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A Hundred Names for Magic #1 : Wicked as you Wish (VO) de Rin Chupeco ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition (VO) : Sourcebooks Fire (Hardcover) Date de sortie : 03 Mars 2020 432 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : «Tala Warnock has little use for magic – as a descendant of Maria Makiling, the legendary Filipina heroine, she negates spells, often by accident. But her family’s old ties to the country of Avalon (frozen, bespelled, and unreachable for almost 12 years) soon finds them guarding its last prince from those who would use his kingdom’s magic for insidious ends. And with the rise of dangerous spelltech in the Royal States of America; the appearance of the firebird, Avalon’s deadliest weapon, at her doorstep; and the re-emergence of the Snow Queen, powerful but long thought dead, who wants nothing more than to take the firebird's magic for her own – Tala’s life is about to get even more complicated….» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ [English below] Mon avis : ...

[Français en dessous !] Today, I want to do something quite different than usual : an interview of an author that I really love. For this first time, I had the chance to interviewed Amélie Wen Zhao , author of Blood Heir . This was my first read of 2020, and I am really happy and excited by this ! Blood Heir by Amélie Wen Zhao I leave you with the interview ! Q : Your debut novel, Blood Heir , is a retelling of the famous story of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Why did you choose this story ? A :  When I began writing Blood Heir, I had just gone to Russia for a college graduation trip, and I fell in love with the history of this grand country and how it came to be in today’s world: a story of royalty and bloodshed and revolution. I was fascinated by the Romanov family, the shortcomings that led to their demise, and specifically, the legend of the “lost” Duchess Anastasia. I drew inspiration from that tale, and made it my own: an...