Usa: conociendo libros (VI)

Elayne thinks the old family story that one of her ancestors stepped through a tapestry into a world of mythical beasts makes a great fireside tale. But she lives in the real world. In New York City. And she's outgrown that kind of fantasy.

Until she finds herself in front of a unicorn tapestry at the Cloisters museum and sees her initials woven into the fabric. And hears a unicorn calling to her. And slips and falls—into that other world.

Suddenly the line between fantasy and reality isn't so clear. But the danger is real enough. Almost before she can think, Elayne is attacked by a ferocious beast, rescued by a unicorn, and taken prisoner by a tyrant king. Each of them seems to have an idea about her—that she's a hero, a villain, dinner!

But Elayne has a few ideas of her own. She wants to overthrow the king; she wants to tame the unicorn. She wants to go home! And she's willing to become both hero and villain to do it.

From the tale...

He dropped to his knees before her. Lowered his head, the horn passing in front of her face, so close she could see its spiral grooves. She blinked, scarcely breathing, bracing for the huge weight that was to come. But when his muzzle touched her, running from her shoulder down to her hip, she was amazed at how gentle he was, how light. She almost laughed when one velvet ear flicked at her neck. Until the veil of eyelashes slowly opened – and she was staring into his eye.

It had dazzled her from afar. She had seen universes there. She’d undersold it.

It was like no blue she’d ever seen. No single shade could sum it up. Layers of blue, from darkest midnight to the most violet of dawns. Swimming with stars, galaxies dancing over the void, spirals of nebulae like the spirals of a horn, twisting through the heavens. Everything spun out from the center, from the globe of the pupil, which seemed black until she looked closer. Until she saw that it too was bottomless. Until she began to fall through its depths.

“Ahhh!” Elayne’s sigh was long, and his head rose and fell so gently with her breath. She didn’t know if she was meant to do anything. She wouldn’t have known what. All she could do, she did, staring into infinity.

Evie Pomeroy sueña con ser un médico, al igual que sus padres habían sido. Una beca  le da su oportunidad, y se dispone a ir la universidad acompañado por su vecino. Pero los bandidos, un naufragio, una criatura misteriosa, e incluso la amistad se puede alejar de ella lo que más importa. YA fantasía para adolescentes y preadolescentes. (traducido por mi)

A promise.
Quinceañera.
A promise that we would be together on my fifteenth birthday . . . 

Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of the heart. But now Sarah IS a vampire—changed by the boy she thought she loved. Her family has forsaken her, and Sarah herself is disgusted by her appetite for blood. Aida Vida is Sarah's older sister, the good, reliable sibling who always does her family proud. But when Aida's mother insists that Sarah be found and killed, Aida is given the one assignment that she may not be able to carry out.

Taking place over just twenty-four hours, ALL JUST GLASS tells the story of a game-changing battle that will forever change the world of the Den of Shadows. And at its center is the story of two sisters who must choose between love and duty. Dark, fully-imagined, and hard to put down, ALL JUST GLASS will thrill Amelia's fans—old and new.

 Es una novela histórica sobre una atrevida de nombre Emmajin  de 16 años de edad, nieta imaginaria de Kublai Khan. Emmajin quiere unirse al ejército mongol y convertirse en una leyenda en el campo de batalla, sus planes se complican cuando conoce a un extranjero con encanto de una tierra lejana - llamado Marco Polo.(traducido por mi)