By Venom's Sweet Sting (Hallowmere, Book 2) [Paperback]

Tiffany Trent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2007

Are Corrine and her friends strong enough to take on the Fey?

Following the destruction of Falston, Corrine and her schoolmates embark for Scotland to chase Rory and the stolen rathstone. On the moors of Kenmore, tensions mount between the friends as a new love interest comes into Corrine's life. In the layers of lies and secrets, who can she trust?

In this exciting sequel to In the Serpent's Coils, Tiffany Trent delivers a larger-then-life battle between the Fey that readers will never forget!

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About the Author

Tiffany Trent teaches English at Virginia Tech. She currently lives in Virginia and is a member of the Class of 2K7 (www.classof2k7.com), a group of authors with first novels debuting in 2007 who have banded together to promote their books.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Mirrorstone (December 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786942304
• ISBN-13: 978-0786942305
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,371,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

If you couldn't find Tiffany Trent up a tree in the Blue Ridge Mountains of her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, the next best place was to find her curled up with a book in a blanket fort. She started writing at age nine and now writes full-time. Along the way, she earned three Master's degrees--MA in English, MFA in Creative Writing, and MS in Environmental Studies--at Virginia Tech and the University of Montana. She has worked as a senior editor for a wildlife conservation organization in Hong Kong, bred poison dart frogs and rare turtles at a science museum, and taught English at Virginia Tech (the most dangerous of all her jobs!).

She is the author of the YA dark fantasy HALLOWMERE series. The first book, In the Serpent's Coils, was named a BookSense (IndieBound) Children's Pick in Autumn 2007 and a New York Public Library Book of the Teen Age in 2008. She was also the recipient of the 2008 SCBWI Work-in-Progress grant, and has won awards and fellowships for her nonfiction. Her short story "Blackwater Baby" in Magic in the Mirrorstone was given Honorable Mention for the Year's Best Horror 2008.

Tiffany Tiffany currently lives and writes on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with her husband,three cats, and one agoraphobic Labrador Retriever.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the first one!, December 30, 2007

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iLeana "Bookaholic" (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: By Venom's Sweet Sting (Hallowmere, Book 2) (Paperback)

After reading In the Serpent's Coil I couldn't wait to read the next book, and my waiting was rewarded. If you thought the first one was creepy, this one won't let you sleep!
In a nutshell:
- Corrine learns who she really is and why the Unhallowed follow her
- She learns more about the Fey
- There is a new guy, Euan, and he has a secret
- Corrine finally sees the Captain's face
- She encounters new horrible Fey
- She learns more about the Prince and also finally sees his face. It is shocking, but somehow you expected it...
The book is great. There is a lot of blood, murder and mystey. Not your usual Holiday read but ohh soo good!!! I can't wait for March to read the next one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hallowmere Series Takes Off, January 4, 2008

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Ty Falco (Fort Wayne, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: By Venom's Sweet Sting (Hallowmere, Book 2) (Paperback)

The groundwork laid in the first Hallowmere book, "In the Serpent's Coils", really pays off in "By Venom's Sweet Sting." Corrine and her friends are propelled into the world of the Fey and into direct conflict with the Fey Prince. The second book picks up the pace and moves along with exciting encounters and unexpected plot twists. Hallowmere is fast becoming one of the best Faerie world settings in recent years. I look forward to the third book, "Between Golden Jaws."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sequel, January 5, 2008

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Kim Baccellia, "YA Books Central reviewer... (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: By Venom's Sweet Sting (Hallowmere, Book 2) (Paperback)

After the destruction of Falston, Corinne and her friends Christina and Ilona, along with Miss Brown and Father Joe sent off for Scotland, to fight the fey on their terms.

A mysterious man comes along to help them. Euan is attractive but also very mysterious. Plus, Corinne finds herself attracted to him.

But once on the estate of Sir James, the fey refuse to leave Corrine alone. Frustrated that no one will tell her the reason the Prince seeks her, Corinne only has her dreams and a serpent-bound book that gives her glimpses into the mind of the fey.

Though the Scottish estate has wards around it, the fey still get in. During a ball, a mysterious visitor asks Corinne for a dance. This causes her to let her guard down. Which she finds is very dangerous.

Admidst all this, new danger lurks in the Scottish moors. Who can Corinne trust? And can she resist the Prince before she ends up lost like the other girls at Falston?

I loved this tale. I could see the fog rising up in the Scottish moors as Corinne searches for the rathstones before the Unhallowed get them. The author does a great job of showing the struggles and conflict going through Corinne. She longs for the Prince though she knows it's wrong. Plus her frustration at wanting to know why she plays an important part of all this is shown in a believable way.

Euan is mysterious and alluring. I also like the Father Joe character, who though a man of the cloth has his own mysterious past which is somehow linked to the Fey queen.

I can't wait for book three, BETWEEN GOLDEN JAWS, which is set to come out in March. Also I ordered MAGIC IN MIRRORSTONE, which promises an unknown tale of Father Joe.