Bookish Musings Reviews and Blog
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point — he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. Read the Review
Henry York’s parents, both travel journalists, have been kidnapped! So their sheltered son is sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Henry, Kansas. But when pieces of plaster start to fall off the wall of his secluded attic room, Henry discovers a wall of cupboards, each a portal to another world. Read the Review
An orphaned ward of the baron, Will has spent his whole life dreaming of joining Battle School and serving as a knight as his father did. The three other wards he has grown up with are chosen as apprentices for their preferred professions. Read the Review
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story. Read the Review
