eBook Review: The Elite (The Selection #2) by Kiera Cass

Title: The Elite
Author: Kiera Cass
Publisher: Harper Teen
Edition: I/eBook English Version
Published: April 2013
Page: 336
ISBN: 978-0-062-05996-3
Genre: Young-Adult, Romance, Fiction

Synopsis: The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever-and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first love, Aspen?
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want-and America's chance to choose is about to slip away.

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eBook Review: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Title: Cruel Beauty
Author: Rosamund Hodge
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Edition: I/ eBook English Version
Published: January 2014
Page: 352
ISBN: 978-0-062-22475-0
Genre: Young-Adult Fiction, Romance, Mythology

Synopsis:

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.

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eBook Review: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Synopsis: When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren's refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment.

As food runs low and the days go from boiling hot to freezing cold, it is all Dashti can do to keep them fed and comfortable.

But the arrival outside the tower of Saren's two suitors—one welcome, and the other decidedly less so—brings both hope and great danger, and Dashti must make the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows.

With Shannon Hale's lyrical language, this forgotten but classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm is reimagined and reset on the central Asian steppes; it is a completely unique retelling filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise.

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Book Review: Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

Judul: Homeless Bird
Judul Asli: Homeless Bird
Pengarang: Gloria Whelan
Penerbit: Atria
Cetakan: I/September 2012
Penerjemah: Ida Wajdi
Tebal: 182hlm
ISBN: 978-979-024-504-4
Genre: Novel Remaja-Dewasa

Sinopsis:

Seperti kebanyakan gadis lainnya di India yang berusia tiga belas tahun, Koly pun harap-harap cemas akan rencana pernikahannya. Walaupun dia ingin menikah, dia tidak mau meninggalkan keluarganya. 

Ternyata, pernikahan itu tidak sesuai dengan apa yang dibayangkan. Sebuah peristiwa tragis mengubah segalanya dan dia menemukan dirinya terasing di keluarga barunya.

Dia terjebak dalam tradisi yang mengendalikan takdir. Dia terbuang, tersesat dalam dunia yang kejam dan tidak dikenalinya. Namun terkadang, keberanian dan harapan bisa lebih kuat daripada tradisi. Dan seseorang, dapat menentukan takdirnya sendiri.

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