Justice Buried, de Hilary Thompson

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Justice Buried, de Hilary Thompson
Starbright #1 · Oftomes Publishing · 356 páginas · 11'67€ · 9780995679207

★★★☆☆/5

Sinopsis 

The people need Justice, but she's not listening.

One hundred years before, the Great Sickness reduced the world to three dystopian cities. Now the community of Asphodel is trapped underground, waiting for the prophesied maiden of Justice to rescue them.

Sixteen-year-old Astrea is supposed to be this savior - too bad for them she isn't a believer. Astrea fights her fate until discovering a power she never knew she had, and a handsome ally she never expected. With her life in danger, Astrea must choose between saving her city or herself.

This thrilling young adult adventure is the first in the richly-imagined Starbright series, which is laced with mystery, mythology, romance, and magic. Justice Buried will have you questioning fate versus free will along with Astrea's strong female lead, and wondering who can be trusted when everyone is keeping secrets.

Warrior Witch, de Danielle L. Jensen

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Warrior Witch, de Danielle L. Jensen
The Malediction Trilogy #3 · Strange Chemistry · 384 páginas · 8'81€ · 9780857664693

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

(La sinopsis contiene SPOILERS de los libros anteriores)

The thrilling conclusion to the breakout Malediction Trilogy by Goodreads Choice finalist Danielle L. Jensen. 

Cécile and Tristan have accomplished the impossible, but their greatest challenge remains: defeating the evil they have unleashed upon the world.

As they scramble for a way to protect the people of the Isle and liberate the trolls from their tyrant king, Cécile and Tristan must battle those who’d see them dead. To win, they will risk everything. And everyone.

But it might not be enough. Both Cécile and Tristan have debts, and they will be forced to pay them at a cost far greater than they had ever imagined.

Without Merit, de Colleen Hoover

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Without Merit, de Colleen Hoover
Atria Books · 359 páginas · 11'62€ · 9781501170621

★★★★☆

Sinopsis 

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves. 

Resumen del mes | Diciembre 2017

¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis?

Comienza un año nuevo junto con nuevos propósitos, entre otros planes ¿Qué tal han ido las fiestas? ¿Papa Noél ha sido bueno? ¿Qué os han traído? La verdad es que tengo que admitir que estas fiestas las he pasado con tos, entonces como que era un poco incómodo estar tosiendo constantemente... pero no he sido la única, cuando llegué a casa mis padres ya estaban malitos.

The Rules of Magic, de Alice Hoffman

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The Rules of Magic, de Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic #2 · Simon Schuster · 369 páginas · 21'52€ (tapa dura) · 9781501137471

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

Find your magic

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.

From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Back in New York City each begins a risky journey as they try to escape the family curse.

The Owens children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. The two beautiful sisters will grow up to be the revered, and sometimes feared, aunts in Practical Magic, while Vincent, their beloved brother, will leave an unexpected legacy.

Tower of Dawn, de Sarah J. Maas

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Tower of Dawn, de Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass #6 · Bloomsbury Publishing · 664 páginas · 17'12€ (tapa dura) · 9781681195773

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

(La sinopsis contiene SPOILERS del libro anterior)

Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.

His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica—the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them.

But what they discover in Antica will change them both—and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.

Hidden Huntress, de Danielle L. Jensen

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Hidden Huntress, de Danielle L. Jensen
The Malediction Trilogy #2 · Strange Chemistry · 464 páginas · 8'95€ · 9780857664723

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

(La sinopsis contiene SPOILERS del libro anterior)

Sometimes, one must accomplish the impossible.

Beneath the mountain, the king’s reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king’s power. Or his manipulation.

Recovered from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and graces the opera stage every night. But by day she searches for the witch who has eluded the trolls for five hundred years. Whether she succeeds or fails, the costs to those she cares about will be high.

To find Anushka, she must delve into magic that is both dark and deadly. But the witch is a clever creature. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted…

Si todo fuera un cuento de hadas, de Victoria Vílchez

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Si todo desapareciera, de Victoria Vílchez

 Kiwi · 384 páginas · 17'00€ · 9788416384853

★★★★☆/85

 

Sinopsis

Alice no ha tenido demasiada suerte en el amor. En realidad, sus experiencias hasta ahora han sido desastrosas. Sin embargo, eso está a punto de cambiar con la aparición en su vida de Jay Forevermore, el hombre atractivo pero de carácter bastante hosco que se presenta ante ella como… ¡Su hada madrina! Y es que parece que en el país de Nunca Jamás creen que Alice necesita ayuda urgente para encontrar a su alma gemela.

Alice se verá empujada a un montón de citas con distintos hombres y, mientras Jay realiza la labor para la que ha sido enviado, ambos van a descubrir que resulta imposible elegir de quién te enamoras, y que a veces la única magia necesaria es la del amor.

Y tú, ¿estás dispuesto a creer en cuentos de hadas? 

Desafiando las normas, de María Martínez

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Rompiendo las reglas, de María Martínez

Cruzando los límites #3 · Titania · 442 páginas · 15'16€ · 9788416327379

★★★★☆/5

 

Sinopsis

«A veces, el camino que más temes es el que te lleva a casa».

Un solo segundo basta para cambiar toda una vida. Spencer lo sabe muy bien. 

Su pasado está lleno de pérdidas que la han ido marcando desde muy niña. Aunque nunca imaginó que la más trágica de todas ellas llegaría en el mismo instante que su camino se cruzó con el del chico equivocado.

Han transcurrido casi tres años desde ese fatídico encuentro. Tres años en los que ha intentando recomponerse, dejando atrás a la chica que una vez fue y de la que tanto se avergüenza. Y por fin cree haberlo conseguido. 

Eric necesita pasar página. Quiere empezar de nuevo, cerca de su familia, y olvidar todas las mentiras con las que ha crecido. Sin embargo, cuando te has pasado la vida yendo de un lado a otro sin descanso, establecerse puede resultar mucho más difícil de lo que en un principio parecía. Y él no deja de pensar que su lugar está en alguna otra parte muy lejos de Port Pleasant.

Spencer y Eric encajan como dos mitades. 

Ella está rota de muchas formas distintas y no permite que nadie se le acerque demasiado. Él tiene problemas que no está dispuesto a admitir y lo que más teme es lo que más desea. Aun así, pronto se darán cuenta de que no pueden estar lejos el uno del otro. Y lo que comienza siendo una amistad, se irá transformando en otro sentimiento mucho más intenso, incapaz de engañar al corazón. 

Un alma perdida.

Un corazón roto.

A veces, la persona que menos esperas se acaba convirtiendo en la más importante de tu vida.

Stolen Songbird, de Danielle L. Jensen

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Stolen Songbird, de Danielle L. Jensen
The Malediction Trilogy #1 · Strange Chemistry · 469 páginas · 8'84€ · 9781908844965

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the mountain. When Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she realises that the trolls are relying on her to break the curse.

Cécile has only one thing on her mind: escape. But the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time…

But the more time she spends with the trolls, the more she understands their plight. There is a rebellion brewing. And she just might be the one the trolls were looking for... 

Blood Rose Rebellion, de Rosalyn Eves

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Blood Rose Rebellion, de Rosalyn Eves
Blood Rose Rebellion #1 · Knopf Books for Young Readers · 416 páginas · 11'27€ · 9781101935996

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary.

Her life might well be over.

In Hungary, Anna discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. Not the people around her, from her aloof cousin Noémi to the fierce and handsome Romani Gábor. Not the society she’s known all her life, for discontent with the Luminate is sweeping the land. And not her lack of magic. Isolated from the only world she cares about, Anna still can’t seem to stop herself from breaking spells.

As rebellion spreads across the region, Anna’s unique ability becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and Romanies, Anna must choose: deny her unique power and cling to the life she’s always wanted, or embrace her ability and change that world forever.

The Silent Waters, by Brittainy C. Cherry

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The Silent Waters, de Brittainy C. Cherry
Elements #3 · CreatSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 334 páginas · 11'27€ · 9781537700854

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

Moments.

Our lives are a collection of moments. Some utterly painful and full of yesterday's hurts. Some beautifully hopeful and full of tomorrow's promises.

I’ve had many moments in my lifetime, moments that changed me, challenged me. Moments that scared me and engulfed me. However, the biggest ones—the most heartbreaking and breathtaking ones—all included him.

I was ten years old when I lost my voice. A piece of me was stolen away, and the only person who could truly hear my silence was Brooks Griffin. He was the light during my dark days, the promise of tomorrow, until tragedy found him. Tragedy that eventually drowned him in a sea of memories.

This is the story of a boy and girl who loved each other, but didn’t love themselves. A story of life and death. Of love and broken promises.

Of moments.

The Graces, de Laure Eve

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The Graces, de Laure Eve
The Graces #1 · Amulet Books · 336 páginas · 20'36 (tapa dura) · 9781419721236

★★★☆☆

Sinopsis 

Everyone loves the Graces.

Fenrin Grace is larger than life, almost mythical. He’s the school Pan, seducing girls without really meaning to. He’s biding his time until someone special comes along. Someone different, who will make him wonder how he got along all this time without her. Someone like me.

Fenrin’s twin, Thalia, is a willowy beauty with rippling, honey-colored hair. Wherever she goes, Thalia leaves behind a band of followers who want to emulate her. She casts spells over everyone she encounters, just like Fenrin—even if they both deny it.

Then there’s Summer. She’s the youngest Grace, and the only one who admits she’s really a witch. Summer is dark on the outside—with jet-black hair and kohl-rimmed eyes—and on the inside. It was inevitable that she’d find me, the new girl—a loner with secrets lurking under the surface.

I am River. I am not a Grace. But I’ll do anything to become one.

Flame in the Mist, de Renée Ahdieh

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Flame in the Mist, de Renée Ahdieh
Flame in the Mist #1 · G. P. Putman's Sons Books for Young Reader · 393 páginas · 11'84€ (tapa dura) · 9780399171625

★★★★☆/5

Sinopsis 

The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was sealed the moment she drew her first breath.

So, at just seventeen years old, Mariko is sent to the imperial palace to meet her betrothed, a man she did not choose, for the very first time. But the journey is cut short when Mariko’s convoy is viciously attacked by the Black Clan, a dangerous group of bandits who’ve been hired to kill Mariko before she reaches the palace.

The lone survivor, Mariko narrowly escapes to the woods, where she plots her revenge. Dressed as a peasant boy, she sets out to infiltrate the Black Clan and hunt down those responsible for the target on her back. Once she’s within their ranks, though, Mariko finds for the first time she’s appreciated for her intellect and abilities. She even finds herself falling in love—a love that will force her to question everything she’s ever known about her family, her purpose, and her deepest desires.

Resumen del mes | Octubre 2017

¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis?

La verdad es que los meses comienzan a pasar con rapidez y tengo que admitir que no puedo esperar a que ya sea Navidad y así poder estar en casita y comer bien, porque digamos que la comida de aquí no esta muy rica (y me refiero a la de la residencia). 

Ladrones de Libertad, de Iria G. Parente y Selene M. Pascual

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Ladrones de Libertad, de Iria G. Parente y Selene M. Pascual
Marabilia #3 · Nocturna · 638 páginas · 16'15€ · 9788416858125

★★★★☆/5

Sinopsis 

La tripulación del Angelique está orgullosa de ser lo que es: una tripulación de piratas. Su día a día consiste en navegar por los mares de Marabilia entre aventuras, asaltos a barcos y búsqueda de riquezas: en definitiva, los piratas del Angelique viven sin acatar leyes ni obedecer órdenes de nadie. 

Hasta que el rey Geraint de Dahes los captura y todo apunta a que eso se ha terminado. La pena por piratería es la muerte. A no ser, claro, que alguien les proponga un trato que les permita salvarse... Uno que a su vez ofrezca la posibilidad de una venganza muy ansiada. 

Ante un tesoro tan valioso como la libertad cualquier precio parece escaso. 

The Fire Between High & Lo, de Brittainy C. Cherry

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The Fire Between High & Lo, de Brittainy C. Cherry
Elements #2 · CreatSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 322 páginas · 9'50€ · 9781530691531

★★★★★

Sinopsis 

There once was a boy, and I loved him.

Logan Francis Silverstone was the complete opposite of me. I danced while he stood still. He was quiet, and I was always running my mouth. He struggled to find a smile while I refused to frown. 

The night I saw the darkness that truly lived inside of him, I couldn’t look away.

We were broken together, yet somehow whole. We were wrong together, but always right. We were the stars that burned across the night sky, searching for a wish, praying for better tomorrows.

Until the day I lost him. I threw us away with one hasty decision—a decision that changed us forever.

There once was a boy, and I loved him.

And for a few breaths, a few whispers, a few moments, I think he loved me, too.