Tempest and Slaughter

Tempest and Slaughter
 by Tamora Pierce
 464 pages

 Set between her Lioness and Immortals series' from Tortall, Pierce gives us the story of three promising young mages and their journey to become the adults we meet in her other works.A very excellent start to answering questions that we have from her previously published works, I am sure all of her fans will be on pins and needles waiting for the second book as well.

Hollow Fields by Madeline Rosca

Hollow Fields by Madeline Rosca, 550 pages

Hollow Fields is a well written manga series about a young girl, Lucy Snow, who mistakenly ends up at a boarding school for young geniuses.  Lucy finds trouble fitting in and discovers that low grades result in a dangerous form of detention. Will Lucy find out the secrets behind Hollow Fields and what makes the staff act so strangely?  This is the first manga book I have read that I actually read from right to left, and I must say, I did enjoy it!  Madeline Rosca does a fantastic job illustrating this novel.