LEE MCKENZIE GUEST POST AND SIGN OF THE GREEN D. HANNAH WEST GUEST POST AND KINGDOM OF ASH AND BRIA.See what I mean about it sounding good? Now here's Hannah! With clever homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a fast-paced, exciting, and wholly original debut. To save the kingdoms, Bristal must find the courage to show her true form.īuilding on homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jane Austen’s Emma and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a spectacular debut. Sixteen-year-old Bristal discovers she is a shapeshifter, one of three remaining elicromancers tasked with guarding the realm of Nissera against dark magic while manipulating three royal families to promote peace Ages 12 up 'A Holiday House Book. As an army of dark creatures grows closer, Bristal faces a supernatural war. Should she vow to seek the good of the world, to protect and serve mortals? Or should she follow the strength of her power, even if it leads to unknown terrors? She draws on her ability to disguise herself as a man to infiltrate a prince's band of soldiers, and masquerades as a fairy godmother to shield a cursed princess, but time is running out.

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

Bristal, an orphaned kitchen maid, lands in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she is an elicromancer with a knack for shape-shifting. Their gifts are fraught with responsibility, and sixteen-year-old Bristal is torn between two paths. The Nissera Chronicles by Hannah West

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Shes descended from an ancient line of immortal sorcerers called elicromancersa race that has all but died out in her world, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war. A stunning fantasy inspired by familiar fairy-tales, complete with cursed princesses, thieves-turned-soldiers, and an orphan girl transformed into an immortal, shapeshifting heroine. Listen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android.

An ancient breed of immortal magic beings, elicromancers have been winnowed down to merely two - now three - after centuries of bloody conflict in the realm. Bristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, finds herself in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has magic in her blood. Listen to Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West with a free trial.

Bristal, an orphaned kitchen maid, lands in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she is an elicromancer with a knack for shape-shifting.

The kingdom of ash and briars