{"id":1614,"date":"2009-04-23T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:30:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:30:57","slug":"zombies-magic-giant-squids-floras-dare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1614","title":{"rendered":"Zombies! Magic! Giant Squids!: Flora\u2019s Dare by Ysabeau S. Wilce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_AS3Nr1ChgcU\/SfDaNtzNo6I\/AAAAAAAAB0E\/v_GFXgM9pTc\/s1600-h\/FlorasDare.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/FlorasDare.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327998288346850210\" \/><\/a>I always know I\u2019m reading a great book when I don\u2019t want it to end, ever ever, and I want to stay in the world that the author has created for as long as possible. Ysabeau Wilce\u2019s fantastical version of California\u2014Califa\u2014is like that, and I really didn\u2019t want to stop reading her second book, <i>Flora\u2019s Dare<\/i>. Nope, not one bit.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed the first book, <i>Flora Segunda<\/i>, in all its quirky, sweeping glory, then this sequel won\u2019t disappoint. Flora and her best friend Udo tangle with zombies, giant squids, decadent scions of powerful families, Springheel Jack, earthquakes, rabble-rousing rebels, bird-headed human Quetzals, and out-of-control magical workings that could send you anywhere or anytime.<\/p>\n<p>But my favorite part of the book might be the introduction of a character called Tiny Doom: ambitious (constantly trying ridiculously difficult magic), well-dressed (with a huge closet full of fabulous clothes), and unutterably foulmouthed (every other word out of her mouth is &#8220;fike,&#8221; the Califan version of the f-word), she\u2019s more than a match for Flora. And that\u2019s all I can tell you. You\u2019ll just have to go read it, and find out if Flora has the guts to attempt the Ultimate Ranger Dare\u2014cheating death&#8211;in order to save the world as she knows it, even if that means finding out that she didn\u2019t know her world as well as she thought she did.<\/p>\n<p>Read our 2007 SBBT <a href=\"http:\/\/writingya.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/summer-blog-blast-tour-ysabeau-wilce.html\">interview with Ysabeau Wilce here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/aff\/readersrant7?product=9780152054274\" target=_blank>buy <i>Flora&#8217;s Dare<\/i> from an independent bookstore near you!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always know I\u2019m reading a great book when I don\u2019t want it to end, ever ever, and I want to stay in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,2,12,5],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adventure","tag-af","tag-fantasy-sci-fi","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5574,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/5574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}