3.2
Young adult
*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book*
""Listeners will fall under the spell of the prose and narration and won't wake up until the last word is spoken—and maybe not even then. Highly recommended.""—Erin Entrada Kelly, 2018 Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author
A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of
The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.
When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon or what horrors she faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome young man, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny of sitting on a throne beside him. It’s all like a dream, like something from a fairy tale. As Ama follows Emory to the kingdom of Harding, however, she discovers that not all is as it seems. There is more to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows, and the greatest threats may not be behind her, but around her, now, and closing in.
© 2018 Balzer + Bray (Luisterboek): 9780062890238
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 oktober 2018
3.2
Young adult
*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book*
""Listeners will fall under the spell of the prose and narration and won't wake up until the last word is spoken—and maybe not even then. Highly recommended.""—Erin Entrada Kelly, 2018 Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author
A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of
The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.
When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon or what horrors she faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome young man, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny of sitting on a throne beside him. It’s all like a dream, like something from a fairy tale. As Ama follows Emory to the kingdom of Harding, however, she discovers that not all is as it seems. There is more to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows, and the greatest threats may not be behind her, but around her, now, and closing in.
© 2018 Balzer + Bray (Luisterboek): 9780062890238
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 oktober 2018
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Linde
11 feb 2021
A very bizar story and ending, not for YA. A lot of sexual violence.
Michelle
29 nov 2020
How are there no trigger warnings on this book? How is this marketed to YA?I have no words for this. Shocking in a bad way.
Eefje
13 jan 2023
Dit is geen young adult!!! Verkrachting en aanranding zijn een terugkerend thema in dit verhaal. - einde bewerkingDe plottwist van dit boek is wanneer de hoofdrol eindelijk actie onderneemt. Het concept is goed, helaas is de uitwerking minder. De hoofdpersoon was ongeloofwaardig en frustrerend oppervlakkig door haar amnesia. De echte grote plottwist is vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk al duidelijk, wat af doet aan de charme van het boek.
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