Catherine Fisher

This is the second book in the Clockwork Crow series. After she has rescued Tomas from the Fae Folk, Serene is content to live happily ever after at Plas-y-Fran and enjoy the summer. Things are going great until Tomas and Serene are alone for a while and a mysterious governess comes to the house. Along with her, she brings a carousel that is not like any ordinary carousel. It is magic and seems to have bewitched the whole family except for Serene. It is up to her and the crow to save the whole family and banish the strange happenings from the house for good. I would recommend this for anyone who has read the first book in the series. You can read them independently, but it would be better to start with the first book in the series.… (mer)

Finn ha logrado escapar de las entrañas de Incarceron, el único hogar que recuerda, y ha visto la luz del sol y las estrellas. Sin embargo, se siente igual de preso que en la Cárcel. El Exterior no es el paraíso idílico con el que sus amigos y el soñaban, y Finn se ve atrapado en un complejo juego de intrigas y mentiras. Sabe que no será verdaderamente libre hasta que recuerde su pasado y pueda ayudar a su hermano de sangre, Keiro, y a su amiga Atria, que siguen atrapados en el Interior.
Claudia, la hija del Guardián de Incarceron, creía que si ayudaba a Finn a escapar y lo proclamaba príncipe heredero del Reino, conseguiría poner fin a sus problemas. Pero lejos de eso, su Maestro Jared y ella deberán enfrentarse a nuevos retos.
Además, corren rumores de que en la Cárcel hay un guante mágico: el Guante que Sáfico utilizó para Escapar. ¿Dónde estará?
¿Conservara sus poderes mágicos?… (mer)

Seren Rhys is settling happily into her new life with her adopted family at Plas-y-Fran, Wales, when Tomos makes the mistake of openly defying the Fair Family. The unexpected arrival of a new governess brings nothing but trouble, turning the family and the servants against Seren as she is blamed for everything that goes wrong. Even worse is the gift of a sinister toy carousel, which seems to hold some strange power over Tomos.

This is an excellent sequel to The Clockwork Crow, full of adventure and magic. Seren is a strong-willed character who is motivated by her desire to protect those she loves. The Clockwork Crow, who makes a reappearance in this book, is as charmingly cantankerous as ever. We get to see a bit more of the Fair Family in this book, and they are suitably sinister and inhuman. I would have liked to have seen some more of both Tomos and Gwyn, though. Poor Tomos seems to spend most of his time in these books under a faery spell and we don't get to see much of his actual character! The autumnal Welsh landscape full of swirling leaves makes the perfect (and slightly creepy) setting, and I also enjoyed the occasional Welsh words sprinkled throughout the book.… (mer)