SNAKECHARM
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Delacorte Press
Fantasy
ISBN-10: 038573493X
ISBN-13: 9780385734936
176 pages

HAWKSONG brought together warring rulers Zane Cobriana and Danica Shardae. Though one was part serpent and one part hawk, they married to bring their worlds to peace. SNAKECHARM is the sequel that tells Zane's side of the story from that point on.

Peace has not been easy for the two worlds, but Zane and Danica grow further in love over time. Danica has even learned the traditional snake dances. Not everyone has embraced the peace, however, and a visiting predatory Falcon reminds them that some have contempt for their efforts.

Things get even more complicated when Danica is discovered to be pregnant. Zane himself is not certain how the child will be raised, or where. The Falcon insists that Zane and Danica are hiding another of that kind against the law, and suddenly threats are made against the soon-to-be parents.

Can there be a solution that represents the peace the rulers want to maintain? How will their child ever be recognized as the next leader? The ending is hopeful and readers will be looking for another book in this series. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes continues to write creative and engrossing fantasy with many levels. While shape-shifters may be from imagination, elements of the conflict could easily apply to human mixed-race marriage and children, a subject not found often enough in fiction, and one that many readers can relate to.

   --- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

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