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294 pp.
| HarperTeen
| February, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-237767-8$17.99
(4)
YA
In the sequel to Reign of Shadows, Luna and Fowler continue their dangerous journey across a land shrouded in perpetual eclipse. Out of necessity, they enter another realm's fortified castle, where they must outlast monsters of a different sort from the ones that dwell under the earth. An abrupt ending and hackneyed tropes mar this fantasy-romance with a solidly built medieval-like setting.
293 pp.
| HarperTeen
| February, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-237764-7$17.99
(4)
YA
Princess Luna is hidden away in a tower from the man who usurped her family's throne seventeen years ago. When Fowler, a tough, taciturn nomad, stumbles upon Luna's hiding place--and Luna saves him from its monstrous dwellers--the two set off together through a world in a constant state of night. Jordan's world-building is strong, but the characters are little more than YA-fantasy stereotypes.
355 pp.
| HarperTeen
| February, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-223371-4$17.99
(4)
YA
Injured and separated from her friends in their escape to Mexico, Davy (Uninvited) is rescued by Caden, a fellow Homicidal Tendency Syndrome carrier. Recovering in a resistance cell, Davy must keep her guard up if she wants to reunite with her friends, keep herself safe, and fight her growing feelings for Caden. A well-crafted, if low-stakes, dystopian novel awash in romance tropes.
(4)
YA
Davina leads a charmed life until she tests positive for the Homicidal Tendency Gene. In her new cage-like classroom, Davy meets fellow carrier and bad boy Sean. Both tapped to attend the government-managed school, the seeming opposites must figure out how to survive abuse and discrimination--among potential killers. Predictable tropes partly dilute this fluid read with a gripping dystopian premise.
264 pp.
| HarperCollins
| September, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-193512-1$17.99
(4)
YA
Dragonlike shape-shifter Jacinda rescues a member of her pride from a cruel laboratory, but one of their fellow escapees may pose as much of a threat as the human hunters tracking them. Jacinda's continued romantic dilemma lacks emotional punch; tension with her twin Tamra--who's finally come into her own rare powers--is more successfully evoked.
294 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| September, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-193510-7$17.99
(4)
YA
Jacinda and her family (Firelight) must return to their pride of dragonlike shapeshifters to escape hunters--separating Jacinda from her human boyfriend Will. Pride life proves excruciatingly restrictive; eventually, Jacinda puts herself and others at risk to be with Will again. The intricacies of the hierarchical draki society are more intriguing than Jacinda's search for her place in it and subsequent love triangle.
326 pp.
| HarperTeen
| September, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-193508-4$16.99
(4)
YA
Jacinda's mother relocates the family far from their pride of draki, dragonlike shape-shifters. Struggling to assimilate into human life and fearing she will lose the ability to shift, Jacinda finds solace in a relationship with Will--whose relatives hunt draki for sport. This star-crossed supernatural romance occasionally gets bogged down in awkward dialogue and self-indulgent angst, but lyrical descriptions of draki experiences soar.