YAY! I just received a new arc via NetGalley, this time it's The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green, provided by the lovely Penguin Random House UK Children’s. There was a little note from the author included in the email I just received that I wanted to share: Dear Reader, It’s been an amazing few years since my debut trilogy, Half Bad, was published. I’d like to thank you, the readers, for your support and enthusiasm. I wouldn’t be here without you. The Smoke Thieves is the first book in my new fantasy series, which is out in May 2018. I’m incredibly excited about this new story and world. It’s a journey, in more ways than one, for five protagonists from different countries—Tash, a young demon hunter; Edyon, a compulsive and impulsive young student; March, a radicalized young servant from a country destroyed by war; Ambrose, the handsome, idealistic soldier whose values are at odds with his government; and Catherine, a princess with an imminent arranged marriage—all of whom are driven by fate, ambition, and desperation, as their paths come together over an illegal bottle of demon smoke. The Smoke Thieves began with a number of character ideas, but it was Catherine that pulled the story together. There's a lot of talk about strong female characters in YA fiction, and I wanted to write a character that used her brains, initiative and, anything else at her disposal to take power. Unfortunately, intelligent and ambitious females usually end up being the baddies. There is still an implication that brains and hard work are somehow unattractive and women should be kind and thoughtful (as if these traits are mutually exclusive). I'm frustrated that we (women) have made so little progress in the world of business and politics since my teenage years, in the seventies. I hope that by creating lead characters like Catherine, I can help influence girls and young women in how they perceive they can control their own destiny. Sally Green Now I want to read this book even more!!! I am all about badass, intelligent, cunning, determined leading ladies and fingers crossed, that's what we're going to get. Is it just me also or does anyone else get a sort of Six of Crows feeling about this book from the letter above and the blurb below?? A princess, a traitor, a hunter and a thief. Four teenagers with the fate of the world in their hands. Four nations destined for conflict.
In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares for a loveless political marriage arranged by her brutal and ambitious father. In Calidor, downtrodden servant March seeks revenge on the prince who betrayed his people. In Pitoria, feckless Edyon steals cheap baubles for cheaper thrills as he drifts from town to town. And in the barren northern territories, thirteen-year-old Tash is running for her life as she plays bait for the gruff demon hunter Gravell. As alliances shift and shatter, and old certainties are overturned, our four heroes find their past lives transformed and their futures inextricably linked by the unpredictable tides of magic and war. Who will rise and who will fall? And who will claim the ultimate prize? Comments are closed.
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