It is up to Saturday to break the witch’s enchantments, saving the people she loves along the way. Here, she meets an enchanted young Lord, masquerading as a young lady, and a witch whose dragon-stolen magic keeps a mountain from collapsing. On the journey to find her younger brother, Saturday joins her Pirate Queen older sister, is kidnapped by an impossibly large bird, and finds herself trapped in an icy cavern at the top of the world. When Saturday accidentally breaks an enchanted mirror and ends up summoning an ocean outside the family cottage – sweeping her younger brother out to sea – Saturday’s mysterious destiny finally seems to be kicking in. Instead, she was gifted with a magical axe, which turns into a magical sword – in short, Saturday has a magical Destiny (which her sisters and brothers do not). Unlike her sisters and brothers, however, Saturday was born with no fey gifts. Even Saturday’s Mother possesses a gift of great and terrible power – her words always come true, compelling anyone who hears them to obey and make her will truth.
Her youngest sister, Sunday, is bonny and blithe and good and gay her eldest sister, Monday, is so beautiful her smile rivals the sun.
The sixth daughter of the Woodcutter clan, Saturday comes from a family blessed with different magical enchantments. When I learned that a companion book was being released this year and that an ARC would be available at BEA, I immediately sought the book out. Why did I read this book: Last year, I read and loved – with a few reservations – Enchanted by Alethea Kontis. How did I get this book: ARC from the Publisher (via BEA) Stand alone or series: Companion Book (book 2) to Enchanted Is Saturday powerful enough to kill the mountain witch who holds her captive and save the world from sure destruction? And, as she wonders grumpily, “Did romance have to be part of the adventure?” As in Enchanted, readers will revel in the fragments of fairy tales that embellish this action-packed story of adventure and, yes, romance. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the top of the world. Rough and tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she’s the only one of her sisters without any magic-until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard.
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