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Title:  About a Girl: A Novel (The Metamorphoses Trilogy) by Sarah McCarry Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Format: Advanced e-copy from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review Pages: 272 Pages Genre: This title was released on July 14, 2015 Synopsis:  Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything: her genius, the love of her adoptive family, the loyalty of her best friend, Shane, and her future career as a Nobel prize-winning astronomer. There's no room in her tidy world for heartbreak or uncertainty--or the charismatic, troubled mother who abandoned her soon after she was born. But when a sudden discovery upends her fiercely ordered world, Tally sets out on an unexpected quest to seek out the reclusive musician who may hold the key to her past--and instead finds Maddy, an enigmatic and beautiful girl who will unlock the door to her future. The deeper she falls in love with Maddy, the more Tally begins to realize that the un...

Title:   Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry (Metamorphasis Trilogy Book 2) Publisher: Audible Studios Format: Audio Book Narrator: Renata Friedman Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Synopsis:  Maia is a teenage piano prodigy and dutiful daughter, imprisoned in the oppressive silence of her adoptive parents' house like a princess in an ivory tower. Cass is a street rat, witch, and runaway, scraping by with her wits and her knack for a five-fingered discount. When a chance encounter brings the two girls together, an unlikely friendship blossoms that will soon change the course of both their lives. Cass springs Maia from the jail of the only world she's ever known, and Maia's only too happy to make a break for it. But Cass didn't reckon on Jason, the hypnotic blue-eyed rocker who'd capture Maia's heart as soon as Cass set her free - and Cass isn't the only one who's noticed Maia's extraordinary gifts. Is Cass strong enough t...

Title:  All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry Publisher:  Audible Studios Format: Audio Book Narrator:  Renata Friedman Length: 7 hours and 1 minute Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Synopsis:  This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think. You’ll see… In the lush and magical Pacific Northwest live two best friends who grew up like sisters: charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora, and the devoted, watchful narrator. Each of them is incomplete without the other. But their unbreakable bond is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes between them. His music is like nothing I have ever heard. It is like the ocean surging, the wind that blows across the open water, the far call of gulls. Suddenly, each girl must decide what matters most: friendship, or love. What both girls don’t know is that the stakes are even higher than either of them could have imagined. They’re not the only ones who have noticed Jack’s gift...