilogy. Dust Girl focuses on a girl was raised by her mother in Kansas during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.Callie L...
I liked how bits of the familiar were taken and used in this one. Fairy lore on not eating and being lured to entertain, the dancing and what not, I’d read of those things all before. What makes this slightly different is how quick to adapt she was. I liked that she had a brain, asked questions and ...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!"An unexpected delight" were the immediate words to pop into my head upon my all-too-soon completion of this historical remake of America in the Dust Bowl - with fairies! Teaching me once again that assumptions are flawed from the outset, both early and oft...
It took me half the book to get really invested into the novel and Callie and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Callie reads very differently as a character. I would have said differently than I am used to but really, that is not the case. I can’t quite put my finger on the exact re...
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