If you're new here, why not subscribe to our email updates or follow us on Facebook? You can also add us to your Google Reader. Thanks for visiting!   It’s time for the Romance is in the Air blog hop, hosted by I am a Reader, not a Writer and Rachael Anderson. Long-time readers of my blog will know that I’m a huge fan of Ebony...

If you find yourself thumbing through the YA shelves in search of something new to read, don’t be surprised if Ebony McKenna’s Ondine novels leap out at you (not literally, of course, although given their zany, magical subject matter, this isn’t entirely out of the question). With their sweet, dreamy covers and lighthearted approach to the...

Update: a cut scene from this book can be found on Ebony McKenna’s blog. Enjoy! Last year I read and enjoyed Ebony McKenna’s whimsical, dreamy debut Ondine: Summer of Shambles, and was delighted when the second in the series landed on my desk. What made Ondine so utterly enjoyable in my mind was its charming mix of nostalgia, magic, absurd pop...

If I were to make a list of things that despite my grumpy and contrarian ways I find almost impossible to dislike, it would include the following: ferrets, Scottish accents, faux European countries, and tongue-in-cheek fairy tale re-tellings. Ondine: Summer of Shambles, Ebony McKenna’s debut, contains all of these things–in some cases in clever...