Best Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Anthologies eBooks
Soon, he’s doing all he can to succeed and not embarrass his new dragon partner, Thea. She’s not thrilled with her awkward, scruffy partner, Seb, but their dragon has chosen, and now the unlikely duo must learn to work as a team. The battle in this story line had my heart thumping and I like how nothing gets to graphic (unlike so many fantasies ) so I can read this book outloud to young readers as well...Job well done and a must read for all fans of dragons young and older! ". "An epic tale of legend, magic, fantasy and Dragon flight that is fit for anyone to read . "I thoroughly enjoyed flying through this book with Sebastion, Agathea, & the young red dragon, Kalax, that chose them . Thea, from the noble House of Flamma, & Seb, the son of a poor, drunken blacksmith, both seem to have a flair for disobeying rules & finding trouble, but finally become full-fledged Dragon Riders." But I found these books and I loved them, fast paced from beginning to end plenty of magic and a good plot. Interesting battle between good and evil , and the best dragon story since Anne McCaffrey. ".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Lady Flamma is disappointed when she realizes that the partner her dragon chose is a nobody from the poorest place in the city Torvald, Seb as Sebastian likes to be called, is the son of a blacksmith and while he is strong he has no idea how to hold a weapon let alone what to do with it. Seb is in awe of Thea, as Agathea Flamma likes to be called, because even though she is of a noble house she knows what to do in a fight, whether she uses a blade, a quarter staff, or her favorite a bow and arrows."
"Kindle version of many books have big editing mistakes, wrong word substation, strange confusing sentence structure."
"It was a good read and I like that it was a complete story with a good ending."
"Truly one of the most enjoyable books I've read."
"This is a well developed story bringing together wonderful characters and intense action."
"This book has the great quality of quickly grabbing and holding your imagination."
"It brought me back to reading Piers Anthony as a child."
"This book stands on its own yet sets up more volumes as well."
Charmsgood was the only wizard who could stop a deadly virus plaguing Virgo. Princess Azure isn’t who she thought she was and that’s a big freaking problem.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Full of whimsy as well as a touch of humor, Sarah Noffke has created a magical world with talking felines, witches, wizards, trolls, gnomes, pixies, and other creatures that will charm and delight."
"Princess Azure finally gets her soul stone, and was shocked that it was not the expected lavender of witches."
"you mesh in perfectly with the new universe - hurry with the next book please."
"Fantastical, outlandish and fun story full of magic! This author can take any story and put you in the middle of the characters banter, arguments, and thought processes. No supernaturals are allowed to cross into the borders of Terran but this is an expedition she must make. She has a "crazy" grandmother that helps her on her way and all the creatures she meets on the way are full of riddles and mystery."
"I really enjoyed learning about Earth (which they got to via an illegal portal), Terran and the humans from the witches point of view."
"Every book she writes draws you into the world she has created & you just can't put the book down until you finish!"
"Noffke's great descriptive writing, brilliant storyline and ability to make you connect with her characters shines in this book."
"The story reveals some truths surrounding the Princess of the Land of Virgo, Azure. Azure's family has been the ruling house in Virgo for over 10,000 years and one of secrets threaten Azure's crown. When Azure must travel to the Land of the Terrans, or the humans, what you must know is the humans hate any magical creature, making this a very treacherous journey, if she makes it? But, to get to the Land of Terran, where she can be imprisoned, she must make it through the Dark Forest."
But when Niell’s brothers grow impatient and attack the monastery in a bid to seize power, he will have to decide where his loyalties lie: with his warlord father’s domain, or the new friends he has made in the wider world. "An epic tale of legend, magic, fantasy and Dragon flight that is fit for anyone to read . "I thoroughly enjoyed flying through this book with Sebastion, Agathea, & the young red dragon, Kalax, that chose them . Thea, from the noble House of Flamma, & Seb, the son of a poor, drunken blacksmith, both seem to have a flair for disobeying rules & finding trouble, but finally become full-fledged Dragon Riders." But I found these books and I loved them, fast paced from beginning to end plenty of magic and a good plot. Ava Richardson writes epic page-turning Young Adult Fantasy books. She creates lovable characters and drops them into intricate worlds that are barely contained within your eReader. She grew up on a steady diet of fantasy and science fiction books handed down from her two big brothers – and despite being dog-eared and missing pages, she loved escaping into the magical worlds that those authors created.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I thought the book was written well there was a good suspense and a very good connecting between items seamless."
"A story to capture you from the beginning to the end and wanting more."
"Already have next one in the series."
"Who would ever believe this story, I did.It was awesome."
"Tell the story from the prospective of two of the main characters creates more depth in each and brings more life."
"I was a dragon-friend, me, Neill of Torvald!” -Ava Richardson, Dragon God. The Draconis Order monastery helps hold together the three kingdoms ruled by three brothers. When rumors of war and contention between the three kingdoms, a child from each noble is sent to the monastery to learn and in turn bring the kingdoms together. Upon entering the Draconis Order monastery and realizing that many of the noble families have also sent one of their children to become a Draconis monk, he begins to go through the different tasks given to find out what type of monk they will be: Scribe, Protector or Mage."
"Great first book!"
"Took to long to develop."
Best Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tales & Folklore Adaptations eBooks
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Here, she offers an appropriately sweet, fluttery Snow White-esque voice for Winter; a deliciously purring, cooing "popular mean girl" voice for Queen Levana; a French accent for Jacinl and many, many more. Even background characters who appear for just a line or two get distinctive voices, such as an Australian-accented guest at the wedding banquet. Soler's pacing is excellent, and she skillfully navigates listeners through Meyer's 23-hour story."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The Lunar Chronicles is a re-imagined set of fairy tales set in the future that intertwines Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Fairest of Them All is a companion book that offers Levana's (evil stepmother to Winter) and Stars Above - a set of short stories that take place after Winter."
"Having all been united (except for Scarlet- shes still imprisoned on Luna), the team has successful derailed the marriage between Emperor Kai and queen Levena by kidnapping Kai and escaping off in the Rampion to plot their next moves; head to Luna, rescue Scarlet, and overthrow Levena while instating the true Lunar Queen in her place, none other than our beloved Cinder (or Princess Selene as is her true birth name). Meanwhile, Scarlet is imprisoned on Luna, the plaything of the mentally fragile Princess of Luna, Winter. She is thrilled with the return of her best friend Jacin after the kidnapping of the Queens betrothed and through him eventually learns of the plan by the others to overthrow Levena and instate Cinder (Selene) as Queen. Having always been jealous of her beauty and the way in which the people of Luna love her, Levena (becoming more and more unhinged as the book wears on) orders the assassination of Winter, by none other than Jacin (she is so twisted that Levena). Cinder and her gang eventually put into motion their plan which involves returning Kai to resume his marriage to Levena, arriving (semi)undetected to Luna, rescuing Scarlet."
"A very good friend enlightened me, and I promptly purchased and consumed the preceding books and then started "Winter" from the top."
"I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but all of the fighting and mind controlling was just nuts! I just wish that the final scene could have been a wedding between Kai and Selene!"
Best Teen & Young Adult Royalty Fairy Tales & Folklore eBooks
Red Queen , by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. Mare's resigned herself to the fact that she'll always serve the Silver, a genetically gifted group of people with supernatural abilities. A chance encounter with the prince causes Mare to suddenly find herself at the royal palace as a servant, where she discovers in front of everyone that she also has a unique gift. The king and queen quickly cover up Mare's anomaly by presenting her to the rest of the Silvers as a long-lost princess and betroth her to their second-born son. There's a bit of teen romance, but luckily the characters are self-aware enough to realize its frivolity among the story's more important plot points. A solid debut from Aveyard and a welcome addition to the plethora of speculative teen lit.—Kimberly Castle-Alberts, Hudson Library & Historical Society, OH "A sizzling, imaginative thriller, where romance and revolution collide, where power and justice duel. " [Aveyard] sets her audience up for a gaspworthy twist that reconfigures nearly every character's role and leaves Mare with no one to trust but herself... Readers will be intrigued by a world that reflects today's troubling issues concerning ethnic inequality, unfair distribution of wealth, pollution, warfare, political corruption, and the frightening power of the media."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Mare and her family and friends despise Silvers, who treat Reds like dirt and have Reds fight an unending war with a neighboring country for them. Things That Frustrated Me: The heroine: my biggest frustration with this book was the lack of character development in Mare. The romance: There were (count 'em) THREE love interests for Mare in this book. The tropes: The problem with obvious writing is that if you have a story hat relies on a lot of tropes (poor girl who's special and different; prince who is not thrilled about being prince and just wants to be normal, world that is separated into classes that needs to be overthrown), you can guess what's going to happen, and your mind tends to wander. It's frustrating because I couldn't help but notice and compare this book to a ton of other YA books (I thought of The Selection, Divergent, Hunger Games, even Harry Potter while I was reading), and the book never went beyond or did anything better or different with those tropes. I enjoyed getting into this world through Mare's eyes - as a Red, she really doesn't know much about it, and it's both interesting to see it develop and to see her thoughts on it in her unique position. I felt like I knew more about them than I did about Mare by the end of the book. Brimming with action and classic speculative fiction tropes, this is a good book for younger teens new to fantasy or looking for a book with magic to devour like popcorn."
"I liked the twist on evolution and the class struggle between the Reds and the Silvers, differences compounded by different colors of blood (literally) and the presence, or lack, of supernatural powers."
"If you are a red then you are the weaker and less fortunate in a world run by powerful silvers, reds are basically slaves to the silvers and even fights their wars on the boarder where thousands go to die. The story centers around Mare Barrow a red who grows up assuming she will be sent to the boarder to fight like her three brothers before her, her sister Gisa is talented at sewing and will be the main bread winner for her and her family when Mare leaves."
"But the writing is not particularly artistic, and the emotional portraits of the characters are flat and immature."