About the Book
Title: Henchgirl
Author: Rita Stradling
Genre: YA Fantasy
I had never thought my
life was ideal, but it had been manageable.
By day I pretended to be a human, going to a 'human's only' high-school, making
human friends and trying to get the attention of Keanu Hale, my school’s
quarterback. At night, I worked as a henchman, making sure no one got in the
way of my grandfather’s hotel-empire which spanned across the Mabiian island
chain. I was my grandfather’s most cherished weapon, I stole and manipulated
emotions, I would even drain someone of their ability to feel joy if my
grandfather ordered me to.
I won’t apologize for what I did, it kept my sisters fed and my grandfather from
finding out that my mother squandered our monthly allowance on shopping and
throwing extravagant parties. It kept my family alive. But more importantly, my
job kept me from being trained to be a wife and married off to some rich and
powerful dracon, a human-dragon hybrid, as all girls with one-eighth dragon
blood are.
As I said, my life was just manageable, until Wyvern Manderson vacationed to my
island. Wyvern Manderson, the rich, powerful, and famous for something or
other, half-dragon jerk, just kept showing up, sabotaging my missions and
ordering me around. On top of that, for some reason he
was always angry at me.
Pretty soon I was suspended from further missions, facing eminent financial
ruin and still had to see the jerk everywhere I went. When my friend Amanda
from my human-high-school vanished, Amanda turned out to be Wyvern’s human
half-sister he was keeping secret and protecting.
Taking on the mission to find Amanda might have been what I needed to save my
family from losing everything, but to do it I would have to spend all day
everyday with the jerk. To top that all off, Amanda was not the only girl who
disappeared, and when girls started being discovered dead I realized that my
sanity wasn’t the biggest thing I would be risking in this investigation; I
might very well be the next to die.
REVIEW BY: Arianna, age 13 years
MAY CONTAIN SPOILER:
This book was wonderful and had me on edge!
My favorite character is Dakota because she is strong. She takes care of her family even though it's not her job, she gives 100% every single day.
My favorite part is when she realizes she has been teasing the Wyvern Rex and making a fool of herself because it makes me laugh.
This is one of the best books that I have ever read!
I recommend this book to anyone that likes family drama, dragons, and one brave girl.
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 13 and up.
Author Bio
Rita Stradling lives with her husband
and son in Northern California. Her six year old son wants to be a train when
he grows up. She has a BA in Art History and a particular interest in
modern and medieval art.
Rita has
an insatiable novel addiction and mostly reads young adult and adult:
paranormal, urban fantasy and high fantasy.
Links
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25867393-henchgirl
https://ritastradling.wordpress.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Rita-Stradling/e/B00H1ZYP8U/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
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