Tor Teen
Featuring: Tess Aubreyson; Lord Ravencross
384 pages ISBN: 0765376024 EAN: 9780765376022 Kindle: B017H05FLE Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Tess Aubreyson has visions at night of what might happen
in
the future. While the dreams are often helpful for her and
her fellow students at the Stranje House, they usually
lead
to death and despair, and she fears she will go mad like
her
mother before her. When her dreams reveal important
information about the traitor, Lady Daneska, and Ghost,
the
leader of a group that supports Napoleon, she will do
everything she can to save her friends and her love, Lord
Ravencross.
While I highly enjoyed Georgie's adventures in the first
book, A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS, Tess's sharp tongue and
inner conflict make EXILE FOR DREAMERS my current favorite
in this enchanting series. The atmosphere of the Stranje
House is consuming, and each character shows distinct
personality in this school where they are taught how to
placate society into believing they are docile young women
while secretly learning how to be spies. Tess's runs on
the
grounds reveal how well she knows every inch of the
estate,
and her comfort in the House shows how much she loves her
role. As she runs and fights to escape the madness for
which
she believes she is doomed, readers will sympathize with
her
distress but recognize her strength long before she will
herself.
Lord Ravencross brings a surprising amount of sweetness
and
humor, somehow offering relief to the high stress moments
concerning Napoleon, though Ravencross is often tied into
them. One refreshing aspect of the relationship between
him
and Tess is that miscommunication is not their problem.
The
honesty between them (with one exception) charges their
scenes with high emotion and drama, and readers are sure
to
fall hard for this sweet and spicy pairing.
Expertly balancing characters, EXILE FOR DREAMERS gives a
very satisfying conclusion to Tess's part of the story
and
paves the way for another Stranje House young lady to tell
hers. Kathleen Baldwin's Stranje House series is an
unforgettable alternate history with swoon-inducing
romance,
feisty young women, and breathtaking action.
EXILE FOR DREAMERS is the second captivating installment in
the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning
author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times
bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency
adventure "completely original and totally engrossing."
Tess Aubreyson can't run far enough or fast enough to escape
the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Her dreams bring
nothing but death and grief. Tess refuses to accept that she
may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her
mother, until her disturbing dreams become the only means of
saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her fellow
students at Stranje House. Tess’s old friend, the traitorous
Lady Daneska and the Ghost, ruthless leader of the Iron
Crown, have returned to England, intent on paving the way
for Napoleon’s invasion of England. Can the young ladies of
Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to
fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?
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