Just Arrived: “Shadowfell” by Juliet Marillier

I love it when I open my post office box and find lovely cardboard packages, and inside them — books! This week I’ve received:

Shadowfell — the new YA Novel by Juliet Marillier

Unlike Juliet Marillier’s two previous YA novels, Wildwood Dancing and Cybele’s Secret, which were set in an historical Roumania and Turkey respectively, Shadowfell is set in a Celtic-infused world reminiscent of—but not the same as—her adult “Sevenwaters” novels.

Here’s what the backcover says:

“The people of Alban are af...