The Broken World (Marked Girl Series #2)

by Lindsey Klingele

Overview

An exciting sequel to The Marked Girl, filled with fantastical adventure and a quest to save two worlds.

In the fantasy world of Caelum, Liv, Cedric, and Kat attempt to defeat an evil traitor and his army to save their families and the kingdom. Meanwhile, Liv’s best friend and Cedric’s frenemy stick in LA to try and figure out how to fix Los Angeles.

The city, thanks to the open portals between LA and Caelum, is breaking down: the sky is orange, gravity isn’t working right, and earthquakes shake the ground every few hours.

When the crew reunites in LA, it’s a race against time to restore the balance of magic between the two worlds.

The adventure that started in Lindsey Klingele’s The Marked Girl concludes in The Broken World!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062380364
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/29/2017
Series:	Marked Girl Series , #2
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Lindsey Klingele, author of The Marked Girl and its sequel, The Broken World, as well as The Truth Lies Here, was raised in Michigan and now lives in Los Angeles. She has worked in television, in addition to writing YA novels. You can visit her online at www.lindseyklingele.com.

Editorial Reviews

Will appeal strongly to many fans of urban fantasy....This will be a satisfying addition to most high school libraries.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

“A popcorn fantasy.” — Kirkus Reviews

“The Broken World is an easy-to-read novel with an exciting plot.” — Lucero Rios, Teen Reviewer, VOYA

From the Publisher

The Broken World is an easy-to-read novel with an exciting plot.

Lucero Rios

Will appeal strongly to many fans of urban fantasy....This will be a satisfying addition to most high school libraries.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

07/01/2017
Gr 8 Up—Portal fantasy gets the Hollywood treatment in this sequel to The Marked Girl. Los Angeles is in chaos after Liv, Prince Cedric, and Cedric's betrothed Kat opened portals to the magical realm Caelum in order to rescue Liv's brother and the Royal Families from Malquin and his army of monstrous wraths. Back in L.A., Liv's friend Shannon and Cedric's cousin Merek have to contend with earthquakes, orange skies, and a string of murders. Liv and her friends need to find a way to save Caelum, stop Malquin, and prevent L.A.'s destruction. Like many blockbuster films, Klingele's conclusion to the duology is action-packed, with a convoluted plot, copious car chases, too many characters, and a weak ending. There are holes in the plot's all too convenient resolution. The novel's strength is its protagonist. Liv is a realistic and ordinary Earth girl—vomiting upon seeing blood, fawning over her brother, and remaining fiercely loyal to her social worker—despite the strange circumstances. The secondary characters, however, lack development, and chapters focusing on them crawl forward. Other characters are introduced and dropped pages later. Klingele substitutes death and magic for interpersonal connections. VERDICT Purchase only where urban fantasy, action books, and the author's first work are popular.—Bridgid Gallagher-Sauter, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH

School Library Journal

2017-06-05
Liv must rescue her brother in the alternate world Caelum and face the consequences the portals pose for Los Angeles in this sequel. In the magical world of Caelum, Liv and teen royals Cedric and Kat are working to rescue their relatives from the villainous Malquin when they're helped from a tough spot by Rafe, older brother of Merek, who's stuck in an LA hospital. The tension that develops between Cedric and Rafe, mainly over who should lead the people Rafe led during the events of The Marked Girl (2016), creates more tension between Cedric and Liv, who feels left out of the decision-making and strategizing, especially in the face of their tired love triangle with Kat. The Caelum storyline offers some surprises, and the protagonists learn that the portals are threatening Earth. The alternating storyline covers left-behind characters Joe, Shannon, and Merek as they seek the rapidly-going-extinct Knights of Valere to correct the strange happenings (including the orange sky, earthquakes, and magical anomalies) that are turning LA into an apocalyptic city. Although the plot relies on the occasional contrivance, the characters' joint solution to their problems is both good fun and fitting for the characters and city, and it yields a strong conclusion. Aside from Asian Shannon and one dark-skinned side character, most seem white. A popcorn fantasy. (Fantasy. 12-16)

Kirkus Reviews