The Pyramid Waltz/Barbara Ann Wright Bold Strokes Books, December 2012 213 pages – ebook To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts and she breaks women’s hearts. But when the festival lights go down and the palace slumbers, Katya chases traitors to the crown and protects theRead More
Kit reviews About a girl by Joanne Horniman
I remember when we lay together for the first time and I closed my eyes and felt the crackle of her dark hair between my fingers. She was all warmth and sparking light. When I was with her, my skin sighed that the center of the world was precisely here. Anna is afraid she mustRead More
Kit reviews Noble Falling by Sara Gaines
Aleana Melora, Duchess of Eniva, knows her duty. She comes from a noble family of formidable reputation, and her upcoming marriage to her realm’s Prince, Tallak, will seal it for generations. This does not mean she looks forward to it, only that she will do what she must. The Duchess expects quiet dissatisfaction and loneliness,Read More
Kit reviews The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
The afternoon my parents died, I was out shoplifting with Irene Klauson. Every review I’ve read of Cameron Post starts with that line. Somehow, there doesn’t seem to be any other way. It’s a flash of the voice you’re going to know better than your own by the end of 300 pages, and her sadnessRead More
Kit reviews Huntress by Malinda Lo
Huntress / Malinda Lo Little Brown and Company, 2011 If you could change your fate…would you? Argh, wait. Wrong story. At its heart, all the same, Malinda Lo’s Huntress is a beautifully written, sometimes strangely distant story that tackles fate, free will, and the joy of a journey. Two girls study at The Academy—a wrought-ironRead More