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Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Wizard's Promise (The Hanna Duology #1) Author : Cassandra Rose Clarke Publication Date : May 6th 2014 Publisher : Strange Chemistry  Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble All Hanna Euli wants is to become a proper witch – but unfortunately, she’s stuck as an apprentice to a grumpy fisherman. When their boat gets caught up in a mysterious storm and blown wildly off course, Hanna finds herself further away from home than she’s ever been before. As she tries to get back, she learns there may be more to her apprentice master than she realized, especially when a mysterious, beautiful, and very non-human boy begins following her through the ocean, claiming that he needs Hanna’s help. Personal Thoughts The Wizard's Promise is a typical Cassandra Rose Clarke book, filled with an imaginative world, an intriguing cast of characters and a lovely writing style. The mixed reviews that the book has received were a little off-putting, but I...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse #1) Author : Cassandra Rose Clarke Publisher : Strange Chemistry Publication Date : October 2nd 2012 Goodreads - The Book Depository Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her. And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse — with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be. Personal Thoughts Pirates.Assassins.Magic.Fantasy. There's nothing I could ask for more in a high f...