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Kronos Chronicles
3 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Kronos Chronicles series.
Evil Prince Rodolfo of Bohemia turned Petra Kronos's father into a monstrous Gray Man in The Celestial Globe, so Petra sets out with her friend Tomik to force the Prince's scientist to invent a cure. Her love interest Neel, now King of the Romany, brings his army to her aid. Picturesque settings, well-plotted action, and steampunk aesthetics keep this darkly magical tale in motion.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(3)
4-6
Kronos Chronicles series.
Desperate to rescue her father from cruel Prince Rodolfo, headstrong Petra Kronos (The Cabinet of Wonders) is herself held prisoner as the ward of English spymaster and magician John Dee. Before he'll release her, she must solve the murder of a man rumored to possess the mysterious Celestial Globe. Strong characterizations and a lively action-adventure plot propel this Elizabethan fantasy-mystery.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(2)
4-6
Kronos Chronicles series.
Petra Kronos's father has magical abilities to construct creatures out of tin and to make a wondrous weather-controlling clock. When the prince of Bohemia blinds Kronos, cutting out his eyes and magicking them for his own use, Petra resolves to steal them back from the prince's Cabinet of Wonders. Rutkoski's bucolic old-world atmosphere keeps her workmanlike plotting feeling fresh and fortuitous.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2009
3 reviews
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