Publication Date: August 5, 2014
Publisher: Tor Books
Series: One Dozen Daughters # 1
Mercedes
Lackey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Valdemar series
and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy
Godmother. James Mallory and Lackey have collaborated on six novels. Now,
these New York Times and USA Today bestselling collaborators
bring romance to the fore with The House of Four Winds.
The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes.
Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain.
Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of Four Winds. They encounter the sorceress Shamal, who claims Dominick for her own—but Clarice has fallen hard for Dominick and won’t give him up without a fight.
Full of swashbuckling adventure, buoyant magic, and irrepressible charm, The House of the Four Winds is a lighthearted fantasy romp by a pair of bestselling writers.
The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes.
Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain.
Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of Four Winds. They encounter the sorceress Shamal, who claims Dominick for her own—but Clarice has fallen hard for Dominick and won’t give him up without a fight.
Full of swashbuckling adventure, buoyant magic, and irrepressible charm, The House of the Four Winds is a lighthearted fantasy romp by a pair of bestselling writers.
Each princess, on the day of her eighteenth birthday, would go forth to “seek her fortune.”
But
in the days she had spent watching the passengers board the ships and the ships
set sail, Clarice realized she had made up her mind: excitement and adventure were
to be found in the New World, and that was where she would seek them.
The
thought of him went down with her into sleep that night.
All
around her, from every corner of the captured ship, sailors began to cheer.
Clarice
is seeking adventure and hopes to earn a name for herself by participating and
winning duels so that she may travel back to her home nation and teach others
as a swords master. Needless to say she thinks that the best way to achieve
that is to travel and disguise herself as a man. Quickly Clarice becomes “Clarence”
and “he” sets off to have the adventure of his life. I do not usually like
books where the female lead is disguised as a man, but for some reason this
storyline worked for me. Clarice fit well into the role and she made it very believable
for me. I enjoyed following her and I quickly found myself hoping that she did
not get caught for fear of what would happen to her next. You could say that I easily
bought into her story.
Clarice
was not your average princess. I found that I loved that so much about her. She
was not above going out into the world and finding her own way; she respected
the fact that she had a loving, stable family but she never took advantage of
it. This book is full of pirates, which I loved, and contains just enough
romance to keep it interesting. Romance is not my favorite genre, but this book
was the perfect recipe with just a dash here and there. I am excited to see
where this series goes, as we all know I love books that follows sisters!
***A
free copy of this book was provided to me by the publishers at Tor Books in exchange
for my honest review***
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