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Lucia Olivieri

    Graveminder
    Wondrous Strange
    White apples
    Radiant Shadows
    Eureka Street
    Betty
    • Betty

      Roman

      • 720pages
      • 26 heures de lecture

      La Petite Indienne, c’est Betty Carpenter, née dans une baignoire, sixième de huit enfants. Sa famille vit en marge de la société car, si sa mère est blanche, son père est cherokee. Lorsque les Carpenter s’installent dans la petite ville de Breathed, après des années d’errance, le paysage luxuriant de l’Ohio semble leur apporter la paix. Avec ses frères et sœurs, Betty grandit bercée par la magie immémoriale des histoires de son père. Mais les plus noirs secrets de la famille se dévoilent peu à peu. Pour affronter le monde des adultes, Betty puise son courage dans l’écriture : elle confie sa douleur à des pages qu’elle enfouit sous terre au fil des années. Pour qu’un jour, toutes ces histoires n’en forment plus qu’une, qu’elle pourra enfin révéler. Betty raconte les mystères de l’enfance et la perte de l’innocence. À travers la voix de sa jeune narratrice, Tiffany McDaniel chante le pouvoir réparateur des mots et donne naissance à une héroïne universelle.

      Betty2021
      4,6
    • Life and Death

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      For fans of the worldwide phenomenon Twilight comes Stephenie Meyer's Life and Death, a compelling reimagining of the iconic love story that will surprise and enthrall readers. There are two sides to every story.... You know Bella and Edward, now get to know Beau and Edythe. When Beaufort Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edythe Cullen, his life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With her porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edythe is both irresistible and enigmatic. What Beau doesn't realize is the closer he gets to her, the more he is putting himself and those around him at risk. And, it might be too late to turn back.... With a foreword and afterword by Stephenie Meyer, this compelling reimagining of the iconic love story is a must-read for Twilight fans everywhere. Twilight has enraptured millions of readers since its first publication in 2005 and has become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more. The novel was a #1 New York Times bestseller, an NPR Best Ever Teen Novel, and a New York Times Editor's Choice. The Twilight Saga has sold nearly 155 million copies worldwide.

      Life and Death2018
      3,5
    • The Quick

      Misteri, vampiri e sale da tè

      • 526pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Inghilterra, fine Ottocento. James e Charlotte sono due fratelli orfani che vivono in una dimora signorile sperduta nella campagna inglese. Una volta cresciuti le loro strade si dividono: James, timido aspirante scrittore, terminati gli studi a Oxford divide l’appartamento in affitto a Londra con un affascinante giovane aristocratico. Grazie alle conoscenze del ragazzo, viene introdotto nei salotti dell’alta società e trova l’amore dove non se lo sarebbe mai aspettato. Poi, improvvisamente, scompare senza lasciare traccia. Preoccupata e determinata a trovarlo, la sorella Charlotte parte per Londra e s’immerge nelle tetre atmosfere della città industriale, dove scopre l’esistenza di un mondo segreto, popolato da personaggi incredibili e loschi che vivono ai margini della città. Un mondo in cui i confini della realtà hanno assunto forme tutte nuove. Per lei si apriranno le imponenti porte di una delle istituzioni più autorevoli e impenetrabili del paese: l’Ægolius club, luogo di ritrovo degli uomini più ambiziosi e pericolosi d’Inghilterra, cupo circolo d’élite che cela mille segreti, uno più terrificante dell’altro: una serie di sorprese che lasceranno il lettore senza fiato fino all’ultima pagina. Nel suo coinvolgente romanzo d’esordio, Lauren Owen ha creato un universo fantastico che risulta allo stesso tempo accattivante e spaventoso, dove la seduzione del gotico si fonde con l’incanto dell’ambientazione vittoriana.

      The Quick2016
      3,4
    • Fascination

      • 525pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Isabella Swan, 17 ans, déménage à Forks, petite ville pluvieuse dans l'état de Washington, pour vivre avec son père. Elle s'attend à ce que sa nouvelle vie soit aussi ennuyeuse que la ville elle-même. Or, au lycée, elle est terriblement intriguée par le comportement d'une étrange fratrie, deux filles et trois garçons. Bella tombe follement amoureuse de l'un d'eux, Edward Cullen. Ce garçon beau comme un dieu et qui lui sauve la vie plusieurs fois a selon les Indiens le sang froid... Une relation sensuelle et dangereuse commence alors entre les deux jeunes gens : quand Isabella admet que Edward est un vampire, il est déjà trop tard.

      Fascination2016
      3,7
    • Graveminder

      • 324pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville. While growing up, Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual at every funeral: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words, “Sleep well, and stay where I put you.” Now Maylene is gone and Bek must return to the hometown—and the man—she abandoned a decade ago, only to discover that Maylene’s death was not natural . . . and there was good reason for her odd traditions. In Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected—and beneath the town lies a shadowy, lawless land ruled by the enigmatic Charles, aka Mr. D. From this dark place the deceased will return if their graves are not properly minded. And only the Graveminder, a Barrow woman, and the current Undertaker, Byron, can set things to right once the dead begin to walk. . . .

      Graveminder2013
      3,6
    • Radiant Shadows

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Melissa Marr's New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series continues with the fourth - and penultimate - installment in the darkly seductive story about the collision of the mortal and faery worlds...

      Radiant Shadows2011
      3,8
    • The beloved New York Times bestseller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father—a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse—named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to. The sisters each have a hard time communicating with their parents and their lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian youngest sibling have in common? Only that none has found life to be what was expected; and now, faced with their parents' frailty and their own personal disappointments, not even a book can solve what ails them...

      The Weird Sisters2011
      3,4
    • Wondrous Strange

      • 327pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      17 year old actress Kelly Winslow thinks that playing the role of the fairy queen Titania in a production of Shapespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream could be her lucky break-if she can pull it off.

      Wondrous Strange2009
      3,7
    • White apples

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Vincent Ettrich, an engaging philanderer, discovers that he has died and come back to life - but he has no idea why. He gradually discovers that he was deliberately brought back to life by his one true love, Isabelle, so he could educate their son who, if correctly raised, would save the universe.

      White apples2003
      3,8