From New York Times bestselling author Cora Carmack comes her debut young adult fantasy, ROAR! Releasing June 13, 2017, ROAR takes readers on an adventure filled with charismatic characters in an enthralling world sure to keep them turning the pages. Order your copy today!
New York Times bestselling author Cora Carmack's young adult debut: Roar.
In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.
Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora's been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people.To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He’ll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks—storm magic. And the people selling it? They’re not Stormlings. They’re storm hunters.
Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there’s a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage.
She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she’s brave enough.
Challenge a tempest. Survive it. And you become its master.
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Excerpt
You are lightning
made flesh. Colder than falling snow. Unstoppable as the desert sands riding
the wind. You are Stormling, Aurora Pavan. Believe it.
Believe it, and
others will too.
It was a vow that her mother, Queen Aphra, made her swear on the day
she reached twelve years. She had gripped her daughter’s shoulders tight, and
Rora could still remember the pinch of pain, the furious beat of her heart as
she saw how afraid her mother was and learned to be afraid too.
Today that fear had led Aurora Pavan to sign her life away before she
ever had the chance to really live it.
As she was primped and prettied like some kind of sacrificial offering,
her mind remained stuck on her morning spent in the throne room. She recalled
the rasping sounds as the treaty was unrolled and the way her fingers suddenly
felt too weak to hold a quill. Many days of her sheltered life had been spent
writing out ideas and facts and figures for her tutors, yet in that moment, she
had struggled to remember the letters of her name. Then she had met her
mother’s eyes, and those familiar words came to her again.
Colder than
falling snow.
That was what Rora had to become as her shaking hand sealed her fate
with a scratchy, bleeding line of ink. And now hours later a stranger peered
back at her from the looking glass, powdered white so that none of her flaws
would show.
Rora’s white-blonde hair had been curled and bound up in an elaborate
ceremonial headdress that was crowded with jewels, flowers, and four jagged
crystals cut like bolts of lightning to mimic her mother’s skyfire crown.
Headdresses honoring a family’s ancestors were an important part of Pavanian
tradition for the upper echelons of nobility to the poor and working class.
They were donned for birth and death and every major life event in between,
including betrothals. But this headdress was larger than Rora had ever seen. It
had to be anchored to the thick metal necklace she wore about her collar with
embellished fastenings, and it weighed on her nearly as much as the events of
the night still to come.
Her already pale skin had been covered in a shimmering white powder,
which made her look like she’d just emerged from a blizzard. Her ribs were
tightly bound in a corset that squeezed and squeezed until it felt like all her
organs were in the wrong place. Over that was a heavy, beaded gown whose
neckline dipped low, revealing far more cleavage than she had ever shown. The
fabric clung to her frame until it fanned out at her knees into a long train,
and the color of the dress changed from white to ash gray to glittering black.
Rora looked exactly as her mother had always told her to be—lightning made
flesh: blinding white and bright against a dark sky, and the train that pooled
around her was the ground, charred black by her impact.
It was stunning. Exquisite, really. Even, Rora, who hated dresses of
all kinds, could tell that. It was also a lie. Every jewel, every bead painted
a picture of someone that wasn’t her. But that was the goal for tonight’s
betrothal celebration…to be someone else, to be the perfect
Stormling princess. Because if she failed, everything could fall apart.
Review
I've known Cora for a long time. Back before she was Cora but, I've
never read any of her books. I remember when she told me she got her first book
deal I was super excited for her but I knew I wouldn't read it because it was
contemporary. So when I heard she was writing a YA fantasy I was super stoked
and oh my gods she wrote an amazing story! I fell hard for Roar and Locke and
even Cassius he may seem bad but I think there's something more to him. I can't
wait to read the next one! It's going to be a long wait!!!
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About Cora Carmack:
Cora Carmack is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Since she was a teenager, her favorite genre to read has been fantasy, and now she’s thrilled to bring her usual compelling characters and swoon-worthy romance into worlds of magic and intrigue with her debut YA fantasy, Roar. Her previous adult romance titles include the Losing It, Rusk University, and Muse series. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages around the world. Cora splits her time between Austin, TX and New York City, and on any given day you might find her typing away at her computer, flying to various cities around the world, or just watching Netflix with her kitty Katniss. But she can always be found on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and her website www.coracarmack.com.
