The Casquette Girls, Alys Arden
The Casquette Girls, Alys Arden
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The Casquette Girls

Author: Alys Arden

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Unabridged: 17 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/29/2015

Synopsis

After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne and her father are among the first to return. Adele wants nothing more than to resume her normal life, but with the silent city resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter, normal needs a new definition.Strange events—even for New Orleans—lead Adele to an attic that has been sealed for three hundred years. The chaos she accidentally unleashes threatens not only her but also everyone she knows.Caught in a hurricane of myths and monsters, Adele must untangle a web of magic that weaves the climbing murder rate back to her own ancestors. But who can you trust in a city where everyone has secrets and keeping them can mean life or death? Unless…you’re immortal.

About Alys Arden

Alys Arden was raised by the street performers, tea-leaf readers, and glittering drag queens of the New Orleans French Quarter. She cut her teeth on the streets of New York, has worked all around the world since, and still dreams of running away with the circus one star-swept night. Follow her adventures on Twitter at @alysarden or Instagram at www.instagram.com/alysarden/.

Reviews

Goodreads review by NickReads

5 MIND BLOWING STARS! You can find the full review and more about this book on my blog! The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden Book One of The Casquette Girls series Publisher: fortheARTofit Publication Date: October 31st 2013 Rating: 5 stars Source: ARC sent by the author First,look at this cover.It's per......more

Goodreads review by Ben

4.5 Thank you Alys for sending me this copy. Thank you Casey ann books for pushing me to read this! Brilliant book for fall! Supernatural, New Orleans, History! I love it! Cant wait for book two!......more

Goodreads review by Althea

Guilty pleasure alert! I have to admit, as I began this book, I found my eyes rolling several times at the silliness of it all... I wasn't sure it'd be for me. But somehow, as it went on, I found myself continuing to turn the pages... enjoying it more and more. It didn't get less silly, but I was alo......more

Goodreads review by R.K.

This review contains spoilers New Orleans based author writes New Orleans based YA paranormal book with serious Originals vibes. Adele and her father return to New Orleans after a hurricane (not Katrina) forced them to leave. Adele, Isaac, and Desire, a rag tag team of hot teenagers who don’t fully......more

Goodreads review by Donita

I wanted to like this more than I did. I really do. The blurb sounds amazing and intriguing enough for me to pick this book up. I wonder why MC's and romance have to fuck everything up for me. I don't know if it's just me, but the romance department of some of the YA books I've read lately annoys th......more

Quotes

“In this Southern Gothic love letter to the spookier side of New Orleans’s storied past, Arden spins out a moody tale of magic and mystery…A thoroughly satisfying page-turner and a strong debut.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Debut author Arden offers readers a full plate of Southern Gothic atmospherics and sparkling teen romance in a patiently crafted tale that will best reward careful readers…Satisfying teen entertainment but also a cathartic, uncompromising tribute to New Orleans.” —Kirkus Reviews“A slow-burning novel in the tradition of Anne Rice.” —Rue Morgue Magazine —“The Casquette Girls is a delicious Southern Gothic vampire story that will make you want to catch the next flight to New Orleans.” —Forever Young Adult“A smart story with a surprising amount of emotional depth…in the grand tradition of Buffy and The Lost Boys.” —IndieReader“It’s as if Arden took her life experiences within the Vieux Carré, assembled a few Hogwarts students as Avengers, channeled Magneto into Wednesday Addams, drenched the process in Parisian detail, and penned the great American novel.” —Examiner.com“The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden is eerie, magical, and gritty, getting into the grimy seams of New Orleans in the tradition of Anne Rice or Poppy Z Brite.” —SP Reviews“The French Quarter of New Orleans is the beautiful yet sinister backdrop for Alys Arden’s debut novel The Casquette Girls. Set in the aftermath of a devastating storm, which proves to be the beginning of an adventure for one of the city’s inhabitants, the tale involves murder, monsters, and dark magic.” —Gothic Beauty Magazine

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