Of fire and stars
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062433251 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062433253 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780062433268 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
389 pages : map ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Young Adult. |
Study Program Information Note: | 900 Lexile Accelerated Reader 5.6 Reading Counts! 6.2 |
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Subject: | Lesbians Fiction Magic Fiction Marriage Fiction Assassination Fiction Fire Fiction Horses Fiction Princesses Fiction |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Romance fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | YA COULT A (Text) | 33126024888988 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2016 October
Gr 8 UpâIn this fantasy world of kings and magic, Princess Dennaleia has been groomed for her most important task: to marry Prince Thandilimon in order to solidify the relationship between their kingdoms. It is a future that she fully embraces, hindered only by her secret magical affinity for handling and creating fire, which she has kept hidden and cannot control. Upon her arrival in the kingdom of Mynaria, Denna is paired with Princess Amaranthine (Mare), who is to give her riding lessons in preparation for the wedding day. Mare's standing in her own kingdom is somewhat tenuous, as she has very little interest in her duties as a princess and prefers to spend her time riding and training horses. The two strike up a friendship amid a series of royal murders and terrorist acts supposedly orchestrated by renegade magic users and separatists. The real focus is on the attraction and love that soon develop between Denna and Mare. As they work to solve the murders and mysteries, the teens fall in love and begin to question their predestined roles. Same-sex love is neither forbidden nor controversial in Mynaria, so the novel's theme does not center on LGBTQ issues. It is simply a love story that just happens to be about two women, and the setting and plot are tangential. Some mild sexual scenes make this appropriate for older readers. VERDICT Those looking for a complex sci-fi/fantasy may be a little unsatisfied with the narrative. However, the gentle LGBTQ romance will win over many teens.âPatricia Feriano, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD. Copyright 2016 School Library Journal.