A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine

Mysteries abound, especially in Two Castles.A handsome cat trainer, black-and-white cats, thieves on four legs and two, suspicious townsfolk, a greedy king, a giddy princess, a shape-shifting ogre, a brilliant dragon. Which is the villainous whited sepulcher?Elodie journeys to the town of Two Castles to become a mansioner—an actress—but luck is against her. She is saved from starvation by the dragon Meenore, who sends her on a dangerous mission...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of May 9

This is a bit of a slow week for new genre releases and I can't say that there are any titles here that will have me rushing to the bookstore but there are a few books here I thought would be worth mentioning.There are a couple of YA books that look cute, including The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente and Gail Levine's A Tale of Two Castles, which I have already read and really enjoyed (look...