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Beatty, Robert
4 Reviews
(3)
4-6
The Faeran, magical wood-dwellers, have always lived peacefully alongside the Cherokee in this story set in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1900. Now, loggers and settlers move in, threatening the region's beauty and inhabitants. Young Faeran Willa, who's been taught to fear humans, flees her restrictive clan and finds herself seeking refuge with a human and helping him. Beatty reminds readers of the strength and sacrifices renewal demands.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(3)
4-6
Escaping from a dark grave, young shape-shifter Serafina (Serafina and the Black Cloak; Serafina and the Twisted Staff) finds herself--and the world she knows--changed. Invisible, Serafina can only watch as a terrible evil wreaks havoc, threatening her beloved Biltmore Estate, the Blue Ridge Mountain region, and its inhabitants with catastrophic storms. Suspense and tension build steadily in this gripping trilogy-closer.
Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan
(3)
4-6
After defeating the Man in the Black Cloak and learning she's part catamount, Serafina must once again battle dark forces on the Biltmore Estate in 1899. More tightly plotted than Serafina and the Black Cloak, this sequel is packed with foreboding and tension as Serafina protects the estate and deals with a truly unsettling discovery. An author's note discusses the real Biltmore Estate in North Carolina.
Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan
(4)
4-6
In 1899 North Carolina, catlike girl Serafina lives in the glamorous Biltmore Estate, unbeknownst to anyone except her maintenance-man father. That changes when she witnesses a fantastical assault from her basement hideaway: a man absorbs a screaming girl into his cloak. To save her, Serafina comes out of hiding and discovers her own strange heritage. Steady suspense mostly compensates for an unwieldy plot.
Reviewer: Lauren Rizzuto
4 reviews
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