The Twelve Dancing Princesses” never had more fun than the 12 Hamilton sisters in this new take on the old tale. Susie Berneis keeps the energy high as the girls slip away from their overprotective father each night to partake of the glamour of New York City’s nightlife in the Roaring Twenties. Berneis keeps the girls fresh and alive as they visit speakeasies, flirt with gangsters and reprobates, and dance the night away with men of all stripes. When their father believes they’re up to something more sinful, he determines to marry them off or have them committed to institutions. Berneis sounds appropriately distressed as Jo, the eldest sister and narrator of the book, takes matters into her own hands. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
Taking a summer vacation in the pages of a book is cheaper than any cruise, and puts you at zero risk of delays, tourist traps, and glasses-shaped sunburns (unless, of course, you fall asleep reading on the beach). This season’s most exciting historical fiction will take you on a twisting ride through the past, from […]
Each month we ask a panel of our bloggers to suggest a book based on what they’re reading right now. Here’s what we think you should read this month! Dahlia: Illusive, by Emily Lloyd-Jones This YA sci-fi debut is pitched as X-Men meets Ocean’s Eleven, and it fully delivers on that promise. Full of fast-paced action, […]
Myths and legends are a keystone of any culture, and certainly of genre writing—the new stories that draw from history, the older ones that have stood the test of time. Fantasy and sci-fi allow us to examine and remix these stories into new forms, update them with contemporary mores, or alter them until they are near-unrecognizable. Here […]