Release Day: Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill

Maria is the younger daughter of an esteemed family on the island of Murano, the traditional home for Venetian glassmakers. Though she longs to be a glassblower herself, glassblowing is not for daughters—that is her brother's work. Maria has only one duty to perform for her family: before her father died, he insisted that she be married into the nobility, even though her older sister, Giovanna, should rightfully have that role. Not only is Giovanna older, she's prettier, more graceful, and everyone loves her.

Maria would like nothing more than to allow her beautiful sister, who is far more able and willing to attract a noble husband, to take over this role for her. But they cannot circumvent their father's wishes. And when a new young glassblower arrives to help the family business and Maria finds herself drawn to him, the web of conflicting emotions grows even more tangled.


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RCC Challenge: My Teaser

Here is my entry for the Don't Be Such a Tease Challenge (find the challenge here). I'm being a bad girl again, since I'm reading a non review book (I try to alternate between owned and review books to avoid burn outs). But I will start Sisters of Glass in a few days, so I thought I would share the first chapter of the book, to give you a taste! It's all written in this kind of poetry style. Click on the cover to find out more about the book.

Second Daughter

    I feel Giovanna's fire

as Mother prepares me for suitors, polishes me

while Giovanna polishes glass.

    Though I am the younger daughter

and rightfully should not marry

into Venetian nobility,

my father declared

the day I was born,

the week he invented cristallo,

that I was his

baby of good fortune,

and good fortune would be mine.

It sounds like a really interesting book, definitely something I haven't read before. I'm looking forward to read your teasers!