DUST OF 100 DOGS by A.S. King
Wow, these things are just getting more expensive. This one is a ten-dollar committment, but it's still paperback for easy carriage. You've probably already heard of this one, and while it does move back and forth in time, Saffron Adams is a girl heading to a Caribbean island after graduation. Definitely summery.
Long ago, pirate queen Emer Morrisey was cursed to live the life of 100 dogs. The book unfolds with both the story of how an Irish girl became a pirate queen, and how her new human incarnation plans to recover her treasure. There's also a dirty old man living on an island, near where the teenage Saffron must go. Some of the twists are pretty obvious, but A.S. King's strong writing disguises that fault.
DUST OF 100 DOGS blends things together, making it a good story for people who like historical, contemporary, romantic, and paranormal fiction. This one is great for a day where you don't have much to do, so that you can read the book in one sitting. You'll want to put the pieces of Emer and Saffron's lives together.
I have a copy of this one and I need to read it. It sounds great! Hopefully I can get to it this summer.
ReplyDeleteI bought this like, a couple of months ago and I still haven't gone around to it! Ack!
ReplyDeleteI have to read this book really soon =.=
ReplyDeleteloved this book! arg! gets you in that pirate-y mode. that fred livingstone character sure was creeepy. blech!
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