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Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club

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by Alison Goodman
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Bridgerton meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the seductive series by award-winning author Alison Goodman


London, April 1812.

Lady Helen Wrexhall is about to make her debut at the court of Queen Charlotte and officially step into Regency society and the business of marriage. But Helen is about to discover that beyond the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair is a shadowy world of strange powers, missing housemaids and demonic conspiracies.

Standing between those two worlds is Lord Carlston, a man of ruined reputation and curt manners. He believes Helen has a destiny beyond the ballroom; a sacred and secret duty. Helen is not so sure, especially when she realises that nothing around her is quite as it seems, including the mysterious Lord Carlston.

Set against a backdrop of whispered secrets in St James's Palace, soirees with Lord Byron and morning calls from Beau Brummell, Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club is a delightfully dangerous adventure of self-discovery and the dark choices that must be made ... whatever the cost.

A tantalising trilogy set in Regency London from the award-winning author of Eon and Eona.


PRAISE FOR THE LADY HELEN SERIES

'I LOVED this book! It's a page-turner from start to finish' — Amazon review

'A delicious collision of Regency romance and dark fantasy' — Publishers Weekly starred review

'A mesmerizing marriage between Regency romance and urban fantasy that is both impeccably researched and wonderfully paced. I devoured this series' — Sabaa Tahir, author of the bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series

'Brilliant! Enthralling mix of history and fancy — it's Downton Abbey meets Buffy!' — Amazon review

'Amazing research, really fun characters and such an original idea' — Goodreads review


AWARDS FOR THE LADY HELEN SERIES

Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club (Book 1)

Notable Book — 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Book 2)

Winner — 2016 Aurealis Awards, Best Young Adult Novel

Lady Helen and the Dark Days Deceit (Book 3)

Shortlisted — 2018 Aurealis Awards, Best Young Adult Novel


AWARDS FOR EON

Winner — 2008 Aurealis Awards, Best Fantasy Novel

Honour Book — 2008 James Tiptree Award (UK)

Notable Book — 2009 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Shortlisted — 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, 2008 Western Australian Premier's Literary Awards

  • Creators

  • Series

    Lady Helen

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781743097946
      • File size: 678 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781743097946
      • File size: 713 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • Books+Publishing

      October 8, 2015
      High-society orphan, 18-year-old Lady Helen, is to be presented to the queen when the disappearance of a housemaid sees her drawn into the shadows of Regency London. Here she learns that hidden demons roam the world and that she is herself more than human. Fighting her nature and her attraction to her mentor, the mysterious and dangerous Lord Carlston, Helen is forced to make a decision that may save her life, yet doom her world. Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club is an elegant novel that blends well-researched historical elements with engaging prose. While readers familiar with gas-lamp fantasy will not find any surprises, it still has a lot to offer—as Alison Goodman’s ability to draw the reader into the story is masterful. This book is marketed as YA (presumably on the basis of Goodman’s previous success with the ‘Eon’ books), but despite the coming-of-age narrative and PG violence and romance, it doesn’t feel like a YA novel; the protagonist and the characters she interacts with behave as adults in adult contexts. Having said that, comparisons could be made to the work of Gail Carriger, particularly her ‘Custard Protocol’ and ‘Finishing School’ series, so there is clearly a place for books transcending age delineations.

      Tehani Wessely is a teacher-librarian, publisher and literary awards judge

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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