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Felix Ever After (VO) de Kacen Callender ♦ Genres : Contemporain, Young Adult, LGBTQ+ Mon édition (VO) : Balzer + Bray 368 pages ♦ Liens d'achat VO : [ Amazon ], [ Book Depository HB ] Résumé (VO) : « Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle.... But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his m...

The Daevabad Trilogy #1 : The City of Brass (VO) de S.A. Chakraborty ♦ Genres : Fantasy Mon édition (VO) : Harper Voyager (Hardcover) 544 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : «Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles. But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. For the warrior tells her a new tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling hawks are...

Blood Heir #1 : Blood Heir (VO) de Amélie Wen Zhao ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition (VO) : Harper Voyager (Hardcover) 400 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : «In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural—dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. When Ana’s father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. And to clear her name, she must find her father’s murderer on her own. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work—one that threatens the very balance of her world. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue. ...

La Légende des Quatre #3 : Le Clan des Serpents de Cassandra O’Donnell ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition : Flammarion 427 pages ♦ /!\ Attention ! Spoilers évidents si vous n'avez pas lu le tome précédent ! /!\ Résumé : «Pour la première fois, les quatre clans autrefois ennemis décident de se regrouper en une immense armée pour lutter contre les humains. Mais face à la férocité de Wan, décidé à mener une lutte sans merci, Maya s’indigne du sort réservé aux innocents. Parviendra-t-elle à faire plier l’inflexible prince des Serpaïs ? Sans compter que la menace pourrait aussi venir de leur propre camp...» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mon avis : Dans ce troisième tome, on s’intéresse cette fois à la vie de Wan, et de ses sujets. Tous les clans sont sur le départ pour les territoires humains, afin d’exterminer ces êtres qui ont décidé de leur faire la guerre.  Qui veut devenir dragon doit manger d'abord beaucoup de petits serpents. Com...

Legacy of Orïsha #1 : Children of Blood and Bone (VO) de Tomi Adeyemi ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition (VO) : Henry Holt Books (Hardcover) Edition (VF) : Nathan 544 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : «They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie her...

Villains #2 : Vengeful (VO) de V.E. Schwab ♦ Titre VF : Evil #2 Vengeful Genres : Fantastique Mon édition (VO) : Tor Books (Hardcover) Edition VF : Lumen 478 pages ♦ /!\ Attention ! Spoilers évidents si vous n’avez pas lu le tome précédent ! /!\ Résumé (VO) : «Eli Ever and Victor Vale were only medical students when their mutual discovery that near-death experiences can, under the right conditions, manifest extraordinary abilities. They were best friends, and rivals, and then enemies. They were dead, then alive, and then---Eli killed Victor, once and for all. Or so he thought---but Sydney Clarke felt otherwise, and used her own superpower to tip the scales. Now, a trio hides in the shadows, while another takes advantages of post-death life to take over the city of Merit. If there can be life after death—will there be calm after vengeance, or will chaos rule? » Résumé (VF) : «Le combat du mal contre le mal absolu C'est la deuxièm...

The Promised Neverland De Kaiu Shirai (Scénario) et Posuka Demizu (Dessinateur)  ♦ Genre : Manga (Shonen) Mon édition : Kaze 9 volumes (VF - en cours) 15 volumes (VO - en cours) ♦ Résumé du tome 1 : «Emma, Norman et Ray coulent des jours heureux à l'orphelinat Grace Field House. Entourés de leurs petits frères et soeurs, ils s'épanouissent sous l'attention pleine de tendresse de « Maman », qu'ils considèrent comme leur véritable mère. Mais tout bascule le soir où ils découvrent l'abominable réalité qui se cache derrière la façade de leur vie paisible ! Ils doivent s'échapper, c'est une question de vie ou de mort !» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mon avis : Emma, Norman et Ray vivent à Grace Field en compagnie de 30 frères et soeurs adoptifs, tous âgés de 1 à 10 ans. Ce sont les plus vieux, ils ont tous les trois 11 ans, et chaque jour, ils obtiennent la note maximale à leurs tests. Ce sont de vrais génies, à l’aise autant stratégiqu...

Sands of Arawiya #1 : We Hunt the Flame (VO) de Hafsah Faizal ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition (VO) : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 472 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : « People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected; if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways.  Both are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya—but neither wants to be. War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the king on a similar mission:...

Le Faiseur de Rêves #2 : La Muse des Cauchemars de Laini Taylor ♦ Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult Mon édition : Lumen 629 pages ♦ /!\ Attention ! Spoilers évidents si vous n’avez pas lu le tome précédent ! /!\ Résumé : «Le rêve comme seul rempart contre la violence du monde Il est un monde où hommes et femmes naissent avec un don précieux, dont seuls les plus puissants gagnent le droit de se servir en temps utile, mais toujours au nom de l'Empire. À respectivement seize et dix-sept ans, Nova et Kora rêvent du jour tant attendu où des envoyés à la peau bleue viendront enfin les enlever. Alors, seulement, elles pourront accomplir leur véritable destin. Très loin de là, à travers l'espace et le temps, dans la mythique Cité oubliée – qu'après tant d'années, Lazlo Lestrange peut désormais contempler de ses yeux –, retentit une explosion qui fait basculer son monde et celui de Sarai. Leur avenir ne tient désormais plus qu'à un fil...

The Illuminae Files #1 : Illuminae (VO) de Amie Kaufman et Jay Kristoff ♦ Genres : Young Adult, Science-Fiction Mon édition : Knopf Books 602 pages ♦ Résumé (VO) : «This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a t...