In a little town called Pinsbury Port, all gentlepersons of age receive a letter inviting them to compete in the so-called Labyrinth. The winner receives a full scolarship to the all-male Stemwick University. The poorer men mostly participate for a better future, the rich ‘Uppers’ participate for honor and maybe even prestige. But Rhen, a girl, isn’t looking for any of those things …
Category: Fantasy
In this third and final book to the Winternight-trilogy, we continue to follow Vasja. She’s now facing the anger of whole Moscow after being blamed for causing the fires that almost ended the existence of the city. After escaping through a dangerous land called Midnight, Vasja learns that the Bear has been woken up by no other than his own brother: Morozko …
In the second book, Liv becomes confused with all the events around her. A dark figure makes noise at night in the endless corridors of her dreams, Liv is chased almost every night and her nightmares do not really help her with a good night’s sleep. Fortunately, things are going way better at school than in her dreams; she has very nice and kind friends and Henry is literally the boy of her dreams. Or does he have something to hide?
Laylee, a thirteen-year-old girl, lives in Whichwood, a very cold area. After her mother has passed and her father has gone crazy, Laylee remains as the last mordeshoor. This means that she has to wash dead bodies and send these to the hereafter. Laylee is losing her colour and realises she is slowly dying. One day, two strangers stand in front of her doorstep: Alice & Oliver.
Jude is back in the mortal world, licking her wounds from her last interaction with Cardan. With the High Queen of Elfhame in exile, chaos should rule. But no one even knows that there is a mortal Queen of Elfhame. So Jude moves in with Vivi and Oak, taking up a job and working to pay the rent. Jude’s heart is broken so she does what she’d always do: make a plan …
Seventeen-year-old Alice has spent her whole life travelling with her mother. When her grandmother, the author of a book full of dark fairy tales, dies on her Hazelwood estate and her mother is taken hostage by the Hinterland, Alice has to find her mother.
The sisters Scarlett and Donatella live on an island together with their violent father who sets Scarlett up with an arranged marriage. The girls have dreamt their whole lives to spend a day at Caraval; a magical game with a leader named Legendary. After many years of writing letters to Legendary, the girls receive an invite to join the game for a day.
‘I want somebody to take me to Elfhame.’ Summary Now that Cardan is High King of Elfhame and he’s bound to Jude for a year and a day, Jude has a lot on her hands. As the High King’s scenescal,…