Ann Angel has assembled a collection of short stories about "secret selves" from a variety of YA authors, from established ones like Chris Lynch and Ellen Witlinger, to debut authors. Some of the secrets are obvious ones teens would face, like their sexual activities or their outsider quirks. A few ...
Full review:http://haraiah.blogspot.com/2013/04/review-hidden-among-us-by-katy-moran.html
Before Christmas, the lovely Hannah at Walker sent me a selection of three upcoming YA titles and Hidden Among Us was one of them. From reading the summary, I had a feeling this was going to be a book I either loved or wouldn't get on with at all; fairies/mythical creatures can feel a little overdon...
Is that... no, it can't be... holy shit, gender-bending RPatz! MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE!!!!
Really very good! I can't believe the cliffhanger that it left me on though. I just FELT throughout the book, absolutely harrowing, really magical. Full review to come!
I enjoyed Bloodline Rising so much, I thought I should try this one. It gave some good background, and Essa’s story is great in its own right. But in a way, I’m glad I read them in reverse order–Cai would have come across as a bit brattier if my sympathies had been with Essa. Also, I think BR is the...
Opening: "They are not quick enough to catch me. Jesu, but it's hot up here. A dusty heat haze hovers above the city, blurring the great dome of Santa Sofia. The sea beyond glitters like cloth-of-gold."Though the setting (Constantinople) and a young thief and a familiar declaration (I can do anythin...
A novel set in the Dark Ages. The only fantastical element in the story is that Shamanistic spirit journeys are real.Moran's debut novel suffers some odd flaws: certain plot elements are developed then just peter out to nothing e.g. there is a bit when the protagonists are lost in the forest and sta...
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