Status Updates From Five Poisoned Apples

I've been rereading this with my sisters since December and we finally finished Falling Snow! So breathtaking! I love it!

Something about the way I read Cynfael made my sisters yell out, "Creep!" anytime I mentioned him. My younger sister also thought that I was pronouncing his name incorrectly. One time when I asked her if she remembered what happened last she replied: "Tinfoil was doing something smarmy." XD

(2 stars) Jeong Hayan, aka Snowbird, trains as a ballet dancer in New York. She is captured by the lure of a pair of red ballet slippers which seem alive yet foreboding. They belong to her rival Moira, who tries to destroy Snowbird in any way she could, but then dances off to her death and becomes a pile of ash after Snowbird wins the solo.

Snowbird and the Red Slippers by Rachael Wallen

(4 stars) Zaig is hired by Queen Minoa to kill Ailda, but he doesn’t. He regrets it later when he finds Ailda is a vampire, and turned two of his friends. With Minoa’s help, he hunts Ailda and the others down

Red as Blood by Maddie Morrow

(4 stars) Livna has always heard the prophecy of the Fairest One but never thought she would be the One. Her Dwarven friend Oren and she take down the queen and the evil Dwarven prince and unite the Tribes & the Dwarvens

The Fairest One by Cortney Manning

(2 stars) Kara Chaloner tries to run away from her stepmother, who is in touch with the spirits and witchcraft. The queen destroys the monastery and puts Kara to sleep with a poisoned apple. Kara is brought back by the prayers and ministrations of her girlhood friend Damian Atwood.

Raven’s Heir by Jenelle Hovde