A sequel for existing fans only.
The fateful love story between a teen girl and a boy from the afterlife continues in this follow-up to Ferryman (2021).
Dylan and Tristan crossed over to the land of the living, inhabiting borrowed bodies on borrowed time. Dylan should have died in the train accident that sent her to the wasteland, and Tristan should have kept to his mission there as a ferryman of souls. Now, as Tristan adjusts to modern living and Dylan recovers from her injuries, they discover their actions have dire consequences. Not only did they leave a gap behind that allows wraiths to follow them into the living world, causing havoc wherever they go, but they are also now physically bound to one another, and if they are separated for too long, they will die. Unbeknownst to them both, another ferryman is following Tristan’s and Dylan’s tracks. This time around, the pair’s tale focuses on the very real, very dull world of school, dances, and petty jealousies—in between fighting deadly creatures and the otherworldly forces that wish to keep them apart. The contrast is as stark as the age difference between Dylan and Tristan (she is 15; he has been around for centuries) and as jarring as their love, which is lacking in chemistry. The narrative also follows the more interesting ferryman Susanna as she pines for a different life. Main characters are cued White.
A sequel for existing fans only. (Fantasy. 12-16)Pub Date: Oct. 11, 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1846-6
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Walker US/Candlewick
Review Posted Online: July 26, 2022
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 2022
A festive story that shows that in the end it’s friends, not followers, who count.
Two social media influencers on either side of the Atlantic decide to switch places to boost followers—and learn some life lessons in the process.
Holly, a 16-year-old Brit, adores Christmas. She sends herself a card in advance every year and makes a 39-point Christmas-decorating list. But all the tinsel in the world won’t improve her mood after a bad boyfriend breakup. Meanwhile, in Alpine Peaks, New Jersey, American Elle is working to increase the following of her new social media account, @OneElleOfATime, and helping her parents with their Christmas tree rental and decoration business while struggling with the stress of yet another move. A challenge from another influencer to take part in a race to be the first to get 15,000 new followers propels the girls to engage in a life swap over Christmas. Holly’s and Elle’s alternating first-person narratives are laugh-out-loud funny. The roller-coaster drama of their lives as they pursue this outrageous adventure while adapting to each other’s cultures, dealing with the stress of finding material to attract followers to their accounts, and meeting cute boys will keep the pages turning. The constant British versus American wordplay threading the narrative will appeal to many and will introduce non-British readers to holiday traditions such as mince pies, Christmas jumpers (sweaters), and pantomime. All main characters present White.
A festive story that shows that in the end it’s friends, not followers, who count. (Romance. 12-16)Pub Date: Nov. 2, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-72824-897-4
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Review Posted Online: Sept. 14, 2021
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 2021
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An underwhelming spinoff that may satisfy avid Disney fans.
The latest hero’s backstory from the Disney universe stars Cinderella’s prince.
Although the king wants him to marry, Prince August clings to the memory of his first crush, Ella, who lives in Fresne. The two were close even though August, at his parents’ urging, kept his royal status secret, but Ella withdrew after her widowed father remarried and then died. Warned off by her stepmother, August reluctantly gave up trying to reach Ella. His friend Martin’s investigation of a series of strange occurrences in Fresne gives August the chance to return to his mother’s hometown. He finds Ella wary but happy to see him, and she joins their search to learn why several townspeople have forgotten someone close to them. Solving this mystery occupies much of the novel. Miller works to update the world of the original 1950 movie version, but the prince unfortunately remains a bland placeholder (he dances; he grapples with the mystery of the glass shoe). The French-inflected world includes LGBTQ+ characters who are woven naturally into the story. (Martin becomes smitten with a young man named Oliver, whom he meets in Fresne, and one of the amnesia victims, Blaise, uses they/them pronouns.) The leads are cued white; there’s some diversity in skin tone among the supporting cast.
An underwhelming spinoff that may satisfy avid Disney fans. (Fantasy. 12-16)Pub Date: Oct. 1, 2024
ISBN: 9781368085489
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Disney Press
Review Posted Online: Aug. 3, 2024
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 2024
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