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The Healer Evie saves two herbs for herself—yew, a quick and painful poison, and heliotrope, for the deep, deep sleep that never ends.
After the death of her beloved, seventeen-year-old Evie Carew wants nothing more than to lose herself forever in the wilds of Rood Marsh. But when the old seer Harker tells her she’s meant for a greater task, Evie’s curiosity keeps her going. What is this shell that Harker insists she must find? And why can’t she stop thinking about the handsome Rider Laurent, the young man who saved her on the worst day of her life?
Soon Evie discovers that she is the Guardian of Death, the second of four Guardians who must awaken to their powers to recover four stolen amulets. Together, the amulets—Life, Death, Dark, and Light—keep the world in balance. To take back the shell that is Death’s amulet, Evie has to learn to challenge her Healer instincts and understand that love never dies.
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Release date
September 22, 2015 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780449817544
- File size: 3395 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780449817544
- File size: 3528 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.1
- Lexile® Measure: 690
- Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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Reviews
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July 1, 2015
Grief and guilt serve as dominant themes in this tragic romance, second in the Guardians of Tarnec series. Separated from her beloved cousin Lark (protagonist of Lark Rising, 2014) and devastated by the slaughter of her intended before her eyes, Evie Carew longs to die as well...if only her inborn Healer instincts would permit. She finds renewed purpose when Laurent, a fabled Rider of Tarnec, reveals that she is one of the four ordained Keepers of Balance against the Breeders of Chaos. Evie accepts her duty as Guardian of Death to seek out a stolen amulet, but both her intense attraction to the handsome Rider and her lively curiosity lead to choices that may doom her mission-and the entire world. This sequel shares the dreamily poetic voice and original magic system of the first, but it has a much darker tone and subtler characterization. While Laurent is mostly a bland generic love interest, Evie shows considerable depth and agency. Her rage, despair, and guilt feel very real, and she is far more assertive than her diffident cousin. Unfortunately, the narrative casts these strengths as disastrous vulnerabilities; Lark's newfound decisiveness is likewise punished. Still, the suspenseful pace retains interest up through a chilling climax, with a literal cliffhanger to keep readers hooked. Just the ticket for fantasy readers who want a swoony love story and a good cry. (Fantasy. 10-16)COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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July 1, 2016
When her first love is killed, Eve the Healer (Lark Rising) loses the will to live--until a handsome Rider appears to tell her she's the new Guardian of Death. Together, they retrieve the second lost amulet of Balance. This open-ended second series installment does little to complicate the simplistic fantasy world or flat romantic story lines of the first.(Copyright 2016 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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