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Strange Luck (The Strange Luck Series) Paperback – May 17, 2015
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- Print length350 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 17, 2015
- Grade level7 - 9
- Dimensions5.06 x 0.79 x 7.81 inches
- ISBN-10150880799X
- ISBN-13978-1508807995
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"Fun and beautiful." -Fantasia Reviews
"Dark, mysterious, ethereal." -J.D. Estrada, author of the Human Cycle series
"Welcome to a world of magical dreams, curious claims and the spellbinding writing of Amie Irene Winters. It is the journey of discovery throughout this series that will have readers hanging on to each page!" -Tome Tender Book Review
"All the makings of a great adventure." -The Scary Reviews
"The world was one of the most interesting ones I'd ever read about. I was completely in love with it." -The Regal Critiques Book Blog
"Highly entertaining. Thinking about this series in its entirety, I am awed at the imagination of Winters. Each book offers a different world to explore. It lives up to the fantasy genre and offers interesting twists on old classics like witches, evil, and the afterlife." -Love Serially Book Blog
"We are obsessed with it." ~YA Love Magazine
"A rich tapestry of imagination and mystery." ~Temple Terrace News
"A vibrant new voice in YA fiction. Highly recommended." ~Pleiades Web Press
"The writing is lyrical. The plot is engaging and full of twists and turns." ~Penny Warner, author of the award-winning Code Busters Club series
From the Back Cover
A Deadly Discovery.
A World Like Nothing You've Ever Seen.
All Daisy Darling wanted was to be a writer. What she got was more than she bargained for. As it turns out, the quaint little town of Sea Salt,California houses more than adorable cottages and huge redwood trees.Beneath the coastal charm rests a strange world where wizards, fairies,time-altering portals, and dark magic looms.
A world where memories can be your greatest currency--and weapon.
A world where you can never reclaim what's been taken from you.
After stumbling into the mysterious world, Daisy's memories begin to rapidly disintegrate,but she doesn't even know she's losing them. As if things couldn't get any worse, Daisy learns she is the only one who can save herself.
Daisy's very identity is at stake, but the odds aren't in her favor. Can she discover the secret to win back her freedom before it's too late?
A spine-tingling fantasy, Strange Luck will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes fairy tales.
Praise for the Strange Luck series
"Twists and turns and beautiful fantastical realms have become Amie Irene Winters' calling card." -Christie Stratos, author of Anatomy of a Darkened Heart
"Fun and beautiful." -Fantasia Reviews
"Dark, mysterious, ethereal." -J.D. Estrada, author of the Human Cycle series
"Welcome to a world of magical dreams, curious claims and the spellbinding writing of Amie Irene Winters. It is the journey of discovery throughout this series that will have readers hanging on to each page!" -Tome Tender Book Review
"All the makings of a great adventure." -The Scary Reviews
"The world was one of the most interesting ones I'd ever read about. I was completely in love with it." -The Regal Critiques Book Blog
"Highly entertaining. Thinking about this series in its entirety, I am awed at the imagination of Winters. Each book offers a different world to explore. It lives up to the fantasy genre and offers interesting twists on old classics like witches, evil, and the afterlife." -Love Serially Book Blog
About the Author
Born in Northern California, Winters has since lived in every region of the country, but now resides in Colorado with her husband. She has published numerous articles on writing and publishing, and has worked as a grant writer and copy editor for non-profits, municipalities, and major corporations.
When not writing books, she enjoys breaking a sweat in Jiu-Jitsu class, baking desserts, and traveling.
To learn more, visit aiwinters.com
Product details
- Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 17, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 350 pages
- ISBN-10 : 150880799X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1508807995
- Grade level : 7 - 9
- Item Weight : 12 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.06 x 0.79 x 7.81 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,884,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,361 in Teen & Young Adult Time Travel Fiction
- #13,488 in Teen & Young Adult Horror
- #153,965 in Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction
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About the author
A.I. Winters is an award-winning horror and fantasy author. She has published numerous articles on writing and publishing, and has worked as a writer and editor for non-profits, municipalities, and major corporations.
Winters lives in Colorado with her husband. She enjoys breaking a sweat in Jiu-Jitsu class, baking desserts, and traveling.
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Within the pages of the book of the same title, Strange Luck is a lovely antique shop of oddities that gives home to a variety of haunted (or at least reportedly haunted) pieces to entice people who want to invite a little oddity and a little bit of luck into their lives, even if it is of the strange kind. Wallace is the owner of the store and Daisy is his daughter. She dreams of traveling and writing although her immediate future has her inheriting Strange Luck, which isn't exactly the most wonderful outcome in her books.
Among the countless fascinating objects within the store, there is a particular envelope that brings much attention... especially since it was supposed to be given to a Mr. Farnsworth and has been passing from generation to generation for the last century... until an odd looking man comes claiming said letter as his own.
That's when things start getting interesting and where Strange Luck takes you headfirst into an adventure that feels a bit like the Neverending Story and Alice in Wonderland while exploring a lot of new territory in the Nameless, a world sold as Utopia and which is far from it. As beautiful as it is frightening a concept, the idea does tantalize the mind.
Amie Irene Winters does a wonderful job of keeping you interested in seeing what happens next until the book is over, and you're wondering if you didn't just lose a memory along the way. Daisy is a likable character as well as Roger, her best friend, but where this book shines is in the details, the could have beens, the side stories, and the rich foundation of a place called the Nameless. I felt myself standing in an area that was the fantasy equivalent of the vast caverns in Journey to the Center of the Earth.
It is a beautiful book that made me smile and often surprised me with so many wonderful premises I can't help but wonder what a collection of side stories would be like. What are fairies really like?
Definitely recommend this book to any and all who love a good slice of fiction that leaves you wondering what if, over and over again, which is the sign of a story that sticks with you and would no doubt be a memory worth being stolen.
That being said Amie Irene Winters masterfully crafts an intricate mystery, within an adventure being started type arch that really grabs you from the the first sentence on. Her introduction the main characters of the book Daisy and Roger really gave me this grand outline of these amazing and complicated characters. Mrs. Winters' style is fast and the dialogue sings with the tempo of the frenetic pace that this book starts on. It is amazing, amazing work.
Where this book loses me from time to time are in the moments that are YA staples that tend to creep into stories like these, awkward romance, character nativity, etc. They aren't as overt as a lot of the genre's companions are but they are there and that's not a fault per say. It's more of my personal taste getting in the way.
This book is well written, well constructed, and has a incredible pacing to it. Even in the spot where a big discovery happens in the 2nd act, beginning of really, the writer is so talented that even in the moment when you know it is going to come to slow down, they handle this transition with beautiful movements that don't linger and get you right back engaged into that pace from the 1st act.
I am excited to see where the next 2 books in this series go and Yes I will be reading them.
If you are a fan of YA and are tired of the cliche versions a lot of this genre offers but still want some of the things this genre is known for this is absolutely the book/series for you.
Top reviews from other countries
With numerous twists and turns, it is the kind of book that once you start reading it, you can't easily stop reading until the last page.
The book manages to be profound, light full and entertaining.