Tuesday, March 10, 2015

[Book Review] An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

Fiction/Romance
Reader’s Advisory Romance Genre Spotlight
AN OFFER  FROM A GENTLEMAN by Julia Quinn (Avon Books, 2001)

An Offer from a Gentleman begins like a Cinderella story but with a twist. Sophie is a “warden” of the Penwood family, but she truly is the “outside child” of Earl of Penwood. But when Earl of Penwood dies suddenly, Sophie’s life is turned from “warden” to “slave” working for her stepmother and two stepsisters. When the Bridgeton Family holds a grand masquerade ball, Sophie gets a chance of a lifetime to live like “Cinderella“  for one night and dance with the “prince,” Benedict Bridgeton. But when the clock strikes midnight, reality kicks in and her life changes dramatically -- her home and way of life are stripped away from her forcing her to start a new life unknown and alone.
Three years later, fate steps in. Sophie finds herself on a new adventure full of twists and turns with the last person she thought she would ever see again: Benedict, her prince.

Shelley Moore, Raleigh Library

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

[Book Review] Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Fiction/Fantasy 
Reader’s Advisory Fantasy Fiction Genre Spotlight

THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, Book 1) by Saladin Ahmed (DAW Books, 2012)
Throne of the Crescent Moon is a fantasy tale entwined with a Middle Eastern flare. Doctor Adoulla Makhslood is an old man who is ready for retirement--or death. By living his life as a ghul hunter, he has lost the chance for love in his life, and also close friends. He’s tired and is ready to give it all up. But he must team up yet again with his pious assistant, Raseed bas Raseed, and shape shifting lioness warrior, Zamia, to fight off an evil that will not only threaten to destroy the Throne of the Crescent Moon but the city and life he knows as well.
Shelley, Raleigh Branch Library

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