1. Ironskin by Tina Connolly
Publisher: Tor Books
Length: 304 pages
Review Date: September 6, 2012
"Jane Eliot wears an iron mask.
It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin.
When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.
Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her own scars, and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey.
Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of her new life—and discovers just how far she will go to become whole again."
2. The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Length: 272 pages
Review Date: September 8, 2012
"The start of a stirring fantasy trilogy from Emily Rodda, the internationally bestselling author of Dragons of Deltora!
The walled city of Weld is under attck from ferocious flying creatures that raid in the night, bringing death and destruction. The Warden calls for Volunteers to find and destroy the Enemy sending invaders, and the heroes of Weld answer the call one by one, never to return. Rye is oficially too young to go, but his brothers are among the lost and he must find them. What terrors await him beyond the Wall?"
3. The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Length: 560 pages
Review Date: September 11, 2012
"Will West is careful to live life under the radar. At his parents’ insistence, he’s made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam.
Now Will is being courted by an exclusive prep school . . . and is being followed by men driving black sedans. When Will suddenly loses his parents, he must flee to the school. There he begins to explore all that he’s capable of—physical and mental feats that should be impossible—and learns that his abilities are connected to a struggle between titanic forces that has lasted for millennia"
That ends our segment for this week. Which one sound the most interesting to you? Be sure to check out my Book Review Index where you can see a full list of books I've reviewed as well as give me suggestions to what other books you'd like to see me review (both already released and yet-to-be released books.) As Always I'll leave you with, follow me by email using the form in the sidebar and on Twitter @FlyeZachary93 to stay up to date on all the segments and reviews as well as my "super secret" giveaway coming up soon, details to come.
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