Books Via Ashley

Given To The Sea by Mindy McGinnis Synopsis Khosa has the dancing sickness that will one day carry her into the sea as a sacrifice, but first she must produce an heir. However, human contact makes her sick. Vincent is the prince of a kingdom Khosa must save, but can he save her instead? And from the other side of the land, an enemy marches on the kingdom. Review I received this book in the April FairyLoot box. I really wanted to like this one because I LOVED McGinnis' book last year, The Female of the Species . But I think her forte is in contemporary and not fantasy. I just don't even know where to begin... The world was super confusing. I had no idea what was going on half the time with the various peoples on this... Island? Continent? There's this race or species of people whose skin changes color and there's only two of them left. Then there's another people who send their citizens out to sea to die, then a group of people who are all disabled in

Roar by Cora Cormack Synopsis Aurora comes from a long line of Stormlings--People who can control and tame the powerful storms that plague their world. She's all set to be the next ruler, except for one problem: She hasn't shown any sign of Stormling magic. To protect her secret and the crown, she arranges marriage to a prince from another kingdom who has strong Stormling powers. But he's keeping dark secrets of his own. One night Aurora follows him to a black market for magic, where she discovers that people who weren't born with storm magic now possess it. Seeing there's another way for her to gain magic and save her kingdom, Aurora flees her home and joins up with a team of storm hunters. But there is more danger than just the storms out in the wilds. Review I received Roar in my June FairyLoot box. First off, the STORMS! Terrible, strong, vicious storms, that can think . Stormlings are people who can control certain types of storms, and this ability