So I just finished Marie Lu’s Young Elite’s series and…
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The Rose Society by Marie Lu
- Release Date: October 13th 2015
- Audiobook Hours: 11 hours 7 minutes
- Genre: Historical Fantasy
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Son (Penguin)
Child sex trafficking, slave camps, genocide and a one sided love triangle ?
Yep, I must be reading a fantasy YA novel !
We’re back in Marie Lu’s vaguely Italian 12th century where the scarred children who survived a blood fever are known as malfettos and some malfettos known young elites have developed special powers. After the events of the last book all malfettos have been banned from the city and forced into refugee camps for the safety of the city (stop me if you’ve heard this one). There is a lot going on in this book but most we follow along while our heroine Adelina Amouteru goes off to find other young elites outside the city.
The Rose Society has to be one of the most subversive and creative YA books I’ve ever read. I liked the first book in this series but this second book has really hooked me. Marie Lu is breaking a lot of the typical YA fiction rules and I am here for it.
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Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Release Date: April 28th 2015
Pages: 309
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: HarperCollins
When Aza Ray Boyle dies in the middle of an unusual storm; one life ends and another begins. Because her true destiny lies with the captain of a ship that sails the sky, but not everyone on Earth is ready to let Aza go.
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The Totally Should’ve Book Tag
The Totally Should’ve Book Tag was created by EmmmaBooks on Youtube and I decided to do it after seeing Lisa and Becca do it onLost in Lit !
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Our 16 Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2016
At Books and Sensibility, we don’t just listen to audiobooks, we listen to tons and tons of podcasts. So, After listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour’s “Favorite Podcast of 2016” episode, we started thinking about all great podcasts we heard this year. Here are our favorite episodes from 2016
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