Huntress
Readers rate it 3.7 (34 on Hardcover)
248 pages · Released Apr 5, 2011 · Hachette+ORM
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Huntress is a well-regarded YA fantasy adventure with a central romance between two young women, making LGBTQ+ themes a significant and affirming presence. The story features moderate fantasy violence and some scary supernatural encounters, but nothing graphically depicted. The emotional and thematic core emphasizes loyalty, courage, and sacrifice, with protagonists who demonstrate good judgment and personal growth. Readers should be at least mid-teen to appreciate the romantic and emotional complexity alongside the adventure.
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Nature is out of balance in the human kingdom. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. And the people's survival hangs in the balance. To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are pic... Nature is out of balance in the human kingdom. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. And the people's survival hangs in the balance. To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard-of journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen. Taisin is a sage, thrumming with magic, and Kaede is of the earth, without a speck of the otherworldly. And yet the two girls' destinies are drawn together during the mission. As members of their party succumb to unearthly attacks and fairy tricks, the two come to rely on each other and even begin to fall in love. But the Kingdom needs only one huntress to save it, and what it takes could tear Kaede and Taisin apart forever. The exciting adventure prequel to Malinda Lo's highly acclaimed novel Ash is overflowing with lush Chinese influences and details inspired by the I Ching, and is filled with action and romance.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Romance
- Young Adult
- Adventure
- Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction
- LGBTQ
- Fairy tales
- Fantasy
- Fairies
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ISBN 9780316175203 · Hachette+ORM