Author Archives: EHL
Enchanted – Alethea Kontis
Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and is in love with an enchanted frog prince. His curse ends abruptly and painfully. He makes his way back to his father’s kingdom and calls for a series of … Continue reading
The Runaway King – Jennifer A. Nielsen
This sequel to The False Prince is every bit as fantastic as the first book. Prince Jaron’s newly found role as ruler of Carthya is slipping from his grasp when his regents feel he is not ready to be king. … Continue reading
Mind Games – Kiersten White
Seems like the trend in YA lit is super mind abilities. Two orphaned sisters are enrolled in a boarding school that covertly develops girls’ abilities. For younger sister, Fia, they use her intuition to pick stocks and hone her street … Continue reading
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World – Matthew Goodman
Nellie Bly was a daring undercover reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s New York newspaper, The World. She had exposed the dreadful treatment in an insane asylum, worked in a paperbox factory, sought treatment in a medical clinic for the poor, trained … Continue reading
Etiquette & Espionage – Gail Carriger
The first book of what I hope will be a successful series is set in an odd world of vampires, werewolves, spies and dirigibles to make for a fun steampunk adventure. Sophronia’s natural inquisitiveness keeps her in bad graces with … Continue reading
The Lady and her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece – Roseanne Montillo
The night of August 30, 1797, was stormy, with a dramatic display of thunder and lightning. It is fitting, then, that this night also saw the birth of Mary Godwin, for Mary Godwin Shelley led a stormy and unconventional life. … Continue reading
Pivot Point – Kasie West
Apparently there are those with super power mental abilities who have built a large society hidden from view in central Texas. Mood control, memory erasure, mass manipulation, and clairvoyance are examples of skills. When Addie’s parents announce they are divorcing … Continue reading
Hysteria – Megan Miranda
Mallory killed her boyfriend, Brian. Stabbed him with a knife and he bled to death on her kitchen floor. The law said it was self-defense. They’ve had to get a restraining order against Brian’s mother who is grief stricken and … Continue reading
A Week in Winter – Maeve Binchy
No one had ever called her Geraldine. She had always been Chicky. The youngest of a large brood of Ryans, her job had been to care for the hens. Stoneybridge, on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, was a wonderful place … Continue reading
Rushing to Paradise – J. G. Ballard
The French are considering a nuclear test on Saint-Esprit Island. In order to facilitate the building of a runway, albatross nests have been destroyed and birds were killed by the hundreds. Dr. Barbara’s mission in life, at least for now, … Continue reading
The Cadet of Tildor – Alex Liddell
This fast-paced political fantasy centers on teens coming into their abilities: magical, physical, or mental. At the elite training academy of Tildor, the senior year is full of challenges for Renee who MUST succeed particularly since her father has disowned … Continue reading
Through the Ever Night – Veronica Rossi
Picking up where Under the Never Sky left off, we are once again on a future Earth where solar flares destroyed the protective atmospheric layer so the Earth is now plagued with aether storms of violent destructive energy. Perry brings … Continue reading
The False Princess – Eilis O’Neal
Years ago, when the king and queen heard the prophesy that their daughter would be murdered by her 16th birthday, they sent their infant daughter away to live in safety while an unwanted infant was brought to the castle to … Continue reading
Navigating Early – Clare Vanderpool
This story within a story is set in Maine at the close of World War II. Jack was raised in Kansas by a loving mother while his military father was away from home serving in the war. His mother dies … Continue reading
Shades of Earth – Beth Revis
This third book that began with Across the Universe, wraps up the story of Ender and Amy, with brilliant, flawless finesse. Many of the Godspeed’s crew and the Earth-born frozen have crash landed on Centauri-Earth. The colony is immediately attacked. … Continue reading
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