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Sylvi Quine, the best rig driver on Layce, has braved the dangers of the Shiv Road to save her friend and learned the truth of her power over Winter. Now, she's joined the rebels working to take down the Majority. Her magic could change the course of their fight, and she agrees to meet the king of Paradyia to offer an exchange: the healing powers of the Pool of Begynd for his army.
The journey won't be easy. To get there, Sylvi will have to navigate the Kol Sea, crossing through Winter's storms and swarms of her Abakiââall while outrunning the Majority, who have sent their best Kol Master to track her down and bring her in, dead or alive.
But she isn't traveling alone. Mars Dresden knows Sylvi is the key to freeing Layce, and demands she train like it. Kyn, the boy with stone flesh and a soft heart, is bound to Sylvi in more ways than one, a connection that both hurts and heals. And Lenore, Sylvi's best friend, insists the Majority pay for what theyâve done to her parents. Even though her crew believes in her, Sylvi's still learning to use her power, and Winterâs whispers are constant . . .
Will she be able to control Winter when it matters most? Or will this be the end of the rebellion?
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- ISBN: 9781647004491
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December 1, 2022
In this sequel to Winter, White and Wicked (2020), Sylvi's band of rebels returns to fight for their future--using Winter as a weapon. After Sylvi discovers the truth about who she is and the power she holds over Winter, she, her brother, Mars, and her revolutionary friends are on the run from the Majority. As they cross the Kol Sea on their way to meet the king of Paradyia, hoping he will lend his army for their fight against their oppressors in Layce, Sylvi comes up with a different option, one that could avoid an all-out bloody war. It's a daring and dangerous plan that sends them home, back to where everything started. In the meantime, the curse-bond between Kyn and Sylvi starts to take a toll on their budding romance, and Sylvi's long-lasting, turbulent relationship with Winter comes to a standstill. This volume sees Sylvi embracing her role as the chosen one and the de facto leader of a revolution--but not without some thoughtful rumination about her feelings for Winter, easily the highlight of an otherwise superficial story that doesn't flesh out the Majority as a villain and relies on a deus ex machina infodump for its denouement. The fast-paced, plot-driven narrative leads to a rushed, simplistic resolution to a story hundreds of years in the making. The main characters read White; racial diversity exists in the world. A flat and compressed duology closer. (map) (Fantasy. 12-18)COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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February 1, 2023
Gr 7 Up-After braving the Shiv Road and learning more about her power over Winter, Sylvi and her friends are on the run from the Majority. Sylvi comes up with a plan to avoid war, which takes them back to where everything began. Sylvi's romance with Kyn is entangled with a curse binding them together. The unique Mad Max: Fury Road meets Frozen worldbuilding and adrenaline-infused writing style are not enough to counter the simplistic plot elements-like the underdeveloped Majority villain-as a complex story devolves into a superficial adventure with an abrupt ending. VERDICT This duology had a strong start that faltered at the finish line. A secondary purchase for collections that own the first book.
Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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