Tag archieven: fantasy

Soulless – Gail Carriger

Titel: Soulless
Reeks: Alexia Tarabotti #1
Auteur: Gail Carriger
Uitgeverij: Orbit Books
Bladzijden: 291p.
Bron: eigen collectie

“Alexia Tarabotti is labouring under a great many social tribulations.

First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.

Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidently kills the vampire – and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.

With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia is responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s High society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?”

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Bloed en Beenderen – Tomi Adeyemi

Titel: Bloed en Beenderen
Auteur: Tomi Adeyemi
Uitgeverij: Harper Collins
Pagina’s: 479p.
Prijs: 17,99
Bron: recensieboek

“Ooit leefden er in Orïsha mensen met magische krachten. Tot een wrede koning besloot de maji, een minderheid met donkere huid en zilverwitte haren te vervolgen. Zélie kan zich de nacht dat ze toe moest kijken hoe de handlangers van de koning haar moeder ophingen nog levendig herinneren. Sindsdien is magie een doodzonde en een donkere huid iets om op neer te kijken.

Tien jaar later krijgt Zélie de kans om de magie terug te brengen naar Orïsha. Met de hulp van een prinses op de vlucht moet ze uit handen zien te blijven van Inan, de kroonprins, die vastbesloten is de magie nu voorgoed uit te bannen.

Gevaar ligt overal op de loer in Orïsha, maar het grootste gevaar schuilt misschien nog wel in haar groeiende gevoelens voor de vijand …”

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Hunted – Meagan Spooner

Titel: Hunted
Auteur: Meagan Spooner
Uitgeverij: HarperTeen (Harlequin)
Bladzijden: 374p.
Bron: eigen collectie

“Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones – and in her blood. She knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. But Yeva’s grown up far from her father’s old lodge, raised to be part of the city’s highest caste of aristocrats. Still she’s never forgotten the feel of ab ow in her hands, and she’s spent a lifetime longing for the freedom of the hunt.

So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas … or to submit to marrying a wealthy genleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance.

Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva huts this strange Beast back into his own territory – a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s heard about only in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin – or salvation. Who will survive: The Beauty, or the Beast?”

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