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Exile for Dreamers is the second captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure " completely original and totally engrossing. "
It's 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war....
Tess Aubreyson can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that any good can come from the Sight--the curse that destroyed her mother. But when danger threatens Stranje House, Tess's disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her fellow students.
Tess's traitorous friend, a former student at Stranje House, has returned to England, intent on paving the way for Napoleon's invasion. Can the young ladies of Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?
Fans of genre-blending, romance, and action will love this second installment of the Stranje House series that began with A School for Unusual Girls .
"Enticing from the first sentence." -- New York Times Book Review
"This alternative history series will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger's works and The Cecelia and Kate novels by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer." -- School Library Journal on A School for Unusual Girls
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-In this sequel to A School for Unusual Girls, the adventurous and gifted young ladies of Miss Stranje's secret training school for spies have returned to Regency England after a dangerous escapade in France to stop Napoleon. The series spotlight shifts to Tess Aubreyson, who is haunted by prophetic dreams. She is anxious but determined not to let her nightmares drive her mad. Tess and Miss Stranje anticipate retaliation and an attack by sinister Lady Daneska and her lover, the Ghost, both members of Napoleon's secret order of the Iron Crown. With keen insight, knife-wielding skill, and unspoken love, Tess is desperate to protect the Stranje House girls and her brooding, handsome neighbor, Lord Ravencross. Despite her resolve and preparation, the protagonist is kidnapped by conniving Lady Daneska, who wants the teen to aid Napoleon with her ability. The resourceful students, Lord Ravencross, and Mr. Sinclair, a wry American innovator, launch an inventive pursuit by sea. The tantalizing, palpable attraction between Tess and Lord Ravencross will make readers eager for their ultimate embrace. A high seas escape and the joyous return of Captain Grey and Lord Wyatt ensure more adventures, romance, and intrigue to come. Vivid action descriptions, deft period dialogue and verbal sparring, well-drawn characters, new relationships, and burgeoning romance will propel this lively alternative rendition of history into the hands of teen readers. VERDICT Purchase where alternative histories, Regency romances, and the previous volume are popular.-Gerry Larson, formerly at Durham School of the Arts, NC © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
In 1814 England, Tess (A School for Unusual Girls) is one of the young ladies with "highly specialized talents" training to be a spy at Stranje House. Having been betrayed by one of their own, Tess must use her prophetic visions to save both Stranje House and the man she loves from Napoleon's invasion. Romance, magical talents, and intrigue move this second Regency-era fantasy along. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
This Regency-era romance set in 1814 England features students who attend Stranje House, an establishment for girls with unusual talents. Whether it is Tess with her prophetic visions, Georgie with her aptitude for math and science, or Sera and her perfect recall, all the young ladies receive instruction that prepares them less for a life of high society and more for a life of espionage. Their skills and training are sorely needed in war-torn Europe. But even with her focus on saving the world, Tess still has plenty of time to think about the handsome and interminably frustrating Lord Ravencross. Unfortunately even with her visions, Tess cannot predict how they will ever be able to defeat the evil Lady Daneska, who seems determined to bring only pain and misery to the residents of Stranje House. The richly detailed setting and intriguing alternate history are well-crafted, but the characters are what stand out. Narrator Tess is headstrong, melodramatic, and awkward, but she is also brave, bright, and completely real. Such secondary characters as Indian Maya and Chinese Madame Cho provide some diversity. Readers looking for a fast-paced spy novel might be disappointed by the sometimes-slow pacing, but those seeking period romance with a twist need look no further. (Paranormal historical romance. 12-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
In the second of Baldwin's Stranje House series, Tess is running away from her dreams and unconsciously into the arms of both Lord Ravencross and her enemy, Daneska. Tess is strong, courageous, adroit with her knives, and tormented by her prophetic dreams, all of which fit nicely into Miss Stranje's plans to take ill-suited British girls and train them to be spies under the guise of a fashionable finishing school. This even includes secretly welcoming into their fold a brilliant, if bumbling, American, the nephew of Robert Fulton, and helping him build a model of his uncle's steamship to use against Napoleon's army. It's an intriguing, fun-filled, if history-stretching, Regency romance, with the Stranje House women falling in love with the most unlikely men, who surprisingly accept their talents, adore their spirits, and endure their prickly independence. A dropped hint that a traitor is hidden in their midst opens the door to the third book, one that suggests the pursuit of the escaping Daneska, the defeat of Napoleon, and deeper romances for all the young women of Stranje House.--Bradburn, Frances Copyright 2016 Booklist