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Cameron, Sharon
5 Reviews
(3)
YA
In this companion to The Forgetting, Samara is one of the Knowing, humans on a foreign planet who cannot forget anything. But Samara considers this "punishment" and flees to Canaan "to Forget." Beckett is from Earth, sent to Samara's planet to find the lost colony of Canaan. Their chance meeting and burgeoning attraction lead them to uncover dark secrets of each society in a fast-paced, twisting plot made vivid by enthralling prose.
Reviewer: Siena Leslie
(3)
YA
Every twelve years, the inhabitants of Canaan have their memories erased in "the Forgetting." Only Nadia doesn't forget--she remembers the bloody chaos of the last Forgetting, and she is determined to stop the next one and save her family and city. Well-sustained suspense, believable characterization, a heroic protagonist, a hint of romance, and an unexpected but satisfying end twist make this a compelling read.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
(3)
YA
This light yarn is a quasi-futuristic riff on The Scarlet Pimpernel, here with an adolescent female savior, Sophia (secretly the Red Rook), smuggling aristocrats away from the guillotine in a no-longer-industrialized Paris governed with terror by the mad, Robespierre-like official, LeBlanc. Thanks to the futuristic reversion to old ways, this reads as a period romance of sorts, complete with décolletage and silken breeches.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
(3)
YA
After she prevents the kidnapping of her uncle Tully, whom the British government wants to recruit for his mechanical genius, Katharine heads to Paris to find his vanished assistant, Lane, and get some answers; a slew of questions and political intrigue await, plunging her into danger. A satisfying sequel to The Dark Unwinding with fluid writing and intricately constructed historical adventure.
Reviewer: Ariel Baker-Gibbs
(2)
YA
Sent by her greedy aunt to commit her uncle to a lunatic asylum, penniless Katharine discovers her eccentric uncle is a mechanical genius. Soon it's clear something bigger is going on than an effort to protect the estate's future. Like Uncle Tulman's fine machinery, the plot's many cogs each have a place in this dense novel written in fluid prose.
Reviewer: Ariel Baker-Gibbs
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November, 2012
5 reviews
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