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New Favorite Heroines of 2016 » Henrietta Howl, A Shadow Bright And Burning
└ I am not interested in what is pleasant. I’m interested in what’s useful.
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A Shadow Bright and Burning (on Wattpad) http://my.w.tt/UiNb/ujH9PVpBEx Henrietta can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she’s shocked when instead of being executed, she’s named the first female sorcerer in hundreds of years and invited to train as one of Her Majesty’s royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the prophesied one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, how much will she risk to save the city–and the one she loves?
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Corsets & Kicking Ass: Jessica Cluess talks A Shadow Bright and Burning
One can agree that it’s not easy battling monsters. One can also agree that it’s even more difficult to do so in a corset and skirt…Good thing Henrietta Howell doesn’t seem to mind much.
In Jessica Cluess’ A Shadow Bright in Burning, Henrietta Howel isn’t like other girls – she can create flame. Believed to be the Chosen One, Henrietta is brought to London to train with all-male sorcerers. As she tries to prove herself to her peers, while also trying to defeat the terrifying Ancients, Henrietta has to decide just how much she’s willing to risk to save others.
One night, Cluess stayed up late to watch an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby. “In the film, Nicholas physically stops a really terrible, really Dickensian villain from abusing a helpless boy,” she explained. “As I was walking [to work the next morning], I wondered how a Victorian-era girl would handle such a thing, since corsets and skirts will get in the way of kicking ass. Then I had this image of her opening up her hands and blue flames billowing out of her palms, roasting the offending jerk.”
At the time, Cluess had been working on another project and wanted to “keep the idea of a Victorian girl human torch on the back burner.” But a few days and several notes later turned into Henrietta, a corset-wearing, kick-ass, fire-spewing female.
Read more about A Shadow Bright and Burning on YA Interrobang.
(via yainterrobang)
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Happy Book Birthday to A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess!!!
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Fall Tour!
Hello, friends! Will I see you? I sure hope so!
What does this gif have to do with announcing my tour dates? Nothing! He’s just pretty.
BRAMPTON, ONTARIOwith Marie Lu, THE YOUNG ELITESCatherine Egan, JULIA VANISHESMorgan Rhodes, FALLING KINGDOMS
Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 PM Chapters Brampton Market Hall, 52 Quarry Edge Drive Brampton, Ontario
SAN FRANCISCO, CA with Jessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING Arwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Monday, October 24th at 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble #2072—Emeryville Bay Street Emeryville 5604 Bay Street Emeryville, CA 94608 In-store Panel EventSAN FRANCISCO, CA with Jessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNING Arwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Tuesday, October 25th at 7:00 PM Books Inc. Laurel Village 3515 California Street San Francisco, CA In-store Panel EventSAN FRANCISCO, CA with Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAJessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNINGArwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Wednesday, October 26th at 7:00 PM Menlo Park Public Library (arranged with Kepler’s) 800 Alma Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Off-site Library Panel EventFORT COLLINS, COwith Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAJessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNINGArwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Thursday, October 27th @ TIME TK Old Town Library (arranged with Old Firehouse Books) 201 Peterson Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 Off-site Library Panel EventDENVER, CO with Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAJessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNINGArwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Friday, October 28th @ 7:00 PM Tattered Cover Colfax 2526 E Colfax Ave Denver, CO 80206 In-store Panel EventSALT LAKE CITY, UTwith Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAJessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNINGArwen Elys Dayton, TRAVELER
Saturday, October 29th at 7:00 PM The King’s English Bookshop 1511 1500 E Salt Lake City, UT 84105 In-store Panel Event
AUSTIN, TXwith Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAJessica Cluess, A SHADOW BRIGHT & BURNING
Sunday, October 30th at 2:00 PM BookPeople 603 N Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78703 In-store Panel EventNEW YORK, NYAmie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINAKiersten White, AND I DARKENCatherine Egan, JULIA VANISHES
Tuesday, November 1st at 6:00 PM Books of Wonder 18 W 18th Street New York, NY 10011 In-store Panel EventNEW YORK, NYwith Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINACatherine Egan, JULIA VANISHES
Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:30 PM Barnes & Noble #2889—Yonkers 2614 Central Avenue Yonkers, NY 10701 In-store Panel EventWASHINGTON, DCwith Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, GEMINACatherine Egan, JULIA VANISHES
Thursday, November 3rd at 7:00 PM Bethesda Library (arranged with Politics & Prose) 7400 Arlington Road Bethesda, MD 20814 Off-site Library Panel Event -
Went on a small shopping spree today!
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Onto this beauty!
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