Friday Memes: The Wizard's Promise by Cassandra Rose Clarke

Happy Friday everybody!!

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This week I am spotlighting The Wizard's Promise by Cassandra Rose Clarke. I got this eARC at NetGalley. I chose it because I read a two other books by her and enjoyed them. Here is the description of this May 6 release:

Hanna has spent her life hearing about the adventures of her namesake Ananna, the lady pirate, and assassin Naji. She dreams of the same adventures, but little does she know she is about to tumble into one of her own. Hanna is apprenticed to a taciturn fisherman called Kolur, and, during a day of storms and darkness, are swept wildly off course.

In this strange new land, Kolur hires a stranger to join the crew and, rather than heading home, sets a course for the dangerous island of Jadanvar. As Hanna meets a secretive merboy, and learns that Kolur has a deadly past, she soon realises that wishing for adventures is a dangerous game - because those wishes might come true.

Beginning:

I was picking ice berries for Mama's start-of-spring cake when a spark of magic smacked me in the side of the head.

Friday 56:

I didn't know what to make of Frida. She was probably the most interesting person I'd ever met, and if she'd wandered into the village one afternoon, I bet I would have tried to be her best friend. But out her on the cold water, with all those looks between her and Kolur, and all those secrets, she left me nervous. Unsettled.