Recensione: Our Crooked Hearts - Melissa Albert

Ciao a tutti. Concludo il mese di novembre con una recensione che ho preparato qualche tempo fa di un libro uscito da pochissimo (o che uscirà a breve) in italiano per Rizzoli, ma che io ho letto in inglese. È Our Crooked Hearts di Melissa Albert

TITOLO: Our Crooked Hearts 

AUTORE: Melissa Albert 

COLLANA: Flatiron Books 

PREZZO (CARTACEO): 9,72€ 

PREZZO (EBOOK): 6,07€ 

TRAMA [ENG]: SECRETS. LIES. SUPER-BAD CHOICES. WITCHCRAFT. This is Our Crooked Hearts - a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood.

In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer . . .
Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there's more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye.
Dana's tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she's playing with are also playing with her.
Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with.

Recensione: River of Shadows - Karina Halle

Ciao a tutti. Oggi vi parlo di un libro che ho trovato nella Bookish Box di aprile e che ha subito scatenato la mia curiosità: sto parlando di River of Shadows, un dark (ma non poi così tanto) fantasy ancora inedito in Italia di Karina Halle, autrice più nota per i suoi romance spicy. 

TITOLO: River of Shadows 

AUTORE: Karina Halle 

COLLANA: Selfpublishing

PREZZO (CARTACEO): 17,30€ 

PREZZO (EBOOK): 4,60€ 

TRAMA [ENG]: When 24-year old Hanna Heikkinen's estranged father dies, she reluctantly makes the trip to Northern Finland for his funeral. Being in the enchanting land of ice and snow feels miles away from Hanna's busy life back in Los Angeles, especially under the complicated circumstances. But when Hanna discovers that her father's body is missing, that's when things really get weird. A mysterious man, Rasmus, tells Hanna the truth: her father was a powerful shaman who went into Tuonela, the Realm of the Dead, in order to barter for more life, and has been held captive by Tuoni, the God of Death. The only way her father can be freed is if she travels with Rasmus into the mythical underworld to rescue him. Willing to do anything to have a second-chance with her father, Hanna accompanies Rasmus into the dark and bloody realm, traveling via the River of Shadows, stalked by dangerous creatures, monsters, and the living dead, until they finally come into the haunted kingdom ruled by Death and his family. Only for her to be captured and held prisoner by the God of Death himself. Turns out Death is intrigued by Hanna's beauty and fierceness and makes a bargain with her. If she marries him, and spends an eternity in the Realm of the Dead as his wife, he'll set her father free. But even the most noble sacrifices come with hidden costs, and Hanna's might involve the most unexpected of all things: her heart.