I had the pleasure of receiving friend and author Sarah Prineas's new book, WINTERLING. It happened like this:
Me: OMG, Sarah! I love your new cover! It has a horse!
Sarah: Thank you! But it's not a horse . . .
Me: ARC!!
And the HarperCollins publicity team had one at my doorstep a few days later.
Sarah and I share a book birthday, January 3, 2012. I'm not going to spoil the plot, but I will say that Fer, the main female character, is refreshing and curious. I love seeing a girl in this role and Fer learns a lot about herself while she tackles what seems like an insurmountable journey. It's a true coming of age story that I'd recommend to middle grade and tween readers.
Here's what Barnes & Noble has to say:
We live here, my girl, because it
is close to the Way, and echoes of its magic are felt in our world. The
Way is a path leading to another place, where the people are governed
by different rules. Magic runs through them and their land.
With her boundless curiosity and
wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn't belong. Not when the
forest is calling to her, when the rush of wind through branches feels
more real than school or the quiet farms near her house. Then she saves
an injured creature—he looks like a boy, but he's really something else.
He knows who Fer truly is, and invites her through the Way, a passage
to a strange, dangerous land.
Fer feels an instant attachment to
this realm, where magic is real and oaths forge bonds stronger than
iron. But a powerful huntress named the Mór rules here, and Fer can
sense that the land is perilously out of balance. Fer must unlock the
secrets about the parents she never knew and claim her true place before
the worlds on both sides of the Way descend into endless winter.
Sarah Prineas captivates in this
fantasy-adventure about a girl who must find within herself the power to
set right a terrible evil.
Pre-order a copy now! :) <3
