This week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the young adult fantasy novel, Lenobia’s View by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. This book was originally published in 2007 by St. Martin’s Press with a page count of 354 pages. This is the second House of Novella, also known as House of Night #9.5. The audiobook is 3 hours and 22 minutes in length and read by Caitlin Davies. The following overview is provided from Barnes & Noble: A great journey… A new love… A dark secret revealed. Evreux, France, 1788: Before she is Zoey’s favorite professor and the House of Night’s powerful horse mistress… Lenobia is just a normal 16-year-old girl – with enough problems to last a lifetime. As the illegitimate daughter of a powerful baron, she has never quite belonged, and instead had to watch her spoiled half-sister, Cecile, get attention wherever she goes. For once, she would like to just fit in. But when fate intervenes, Lenobia suddenly finds herself surrounded by other girls, on a ship bound for New Orleans, where they will be married off to the city’s richest Frenchmen. And they’re not alone…An evil bishop who is skilled in Dark magic makes the same journey. His appetite for lovely young women makes him dangerous – most of all Lenobia, who caught his eye back in France. So she remains hidden making secret visits to the ship’s stables, where a handsome young man and his beautiful Percheron horses soon capture her attention. Will they make it to land before the bishop discovers her true identity and a powerful evil breaks loose? And will Lenobia follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk?
Lenobia is my favorite of the faculty members, so I was so happy to see that we would get to learn more about her with this novella. I found her history fascinating because now some of the things that were noted earlier about her make sense. This also makes me wonder what her role in the next novel is going to be. Given how the last novella played into the House of Night novel that followed it. I am scared that this novella is setting me up for heartbreak in the next main novel. I highly recommend this novella, I’m a little biased though as I do love some Lenobia.
I give this novel 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Sunday for the Spotcast Sunday feature, I am reviewing the history podcast Assassinations. Next week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the gothic horror novel, Heaven by V.C. Andrews. Until then keep reading on; Nerd out!
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