(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
Rootless by Chris Howard, review at Into
the Hall of Books
17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using scrap metal
and salvaged junk, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from
the desolate landscape. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree—they were
destroyed more than a century ago—his father used to tell him stories about the
Old World. But that was before his father was taken . . .
Everything changes when Banyan meets a woman with a
strange tattoo—a clue to the whereabouts of the last living trees on earth, and
he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. Those who make it past
the pirates and poachers can't escape the locusts—the locusts that now feed on
human flesh.
But Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's
running out of time. Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an uneasy
alliance with Alpha, an alluring, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own.
As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes
shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to
bring back the trees.
Wonders
of the Invisible World by Patricia
A. McKillip, review at Fantasy
Cafe
Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, imperceptible
landscapes are explored in these opulent stories from a beloved fantasy icon.
There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an
official of exotic lineage, and fortune’s fool stealing into the present
instead of the future. In one mesmerizing tale, a time-traveling angel is
forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather’s religious ravings, while another
narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning
the treasure that is rightfully hers. Bewitching, bittersweet, and deeply
intoxicating, this collection draws elements from the fables of history and
re-creates them in startlingly magical ways.
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis, review at Fantasy
Faction
Blood’s
Pride by Evie Manieri, review at A
Fantastical Librarian
The Dead
of Winter by Lee Collins, review at A
Fantastical Librarian
Full
Blooded by Amanda Carlson, review at Bastard
Books
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own
Making by Catherynne M Valente, review at Janicu’s
Book Blog
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff, review at The
Midnight Garden
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