#valkyrie kate o'hearn

[dragoneyes618]

This means that Eir has cried before, a long time ago.

When? When Kai was born?

Yes.

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Kingdoms and Empires by Jaclyn Moriarty (2017-2023)

Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her Aunt Isabelle and the Butler. She's had a perfectly pleasant childhood of afternoon teas and riding lessons - and no adventures, thank you very much.

But Bronte's parents have left extremely detailed (and bossy) instructions for Bronte in their will. The instructions must be followed to the letter, or disaster will befall Bronte's home. She is to travel the kingdoms and empires, perfectly alone, delivering special gifts to her ten other aunts. There is a farmer aunt who owns an orange orchard and a veterinarian aunt who specialises in dragon care, a pair of aunts who captain a cruise ship together and a former rockstar aunt who is now the reigning monarch of a small kingdom.

Now, armed with only her parents' instructions, a chest full of strange gifts and her own strong will, Bronte must journey forth to face dragons, Chief Detectives and pirates - and the gathering suspicion that there might be something more to her extremely inconvenient quest than meets the eye...

The Lost Conspiracy by Francis Hardinge (2008)

On Gullstruck Island, legend has it that the mountain ranges and volcanoes are in charge. Anger them, and you'll pay the price. Keep them happy, and you'll enjoy their protection. These stories of the land's command come in handy for quiet, near-invisible Hathin when she must run for her life. Hathin's sister, Arilou, is believed to be a Lost. The Lost are held nearly sacred by those on Gullstruck, for they can send their senses away from their bodies. If Lost, Arilou can read a message across the island. If Lost, Arilou can hear whispers in the corners of private rooms. If Lost, Arilou can smell bread baking in the governor's mansion. All from her beachside hut. But the question remains: Is Arilou really a Lost? When all the Lost drop dead--except Arilou--she and Hathin are swept into a grand conspiracy that leads them to the most sinister depths--and heights--of the island.

Isola by Brenden Fletcher (2018-2020)

An evil spell has been cast on the Queen of Maar and her Captain of the Guard will do anything to reverse it. Their only hope lies on an island half a world away--a place known in myth as Isola, land of the dead.

The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee (2016)

Sometimes love is right under your nose. As one of only two aromateurs left on the planet, sixteen-year-old Mimosa knows what her future holds: a lifetime of weeding, mixing love elixirs, and matchmaking—all while remaining incurably alone. For Mim, the rules are clear: falling in love would render her nose useless, taking away her one great talent. Still, Mimosa doesn’t want to spend her life elbow-deep in soil and begonias. She dreams of a normal high school experience with friends, sports practices, debate club, and even a boyfriend. But when she accidentally gives an elixir to the wrong woman and has to rely on the lovesick woman’s son, the school soccer star, to help fix the situation, Mim quickly begins to realize that falling in love isn’t always a choice you can make.

The Fairy Realm by Emily Rodda (2001-2006)

When Jessie searches for her ill grandmother's missing charm bracelet, she is led to a magical world and finds she has a reason and right to be there.

Lays of the Hearth-Fire by Victoria Goddard (2019-2023)

Cliopher Mdang knows all about consequences. He is the Secretary in Chief of the offices of the Lords of State: the official head of the Imperial Bureaucratic Service of Zunidh, unofficial head of the government. He spends his days dealing with all the manifold results of enormously complicated systems.

He is also the personal secretary to his Radiency Artorin Damara, Last Emperor of Astandalas, Lord of Zunidh: the Sun-on-Earth, the Lord of Tising Stars, worshiped as a god.

Cliopher has never touched his lord, never called him by name, never initiated a conversation. He would never say aloud that he loves him, but it is for his lord, and not his own power or prestige, that he spends his life far from home and the family who have never quite forgiven him for leaving.

It is blasphemy to suggest that the Sun-on-Earth might need something as ordinary in human as a break. But one day Cliopher turns to his lord and invites him on a holiday to his homeland, the tropical paradise of Vangavaye-ve, which is as far from the court as it is possible to be. It is a place where pretension is soundly discouraged and pretenses are undone, and where the divine never very far from the human.

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn (2013-2016)

Freya is dreading her upcoming birthday when she'll officially have to take up her duties as a Valkyrie. She doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the legends before her--legends including her mother and sisters. And she certainly doesn't want anything to do with humans 

Freya thinks humans are cruel, hate-filled creatures, but as she observes their world, she begins to wonder what it would be like to make friends with the girls or laugh with the boys she sees. And what would it be like to live without the fear that she could cause someone's death with a single touch? 

Then when she's sent on her first mission, she reaps the soul of a fallen soldier with unfinished business...business that sends her on an epic quest to the mortal world. Will Freya find the true meaning of being a human, or will she finally accept the legend she is destined to become?

Doomspell by Cliff McNish (2000-2002)

In a blaze of light, rush of wind and scrabble of claws, Rachel and Eric are ripped through the wall and hurtled on to another world. Like thousands of other children before them, they have been snatched away by the Witch.

But this time the Witch has met her match. Rachel discovers that she has extraordinary gifts: she can transform herself into a feather, or fly on an owl’s back, just as the Witch can. The Witch is excited she has found someone to use for her own evil purposes. But for the Witch’s victims, Rachel is their only hope.

Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve (2010)

Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody knows her family's world-famous rhubarb farm is magical. The plants taste like chocolate, jewels appear in the soil, bugs talk to her, and her best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But the most magical thing is that every single Monday, at exactly 1:00, it rains. Until the Monday when the rain just stops. Now it's up to Polly to figure out why, and whether her brother's mysterious illness and her glamorous aunt Edith's sudden desire to sell the farm have anything to do with it. Most of all, Polly has to make it start raining again before it's too late. Her brother's life, the plants' survival, and her family's future all depend on it.

Lyra by Patricia C. Wrede (1982-1994)

Trouble is brewing in Alkyra. While the kingdom’s noblemen squabble, on their borders an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. As the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is a remarkable woman: quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, she passes through a dark corridor on her way to the banquet hall, and never emerges from the shadows. The Lithmern have kidnapped the princess.   When Alethia regains consciousness, an evil Lithmern with a face made of shadows is carrying her through the forest. These are magic woods, home to fabled creatures whose existence she has always doubted. To find her way home, Alethia will have to learn to trust in the old tales, whose legends of magic and daring hold the only hope of saving her kingdom.

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Got any book recs? Not a specific genre or anything, just some of your favorites.

Most of these are YA and middle grade fiction. I probably suffer from nostalgia and recency bias in some cases.

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In no particular order:

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by Eugene Yelchin and M.T. Anderson

The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Penderwicks series Jeanne Birdsall

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer

A Tale of Magic prequels by Chris Colfer

Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

The Siren by Kiera Cass

Divergent series by Veronica Roth

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn

Texting the Underworld by Ellen Booraem

The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison

The Princess Tales series by Gail Carson Levine

The Thirteenth Goldfish duology by Jennifer L. Holm

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

The Don Tillman trilogy by Graeme Simsion

The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty

The Next-Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin

Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Any classic fairy tales

Anything written by Roald Dahl

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

Quiet by Susan Cain

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Currently reading: I just finished Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn, she's an author that got me through middle school (and yeah the books are targeted at a much younger audience, but I'm currently making my way out of a reading slump, so don't @ me)

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1 and 18! :]

1. Book you've reread the most times

Honestly it's a toss-up between Kotlc and Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn (which I will g l a d l y scream about in more detail if given even the slightest chance). Kotlc is probably a little in the lead, especially the older books because I read some then get distracted etc

18. Do you like historical fiction? What time period?

I mean I definitely tend towards the more fantasy side of books than historical fiction. So, I mean, I don't really have a favorite time period. The examples that are coming to mind (not necessarily books I enjoyed, but books I read) are mostly ones I had to read for school and even then they were set in the time period of when they were published so that doesn't really count.

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yeah the actual story was good (especially the CRU storyline!). I think it was just the writing style that i didn't personally enjoy. Glad you enjoyed it though! :)

I liked Kate O'Hearn's other series, Valkyrie, much better than pegasus. It's based off Norse mythology and if anyone liked pegasus they'll probably also like Valkyrie too! (spreading my valkyrie agenda) (hehe)

Pegasus was wild because i only read the series because they were illustrated by jason chan. The US covers were absolutely gorgeous

OH MY GOD THEY ARE??? I never connected that. Pegasus and Keeper have the same cover artist that's wild. I mean. He is good at drawing winged horses so I can see the connection.

Like I see it now but I've somehow gone like 6 years just never realizing they're both by Jason Chan. Wait I'm looking through his site did he do the Lotus War too?? Oh my god he did. I see it now in the hair. Jason's out here doing the most

Anyway, I don't actually remember how I found the series, but I read them because I actually enjoyed and had fun with the story, not just for cover artists, so while it may not hold up well for you (like you said in your tags) I think I'll have better luck with that foundation. Its not a revolutionary story by any means, and I know it won't be the same as when I was 12, but I quite like it :)

[theprincess-and-thewitch]

Underrated Middle Grade Series

Dead City (trilogy)

Spirit Animals (series)

The Candy Shop War (duology)

Valkyrie (trilogy)

Princess Academy (trilogy)

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I wasn't impressed with Valkerie. But if your kid likes Percy Jackson this might be worth it. I decided not to finish the series. I have also checked the first two books of her other series so if I am not impressed by book 1 I won't keep going with this author. Just isn't for me. But the Norse mythology is accurate and there's some good stuff in there I just didn't get into the writing.

I did like the nightmare thief. It was cute. It felt like a Miyazaki film to me. Definitely a kids book but I do recommend it if you don't mind younger reader fiction. Her sister is in a coma and she would break any rule to save her... but there's a strange woman visiting the shop who wants to buy more nightmares than allowed...

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Title: The Runaway | Author: Kate O'Hearn | Publisher: Aladdin (2018)

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tysm for the tag! :D

Rick Riordan- any book in the pjo, kane chronicles, and magnus chase series

Brandon Mull- any books from the fablehaven series/dragonwatch series

Kate O'Hearn- any books from the titans, pegasus, and valkyrie series

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Idk what I’m doing but uh-put your three favourite authors and your favourite book by them. Then tag people I guess.

Rick Riordan—The Tower of Nero or The Sun and the Star(I can’t pick just one)

Stephen King—IT

Alice Oseman—Solitaire

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[dragoneyes618]

Why didn't he put Orus and Archie on the list?

Probably because he needs their full name and the name of at least one of their parents, and he doesn't know the name of Orus' mother or Archie's.

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For fantasy books - Valkyrie series by Kate O'Hearn?

Added!

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And I made a Tryn and Astraea edit from Titans by Kate O'Hearn

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Currently Reading: I'm getting into the Valkyrie series by Kate O'Hearn, I LOVE URBAN FANTASY MYTHOLOGY FUCK YEAH THIS IS GOOD SHIT

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Oh to be a 12 year old reading Kate O'Hearn's Valkyrie, about to google steampunk and listen to abney park fro the first time